Blueprint (CSS framework)
CSS framework
title: "Blueprint (CSS framework)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2007-software", "css-frameworks", "free-software-programmed-in-ruby", "software-using-the-mit-license"] description: "CSS framework" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueprint_(CSS_framework)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| name | Blueprint |
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| discontinued | Yes |
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| latest release version | 1.0.1 |
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| license | MIT License |
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Blueprint is a CSS framework designed to reduce development time and ensure cross-browser compatibility when working with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). It also serves as a foundation for many tools designed to make CSS development easier and more accessible to beginners.
History
Blueprint was first created by Olav Bjørkøy and released on August 3, 2007. By August 11, Blueprint included work based on ideas from Jeff Croft, Nathan Borror, Christian Metts, and Eric A. Meyer. Version 0.8 was released on November 11, and included various bugfixes as well as a new "tabs" plugin.
Purpose
One of the goals stated by the core team is to facilitate the development of new tools for working with CSS. A variety of CSS generators, visual editors, themes, and frameworks are based on Blueprint, many of which can be found on the Blueprint Wiki.
License
Blueprint is released under a modified version of the MIT License, making it free software. It can be either used as is, or further adapted for use via a compression tool that is written in Ruby.
Features
Blueprint's README file lists the following features as being provided out-of-the-box:
- A typographic baseline
- A stylesheet for printing
- An easily customizable grid
- Sensible default typography
- Perfected browser CSS reset
- Powerful scripts for customization
- Bloat Minimized as much as possible
References
References
- "joshuaclayton/blueprint-css".
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516223431/http://bjorkoy.com/past/2007/8/3/launch_blueprint_a_css_framework/ Launch: Blueprint, a CSS framework]. bjorkoy.com (2007-8-3).
- [http://www.byteswire.com/15-css-frameworks-for-front-end-developers/ CSS Frameworks for Front-end Developers]. byteswire.com. Retrieved on 2014-09-01.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081225043346/http://www.christianmontoya.com/2008/11/11/blueprint-version-08/ Blueprint version 0.8]. (Archived) Christianmontoya.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-11.
- [http://www.christianmontoya.com/2007/11/10/semantify-and-css-tools-based-on-blueprint/ Semantify, and CSS tools based on Blueprint] {{webarchive. link. (January 16, 2009 . Christianmontoya.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-11.)
- [https://wiki.github.com/joshuaclayton/blueprint-css/mods-forks-and-alternatives Mods, Forks and Alternatives] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-03-30 . Wiki.github.com (2012-03-31). Retrieved on 2012-09-11.)
- [https://streamvi.com/resources/impact-of-video-size-on-website-load-times Impact of video size on website load times] Video Compressor. Retrieved on 2023-03-07.
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