bmesin / initial.js

Simple jQuery plugin to make Gmail like text avatars for profile pictures

initial.js

Simple jQuery plugin to make Gmail like text avatars for profile pictures.

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Demo

Browser compatibility

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Opera 9+
• Safari 3.2+
• iOS Safari 3.2+
• Android Browser 3+

Usage

Markup

<img data-name="Steve" class="profile"/>

jQuery code

$('.profile').initial();

Options

Below options can be overridden with data-attributes inside the image element. Refer to the "data-attribute" column for related data-attribute for each option

Option	data-attribute	Description	Default
name	data-name	Name of the user which the profile picture should be generated	Name
height	data-height	Height of the picture	100
width	data-width	Width of the picture	100
charCount	data-char-count	Number of characherts to be shown in the picture.	1
textColor	data-text-color	Color of the text	#ffffff
fontSize	data-font-size	Font size of the character(s)	60
fontWeight	data-font-weight	Font weight of the character(s)	400