diff --git a/img/gratzl.png b/img/gratzl.png
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diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 44a6d16d..53c0ca38 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export {default as packEnclose} from "./src/pack/enclose";
 export {default as partition} from "./src/partition";
 export {default as stratify} from "./src/stratify";
 export {default as tree} from "./src/tree";
+export {default as gratzl} from "./src/gratzl";
 export {default as treemap} from "./src/treemap/index";
 export {default as treemapBinary} from "./src/treemap/binary";
 export {default as treemapDice} from "./src/treemap/dice";
diff --git a/src/gratzl.js b/src/gratzl.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74af26a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gratzl.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+function depthSort(a, b) {
+  if (a.maxDescendantDepth > b.maxDescendantDepth) {
+    return -1;
+  } else if (a.maxDescendantDepth < b.maxDescendantDepth) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+export default function() {
+  var dx = 5,
+      dy = 50,
+      widths = [];
+
+  function setTreeX(node, val) {
+    node.x = val;
+    widths[node.depth] = val;
+    if (node.children) {
+      node.leaves().sort(depthSort).forEach(function(leaf) {
+        if (typeof leaf.x === 'undefined') {
+          var width = Math.max.apply(null, widths.slice(node.depth, leaf.depth+1));
+          setTreeX(leaf, val > width ? val : width + 1)
+        }
+      })
+    }
+
+    if (node.parent && typeof node.parent.x === 'undefined') {
+      setTreeX(node.parent, val);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function tree(root, activeNode) {
+     /*
+     * set maxDescendantDepth on each node,
+     * which is the depth of its deepest child
+     *
+     * */
+    root.leaves().forEach(function(leaf) {
+      leaf.ancestors().forEach(function(leafAncestor) {
+        if (!leafAncestor.maxDescendantDepth || leaf.depth > leafAncestor.maxDescendantDepth) {
+          leafAncestor.maxDescendantDepth = leaf.depth;
+        }
+      })
+    });
+
+    /* rendering should start at the deepest leaf of activeNode. */
+    var deepestLeaf = activeNode;
+    activeNode.leaves().forEach(function(leaf) {
+      if (deepestLeaf.depth < leaf.depth) {
+        deepestLeaf = leaf;
+      }
+    });
+
+    setTreeX(deepestLeaf, 0);
+
+    var maxX = Math.max.apply(null, widths);
+    var maxY = Math.max.apply(null, root.leaves().map(function(leaf) { return leaf.depth; }));
+    root.each(function(node) {
+      sizeNode(node, maxX, maxY)
+    });
+    return root;
+  }
+
+  function sizeNode(node, maxX, maxY) {
+    node.x = dx - (dx / maxX) * node.x;
+    node.y = (dy / maxY) * node.depth;
+  }
+
+  tree.size = function(x) {
+    return arguments.length ? (dx = +x[0], dy = +x[1], tree) : [dx, dy];
+  };
+
+  return tree;
+}