Legibold is a Firefox extension which enables bionic reading on all web pages - that is, it bolds the beginning of each word to give your eyes useful anchor points, helping you to read faster!
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The variation of bolding this extension uses is:
- 1-2 character words: No bolding
- 3 character words: Bold first character
- 4-7 character words: Bold first 2 characters
- 8-10 character words: Bold first 3 characters
- 11-12 character words: Bold first 4 characters
- 13+ character words: Bold first 5 characters
The extension is available on the Firefox Add-ons website.
Legibold works by targeting text elements (paragraphs and headings) and wrapping each word in a <span> tag. The extension then applies a CSS class to each span based on the length of the word, which bolds the first few characters of the word.
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.