Measure typographic line lengths right from the page

Latest Version

Version
1.0.2
Update
April 16, 2017
Size
158KiB
Developer
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
4.41667 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (UK)
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Permissions
ActiveTab
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Measure Extension

The \"measure\" is the width of a body of type. This little tool helps you find it with a simple click in the toolbar and highlight of a line of text.

WHY WOULD I DO THAT?
The length of a line of type impacts how readable it is. Generally, a good measure is between 45–80 characters per line.

FOR DESIGNERS, FOR DEVELOPERS
Designing legible content requires a lot of attention, across the huge range of device types and screen sizes. A good measure on a desktop monitor might be 80 characters, but on smaller screens or multiple columns might be 45 characters. Although this could all go out the window depending on the colours or typeface used. So do remember to apply your own discretion, too!

Measure makes it easy to be more precise when creating for the web.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Measure", "description": "Measure typographic line lengths right from the page", "version": "1.0.2", "author" : "Rowan Cavanagh", "icons": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png" }, "browser_action": { "default_icon": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "19": "icons/icon19.png", "32": "icons/icon32.png", "38": "icons/icon38.png" }, "default_title": "Measure" }, "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"], "persistent": false }, "permissions": [ "activeTab" ]}
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User reviews

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Adrienne Grace (ID: 0000006e2f5bdaab) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 06/16/2022 I can't get this to work in Chrome on a Mac.

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akshay kadam (a2k) (ID: 000000299c9658e6) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/30/2019 Seriously love how simple it is. Does it's job pretty well :)

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Lukas Oppermann (ID: 000000eab20c7b60) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/15/2018 A very easy to use, nice looking and helpful little plugin. 👍

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Alex Nikiforov (ID: 000000932d76e073) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/06/2017 The extension works great. It count not only numbers of characters in line, but all characters in the selected segment.

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Mike (ID: 0000005aeb08e192) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 04/02/2017 cannot use with Yandex Browser browser.yandex.ru