RESET
Defined mostly in reset.css.
Blueprint CSS resets all
browsers’ default elements
including HTML5 to:
• margin, padding, border: 0
• font-size: 100.01%
• font-weight: normal
• line-height: 1.5
• other font values: inherit
• image borders: 0
• :focus outline: 0
Note that tables will still need
cellspacing=“0” in the HTML
mark-up though.
SPAN CLASSES
.span-1 .span-13
.span-2 .span-14
.span-3 .span-15
.span-4 .span-16
.span-5 .span-17
.span-6 .span-18
.span-7 .span-19
.span-8 .span-20
.span-9 .span-21
.span-10 .span-22
.span-11 .span-23
.span-12 .span-24
Use these classes to set the
width of a column
PUSH/PULL CLASSES
Use these classes on an
element to push it right into
the next column, or pull it left
into the previous column.
.push-1 to .push-24
.pull-1 to .pull-24
APPEND CLASSES
Add these to a column to add
empty columns to the right.
.append-1 .append-13
.append-2 .append-14
.append-3 .append-15
.append-4 .append-16
.append-5 .append-17
.append-6 .append-18
.append-7 .append-19
.append-8 .append-20
.append-9 .append-21
.append-10 .append-22
.append-11 .append-23
.append-12
PREPEND CLASSES
Add these to a column to add
empty columns to the left.
.prepend-1 .prepend-13
.prepend-2 .prepend-14
.prepend-3 .prepend-15
.prepend-4 .prepend-16
.prepend-5 .prepend-17
.prepend-6 .prepend-18
.prepend-7 .prepend-19
.prepend-8 .prepend-20
.prepend-9 .prepend-21
.prepend-10 .prepend-22
.prepend-11 .prepend-23
.prepend-12
Blueprint CSS version 1.0 (www.blueprintcss.org)
Copyright © 2007-2011 blueprintcss.org
Cheat sheet v.4.2 by Gareth J M Saunders (www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/blueprint)
version 1.0
STYLESHEET LINK
Download the latest version from www.blueprintcss.org and add these lines into the <head> of your
page. Check that your href path is correct.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="blueprint/screen.css" type="text/css"
media="screen, projection" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="blueprint/print.css" type="text/css"
media="print" />
<!--[if lt IE 8]>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="blueprint/ie.css" type="text/css"
media="screen, projection" />
<![endif]-->
GRID
Defined in grid.css. Each column is 30px wide with a 10px right margin (except the last column which
has no margin). If you need more or fewer columns use this formula to find the new total width:
total width = (columns x 40px) - 10px. (See page two for full grid diagram.)
FORMS
.alert red frame box
.error red frame box
.info blue frame box
.notice yellow frame box
.success green frame box
fieldset p, m and border
form.inline line-height 3
input.text w 300px p 5px
input.title font-size 1.5em
input [type=text]
input [type=password]
label bold
legend m, font 1.2em
select border 1px
textarea w390px h250px
USAGE
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="span-16">
<p>Column 1</p>
</div>
<div class="span-8 last">
<p>Column 2</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
.span-x implies a column (although .column
may still be used). Remember to use “.last” for
the last column of the row to avoid it jumping to
the next row. Columns may be nested inside
one another.
TYPOGRAPHY
typography.css sets up some sensible default
typography. The font-size percentage is of 16px
(0.75 x 16px = 12px). Line-heights and vertical
margins are automatically calculated from this in
ems.
The base line-height is 18px (1.5em). This means
that each element, from line-heights to images
has a height that is a multiple of 18 (or 1.5 if you
use ems). (See page 2 for a table of values.)
h1-h6 color is #111 (nearly black); body color is
#222 (dark grey); font-family is “Helvetica Neue”,
“Helvetica”, “Arial”, sans-serif.
GRID CLASSES
.append-x Add these to a column to add empty columns to the right; x = 1 to 23.
.append-bottom Add a 1.5em gutter below an element.
.border Shows a border (#ddd mid-grey) on the right hand side of a column.
.box Creates a blue padded box inside a column (padding and margin-bottom: 1.5em).
.clear Regular clearing: apply to a column that should drop below previous ones.
.clearfix Clearing floats without extra mark-up. (See http://tinyurl.com/dh352)
.colborder Spans one column with a border in the centre. (#ddd mid-grey)
.column Use with .span-x classes to create combinations of columns in the layout.
.container Group your columns within containers; use on <div>. (width: 950px; margin: 0;)
.last The last column in a row needs this class.
.prepend-x Add these to a column to add empty columns to the left; x = 1 to 23.
.prepend-top Add a 1.5em gutter above an element.
.pull-x Use these classes on an element to pull it left into the previous column; x = 1 to 24.
.push-x Use these classes on an element to push it right into the next column; x = 1 to 24.
.showgrid Use this on any .span / .container to see ‘grid.png’ as a background image.
hr.space Use this to create a transparent horizontal rule across a column; also use <hr />.
.span-x Use these classes to set the width of a column; x = 1 to 24; usually used on a div
element. Can also be used on input and textarea elements (uses different widths).
.even Table-striping for older browsers that don't support ‘tbody tr:nth-child(even) td’.
FLOAT CLASSES
.left float: left
.right float: right
p .left/.right margin:1.5em
1.5em 1.5em 0
VERTICAL CLASSES
.prepend-top mT 1.5em
.append-bottom mB 1.5em
Use these classes on an
element to add vertical space.
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950px (24 columns)
790px (20 columns)
830px (21 columns)
870px (22 columns)
910px (23 columns)
IE FIXES
IE ALL Alignment of inline
forms; margin bugs; fieldset
padding (inc. IE8); image
resizing; sub/sup line-height.
IE5 Centre layout.
IE6 Legend, label, textarea.
IE6 & IE7 ol numbers and hr
margins.
IE7 Code wrap.
TYPOGRAPHY CLASSES
These classes are defined in
the typography.css file. Other
typographic elements are also
defined in this file.
.added bg #060 (green)
.bottom mB 0; pB 0
.first mL 0; pL 0
.hide display: none
.highlight bg #ff0 (yellow)
.large 1.2em; line 2.5
.last mR 0; pR 0
.loud color #000 (black)
.quiet color #666 (grey)
.removed bg #900 (red)
.small 0.8em; line 1.875
.top mT 0; pT 0
