Get started Standalone versions

Most of internal Blades CSS modules are available as standalone helpers, giving you flexibility to use them with other CSS frameworks:

Module CDN Import from NPM
Breakout container /npm/@anyblades/blades@2/css/breakout.min.css N/A
Link icon /npm/@anyblades/blades@2/css/link-icon.min.css N/A
Responsive table /npm/@anyblades/blades@2/css/responsive-table.min.css N/A
Float labels
/anyblades/float-label-css		 /npm/@anyblades/blades@2/css/float-label.min.css npm install @anyblades/blades
@import "@anyblades/blades/float-label";
All above together /npm/@anyblades/blades@2/css/blades.standalone.min.css npm install @anyblades/blades
@import "@anyblades/blades/standalone";
Reset/normalizer
/anyblades/pico		 /npm/@anyblades/pico@2/css/pico.min.css npm install @anyblades/pico
@import "@anyblades/pico";
Experimental "ninja" add-ons /npm/@anyblades/blades@2/css/blades.ninja.min.css npm install @anyblades/blades
@import "@anyblades/blades/ninja";

Live examples:

blades.standalone.css

There are 4 ways to get started:

A. Install manually

Download CSS archive and link css/blades.standalone.css in the <head> of your website.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/blades.standalone.css" />

B. Usage from CDN 

<link rel="stylesheet" href="
  https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@anyblades/blades@2/css/blades.standalone.min.css
"/>

Live example: /pallets/website/blob/main/src/pallets/templates/layout.html

Full list of CSS files available on CDN: /npm/@anyblades/blades@2/css

C. Starter projects

D. Install with NPM 

npm install @anyblades/blades

You can use precompiled Pico+Blades CSS (same as CDN version):

<link rel="stylesheet" href="
  node_modules/@anyblades/blades/css/blades.standalone.css
" />

Or import standalone Blades CSS sources (without Pico CSS):

@import "@anyblades/blades/standalone";

Live example using Tailwind: /anyblades/buildawesome-starters/blob/main/site-tailwind/styles.css

To install and import both Pico+Blades CSS sources at once:

npm install @anyblades/pico @anyblades/blades

@import "@anyblades/pico";
@import "@anyblades/blades/standalone";

This is exactly how Blades CSS is built itself: /anyblades/blades/blob/main/src/blades.css

Appendix

Starter HTML template 

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
    <meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/blades.standalone.css" />
    <title>Hello world!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <main class="container">
      <h1>Hello world!</h1>
    </main>
  </body>
</html>

Core unthemed versions

Most of internal Blades CSS modules are also available unthemed:


How it works

/anyblades/blades/refs/heads/main/src/blades.standalone.core.css :


/* Follows https://github.com/picocss/pico/blob/main/scss/_index.scss */

@import "./_variables";

/* Layout */
@import "./_layout";
@import "./breakout";

/* Content */
@import "./content/_typography";
@import "./link-icon";
@import "./content/_table";
@import "./responsive-table";
@import "./content/_code";

/* Forms */
@import "./float-label.core";

/* Components */
@import "./components/_timeline";

/* Utilities */
@import "./_utilities";

How it works

/anyblades/blades/refs/heads/main/src/blades.standalone.theme.css :

@import "./float-label.theme";

html {
  /* Prevent horizontal overflow and scrolling, modern way. */
  overflow-x: clip;

  /* Enable font smoothing */
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

body {
  /* Ensure `body` takes at least the full height of the viewport (using dynamic viewport height for better mobile support). */
  min-height: 100dvh;

  /* Make the `body` a flex container with column layout, and `main` to automatically fill available space. This is useful for creating sticky footers and full-height layouts. */
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  > main {
    flex-grow: 1;
  }

  /* Evaluates the last ~4 lines of text blocks to prevent a single word from sitting on the final line. */
  text-wrap: pretty;

  /* Enable global hyphenation */
  hyphens: auto;
  /* ... except for links and tables which are better (safer) without hyphenation */
  a,
  table {
    hyphens: none;
  }
}

a {
  &:not([href^="#"]) {
    text-decoration-thickness: 1px;

    &:hover {
      text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
    }
  }
}

h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
  text-wrap: balance;
}
h1 {
  font-size: 2.5em; /* for pico.css & tw-typography */
  margin-bottom: 1rem; /* for tw-typography */
}

hr {
  margin-block: 2em; /* for pico.css & tw-typography */
}

ul {
  ul {
    font-size: 87.5%;
  }
}

dl {
  dt {
    margin-block: 0.25rem;
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  dd {
    margin-block-end: 1rem;
  }
}

pre {
  small {
    opacity: 75%;
    font-weight: lighter;
  }
  &:has(code) {
    background: #181c25 !important;
  }
}

table {
  th {
    vertical-align: bottom;
    font-weight: bold;
  }
  td {
    vertical-align: top;
  }
  pre {
    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
  }
}

[data-jump-to="top"] {
  opacity: 25%;
  &:hover {
    opacity: 75%;
  }

  > i {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 0.25rem 0.375rem;
    margin: 0.5rem;
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    color: black;
    border-color: black;
  }
}

.breakout,
.breakout-all {
  > img,
  > figure {
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
  }
}

.faded {
  a {
    text-decoration-style: dotted;
  }
}