Glue is a simple command line tool to generate CSS sprites:
$ glue source output
- The latest documentation is available at: http://glue.readthedocs.org
- Installation instructions: http://glue.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html
- Automatic Sprite (PNG+CSS) creation.
- Automatic multi-dpi retina sprite creation.
- Support for multi-sprite projects.
- Create sprites from multiple folders.
- Multiple algorithms available.
- Automatic crop of unnecessary transparent borders around source images.
- Configurable paddings per image, sprite or project.
- Watch option to keep glue running watching for file changes.
- Optional .less output format.
- Automatic sprite images post-processing using OptiPNG.
- Sprite- and Project-level configuration via static config files.
- Configurable cache busting for sprite images.
- Customizable output css templates.
- Customizable CSS class names.
Using the gorgeous famfamfam icons (4.2Mb) you will get
the following icons.png (401Kb).
And also an icons.css with all the necessary CSS classes for this sprite:
.sprite-icons-zoom_out{ background:url('icons.png'); top:0; left:0; no-repeat;}
.sprite-icons-zoom_in{ background:url('icons.png'); top:0; left:-16; no-repeat;}
.sprite-icons-zoom{ background:url('icons.png'); top:-16; left:0; no-repeat;}
.sprite-icons-xhtml_valid{ background:url('icons.png'); top:-16; left:-16; no-repeat;}
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Do you want to know more? Visit the quickstart guide: http://glue.readthedocs.org/en/latest/quickstart.html