# Letterpress / Parchment — deep ink on cream, serif, emboss shadows. # Warmer and heavier than newsprint: parchment paper, a letterpress feel, # hairline rules, subtle emboss shadows. A bookish, archival tone. name: letterpress label: Letterpress summary: Deep ink on parchment, serif type and embossed weight — a bookish archive. tokens: palette: bg: "#EDE4D0" # parchment surface: "#F7F0DF" ink: "#2A2118" # deep umber ink ink_muted: "#6B5D49" accent: "#8A3B2E" # oxblood accent_alt: "#4A5D3A" # dark olive rule: "#CDBF9F" on_accent: "#F7F0DF" surfaces: title: { bg: "#2A2118", ink: "#F7F0DF", muted: "#B9AC93", accent: "#8A3B2E" } section: { bg: "#8A3B2E", ink: "#F7F0DF", muted: "#E8C9C3" } dark: bg: "#201A12" surface: "#2B2318" ink: "#EDE4D0" ink_muted: "#A89A80" accent: "#A0503F" accent_alt: "#6B7F55" rule: "#4A402F" on_accent: "#EDE4D0" type: display: { family: "Cormorant Garamond", weight: 700, size: 40, line: 1.1, tracking: 0 } heading: { family: "Cormorant Garamond", weight: 700, size: 30, line: 1.15, tracking: 0 } subhead: { family: "Lora", weight: 400, size: 14, line: 1.5, tracking: 0 } body: { family: "Lora", weight: 400, size: 12.5, line: 1.6, tracking: 0 } caption: { family: "Lora", weight: 500, size: 10, line: 1.35, tracking: 0.2 } eyebrow: { family: "Lora", weight: 600, size: 10, line: 1.2, tracking: 1.6, transform: upper } stat: { family: "Cormorant Garamond", weight: 700, size: 54, line: 1.05, tracking: 0 } grid: margin: { top: 0.66, right: 0.8, bottom: 0.58, left: 0.8 } gutter: 0.32 columns: 12 band: { eyebrow_y: 0.66, title_y: 1.36, body_y: 2.62 } shape: radius: { card: 0.02, pill: 0.40, chip: 0.02 } border: { width: 1, color: "#CDBF9F" } # thin rule edges card_pad: 0.30 shadow: card: { type: outer, blur: 2, offset: 1, angle: 90, color: "2A2118", opacity: 0.16 } # A dark-olive corner tint — like a marbled endpaper. background: decor: - shape: ellipse x: 10.8 y: 5.0 w: 4.6 h: 4.2 fill: "#4A5D3A" transparency: 92 # Composition — src/composition.js owns the vocabulary; every axis # left out here is the shared default. layout: title: composition: centred section: composition: rules heading: align: centre opening: none content: frame: inset list: marker: none text: dropcap: true plate: enabled: false voice: feel: archival, considered, weighty, literary density: medium prefers: - a long view and a definitive claim - formal but warm register - stately progress through a topic avoid: - buzzwords and startup language - clipped, telegraphic style - loud modern colour headline_style: > A definitive statement in full sentences. "The Weight of a Printed Page" over "Printing, An Overview". Let the serif do the talking. body_style: > Formal, complete sentences. One idea per paragraph, thoroughly said.