--- version: "alpha" name: "Vintage Lithograph / Victorian" description: "Victorian lithograph interface. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#F0E3CE" secondary: "#0D0D15" tertiary: "#E85D35" neutral: "#223A70" surface: "#8B7355" accent: "#D4A574" typography: h1: fontFamily: ornate serif fontSize: 2.25rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: ornate serif fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 label-caps: fontFamily: ornate serif fontSize: 0.75rem fontWeight: 500 components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Victorian lithograph interface. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template. Victorian typography never really left. It just went underground — into antique shops, flea market ephemera, the backrooms of print studios where letterpress operators kept their wood type blocks oiled and ready. Then around 2010, craft culture exploded. Breweries needed labels that looked like they'd survived a century in a cellar. Barbershops wanted signage that whispered "we existed before your grandfather." And suddenly, lithograph aesthetics weren't nostalgia — they were strategy. The revival makes sense when you understand what these forms communicate. A hand-drawn vignette border doesn't just decorate; it says "someone sat here, for hours, with a nib." Ornamental ribbons carrying a brand name aren't decoration — they're a claim of lineage. The density of Victorian composition, those stacked serifs and interlocking frames, signals labor. And labor signals care. In a market drowning in Helvetica and flat minimalism, that density became a differentiator. What's interesting is how the aesthetic has matured. Early revival work was pastiche — slap some distress textures on Playfair Display and call it artisan. The good work now understands proportion, ink spread, the way a real lithograph bleeds at the edges. It respects the craft it's referencing. - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 8/10 — Expressive - Motion: 6/10 — Expressive - **Style:** Victorian, Ornate, Detailed, Vintage - **Keywords:** Hand-drawn lithograph, ornamental ribbons, vignette borders, parchment grain, watercolor wash, ink stipple, antiquated, scholarly, art nouveau - **Era:** 1800s Victorian Revival - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ◐ Partial ## Colors - **Aged Parchment** (#F0E3CE) — Primary surface or dominant color - **Ink Black** (#0D0D15) — Dark surface, primary background - **Vermillion** (#E85D35) — Supporting palette color - **Navy** (#223A70) — Supporting palette color - **Warm Brown** (#8B7355) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Tan** (#D4A574) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Charcoal** (#4A4A4A) — Deep contrast surface ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** ornate serif — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** ornate serif — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** ornate serif — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing - **Monospace:** JetBrains Mono — Used for code, metadata, and technical values Scale: - Hero: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem) - H1: 2.25rem - H2: 1.5rem - Body: 1rem / 1.6 - Small: 0.875rem ## Layout - **Grid:** CSS Grid primary. Max-width containment: 1280px centered with 1.5rem side padding. - **Spacing rhythm:** Balanced. Base unit: 0.5rem (8px). - **Section vertical gaps:** clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem). - **Hero layout:** Asymmetric composition. - **Feature sections:** Asymmetric grid with varied card sizes. No 3-equal-columns. - **Mobile collapse:** All multi-column layouts collapse below 768px. No horizontal overflow. - **z-index contract:** base (0) / sticky-nav (100) / overlay (200) / modal (300) / toast (500). ## Elevation & Depth Soft diffuse daylight, decorative scroll animations, vignette fade effects, ink stipple textures, ribbon banner reveals - **Physics:** Spring — stiffness 120, damping 20. Confident, weighted transitions. - **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 480ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 100ms between items. - **Hover states:** Scale(1.03) + shadow lift over 200ms. - **Page transitions:** Fade + slide (300ms). - **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties. ## Shapes Base corner radius: 8px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) shape. Accent color fill. Hover: 8% darken + subtle lift shadow. Active: -1px translate tactile press. Font weight 600. No outer glows. - **Secondary / Ghost Button:** Outline variant. 1.5px border in muted color. Text in primary color. Hover: subtle background fill. - **Cards:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) corners. Surface background. Subtle shadow (0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)). 1px border stroke. - **Inputs:** Label above input. 1px border stroke. Focus ring: 2px accent color offset 2px. Error text below in semantic red. No floating labels. - **Navigation:** Primary surface background. Active item: accent color indicator. Font weight 500 when active. - **Skeletons:** Shimmer animation matching component dimensions. No circular spinners. - **Empty States:** Icon-based composition with descriptive text and action button. ## Do's and Don'ts - No emojis in UI — use icon system only (Lucide, Heroicons) - No pure black (#000000) — use off-black or charcoal variants - No oversaturated accent colors (saturation cap: 80%) - No 3-column equal-width feature layouts — use zig-zag or asymmetric grid - No `h-screen` — use `min-h-[100dvh]` - No AI copywriting clichés: "Elevate", "Seamless", "Unleash", "Next-Gen" - No broken external image links — use picsum.photos or inline SVG - No generic lorem ipsum in demos - Do Parchment texture present - Do Ornamental borders - Do Serif typography ornate - Do Watercolor effects subtle - Do Vignette applied - Do Victorian authenticity ## Use Case Landing pages, SaaS