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editorial-minimal

editorial-minimal

github.com/madebymustafaDesign & UI20051 installsUpdated 11w ago
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About editorial-minimal

editorial-minimal is a visual-design skill for creating website pages in the style of a printed broadsheet. It specifies a restrained palette, typography, asymmetric layout, content treatment, and minimal motion.

Key features

  1. 01Fixed paper, ink, and vermillion palette
  2. 02Serif display and monospaced labels
  3. 03Asymmetric hero and indexed sections
  4. 04Hairline rules and editorial rows
  5. 05Minimal motion and interaction

Use cases

  1. 01Designing a broadsheet-inspired website page
  2. 02Setting typography and color rules for a page
  3. 03Organizing features and sections as editorial indexes

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/madebymustafa/design-taste --skill editorial-minimal

After installing, type/editorial-minimalin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

editorial-minimal

A single opinionated identity. When this pack is active, the entire page speaks one language: a printed broadsheet that happens to be a website.

1. PALETTE (Fixed)

  • Paper background: #F5F1EA (warm off-white). Dark variant: #EFEAE1.
  • Ink: #1A1A18 (near-black, warm). Secondary ink: #6B675E.
  • Accent: vermillion #E34A2B (or a deep red like #C73E1D). One per page.
  • Hairlines: rgba(26, 26, 24, 0.14).
  • No other colors. No gradients anywhere. No dark-mode sections.

2. TYPOGRAPHY (Fixed)

  • Display: a serif with character — Fraunces, Newsreader, or a strong system serif (Georgia, Charter). Sized clamp(2.8rem, 7vw, 6.5rem), tight leading (0.98–1.08), normal weight — let the size carry the voice.
  • Labels / metadata: monospaced (IBM Plex Mono, SF Mono, ui-monospace) or small caps, uppercase, letterspacing 0.10–0.15em, 11–13px.
  • Body: clean grotesk or the serif at 16–18px, 1.6–1.7 line-height, max-width 32–40em.
  • Optional editorial flourish: italic serif pull-quotes, oversized drop figures ("01" at display size).

3. COMPOSITION (Fixed)

  • Asymmetric split heroes: oversized type in a 7/12 column, a narrow index column (number + label) catching the remaining 5/12 on the right.
  • Indexed sections: every section opens with a number ("01 — Approach") + a hairline top rule. The page should read as a table of contents.
  • Hairline everywhere: 1px rules dividing columns, rows, and footer. Alignment must be exact — visible grid discipline.
  • Rows over cards: features as an editorial index (numbered rows with rules between) rather than three rounded boxes. Where cards exist: square corners, paper-on-paper tonal panels (#EFEAE1), 1px ink hairline — never rounded-2xl, never shadow-first.
  • Whitespace: hero padding ≥ 15vh, section gaps 96–160px.

4. CONTENT TREATMENT

  • No emoji icons. Numbers, typographic marks (→, —, *), or a single drawn glyph if any.
  • Metrics are editorial: present numbers as a mono typeset table with hairline rows — looks art-directed with zero assets.
  • No screenshots in browser chrome. If a product visual is needed, use a tonal panel with type, or a clean full-bleed image with a hairline frame.
  • CTAs: one solid vermillion square button + one text-only link in caps. Never two equal buttons.

5. MOTION (Almost None)

  • One entrance: content fades/translates up 8–12px on scroll, 400ms, long ease.
  • One micro-interaction: internal links underline on hover via background-size trick. No loops, no parallax orbs, no floating badges.

6. CHECKLIST (Fail the page if…)

  • Any color beyond paper/ink/vermillion appears.
  • Any rounded corner ≥ 6px on a major surface.
  • Headline smaller than ~2.8rem or wider than ~22em.
  • Body text column full-width.
  • A centered, symmetrical hero.
  • Emoji visible in the UI.

When in doubt: what would a Swiss broadsheet do?

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