Allow manually defining scale steps instead of using ratios

[diondiondion]

I'd much prefer to be able to define the individual steps/sizes of the scale manually instead of having it generated based on a modular scale, which is something I simply don't believe in. (A part of my soul dies every time a designer talks about the golden ratio and visual harmony) – but more importantly, I've had negative experiences with rounding issues that were caused by using sizes that aren't rounded to whole pixels.

[kristoferjoseph]

What would this look like?
How would you like to author these scale steps?

[diondiondion]

Hi, since the base is set in pixels, defining the scale in pixels would make sense to me as well.

I was originally thinking of a simple array of sizes:

scale: [2, 4, 8, 14, 18, 22, 26, 32]

But given the bipolar nature of the scale, an object would probably make more sense, e.g.

scale: {
  '-5': 2,
  '-4': 4,
  '-3': 8,
   ...
   0: 18,
   1: 22,
   ...
}

Then again, does it really make sense for the scale to be bipolar when it's also used for spacing? It means that for smaller values, you basically have to go "up" negative numbers to increase spacing. It feels a bit weird, and I'd probably opt for separate scales for type and spacing, but it's just a first impression.

[kristoferjoseph]

@diondiondion Looks like we will be adding imperative scales soon!