Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere
A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
specification
philosophy
tokens
colors12 items
typography8 items
- heading font
- Bricolage Grotesque
- body font
- Literata
- mono font
- Fragment Mono
- base size
- 16px
- scale ratio
- 1.28
- line height
- 1.55
- letter spacing
- -0.025em
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bricolage+Grotesque:wght@500;700;800&family=Fragment+Mono&family=Literata:opsz,wght@7..72,400;7..72,600&display=swap
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
radii5 items
- none
- 0
- sm
- 2px
- md
- 6px
- lg
- 18px
- full
- 9999px
shadows3 items
- sm
- 2px 3px 0 #201d1b
- md
- 8px 10px 0 rgba(32,29,27,0.18)
- lg
- 0 28px 80px rgba(78,65,93,0.28)
surfaces3 items
- treatment
- warm paper base with ink fleck overlays and translucent cyan/violet light washes
- card style
- off-white proof cards with rough black borders, multiply stains, and soft digital glow edges
- bg pattern
- layered paper grain, pale ink wash clouds, and editorial crop marks
borders4 items
- default width
- 2px
- accent width
- 5px
- style
- solid with irregular pseudo-element offsets
- character
- india-ink contour edges, not clean UI hairlines
motion3 items
- duration
- 260ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1)
- philosophy
- subtle proof-sheet drift and glow breathing; motion should feel like paper settling under projected light
rules
Use an editorial proof-sheet grid with a dominant argumentative image panel, secondary notes, and screen-like floating overlays that never fully align.
Headlines act as visual commentary: large, compressed, ink-dark blocks contrasted with small mono captions and literary body copy.
Medium-high density with breathable gutters; marks, notes, and stains cluster around focal panels rather than filling every edge.
layout
Twelve-column desktop proof grid collapsing to six columns on tablet and one stacked column on mobile.
mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px with composition changes at 860px and 620px
Whitespace behaves like paper margin: generous around the main drawing, tighter near annotations and metadata clusters.
guidance
- Let ink marks visibly interrupt digital gradients.
- Use captions and labels as active commentary, not decoration.
- Preserve warm paper grain on every surface.
- Keep glows muted and translucent rather than synthetic.
- Do not flatten the linework into perfect vector icons.
- Do not use saturated cyberpunk neon as the main palette.
- Do not center everything in a conventional landing-page stack.
- Do not remove texture from interactive elements.
katagami spec
# Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere ## Philosophy A crossover language where editorial ink drawing keeps its argumentative, human line while digital gradients, glow fields, and screen-layer compositing give the work a fine-art atmospheric presence. ### Values - visible hand pressure - editorial clarity as visual commentary - scan-to-screen material honesty - quiet digital luminosity ### Anti-Values - generic vector cleanliness - plastic neon spectacle - default magazine grid neutrality ### Visual Character - Use thick charcoal borders with imperfect double-stroke offsets and rotated pseudo-elements around major panels. - Layer translucent cyan-violet radial gradients behind ink-wash cards using blend modes and low opacity glow halos. - Apply paper-grain and scanned-stain texture through repeating gradients, speckled overlays, and soft multiply shadows. - Build hierarchy from oversized editorial headlines, handwritten annotation labels, and contour-line divider marks. - Compose content as a gallery proof sheet: asymmetric columns, pinned captions, and floating image fragments. ## Tokens ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | primary | `#181615` | | secondary | `#3f3734` | | accent | `#7fd4e8` | | background | `#eee7dc` | | surface | `#f7f0e6` | | text | `#151312` | | muted | `#6e6761` | | border | `#201d1b` | | error | `#a6463f` | | success | `#4e7a59` | | warning | `#b88735` | | info | `#6f6dcc` | ### Typography - **Heading Font**: Bricolage Grotesque - **Body Font**: Literata - **Mono Font**: Fragment Mono - **Base Size**: 16px - **Scale Ratio**: 1.28 - **Line Height**: 1.55 - **Letter Spacing**: -0.025em - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bricolage+Grotesque:wght@500;700;800&family=Fragment+Mono&family=Literata:opsz,wght@7..72,400;7..72,600&display=swap ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64] ### Radii - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 2px - **Md**: 6px - **Lg**: 18px - **Full**: 9999px ### Shadows - **Sm**: 2px 3px 0 #201d1b - **Md**: 8px 10px 0 rgba(32,29,27,0.18) - **Lg**: 0 28px 80px rgba(78,65,93,0.28) ### Surfaces - **Treatment**: warm paper base with ink fleck overlays and translucent cyan/violet light washes - **Card Style**: off-white proof cards with rough black borders, multiply stains, and soft digital glow edges - **Bg Pattern**: layered paper grain, pale ink wash clouds, and editorial crop marks ### Borders - **Default Width**: 2px - **Accent Width**: 5px - **Style**: solid with irregular pseudo-element offsets - **Character**: india-ink contour edges, not clean UI hairlines ### Motion - **Duration**: 260ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) - **Philosophy**: subtle proof-sheet drift and glow breathing; motion should feel like paper settling under projected light ## Rules ### Composition Use an editorial proof-sheet grid with a dominant argumentative image panel, secondary notes, and screen-like floating overlays that never fully align. ### Hierarchy Headlines act as visual commentary: large, compressed, ink-dark blocks contrasted with small mono captions and literary body copy. ### Density Medium-high density with breathable gutters; marks, notes, and stains cluster around focal panels rather than filling every edge. ### Signature Patterns - Ink-edge panels use ::before and ::after pseudo-elements shifted by 3-8px to mimic repeated hand-drawn contour passes. - Atmosphere fields are built from radial-gradient cyan/violet glows blended over paper using screen and multiply layering. - Annotation rails combine mono type, vertical writing, crop marks, and hairline gesture strokes as editorial marginalia. - Image placeholders carry wash masks made from large blurred gradients plus speckle textures so digital areas retain stain behavior. - Buttons and status chips are treated like stamped proof corrections with heavy ink shadows and imperfect rotation. ## Layout ### Grid Twelve-column desktop proof grid collapsing to six columns on tablet and one stacked column on mobile. ### Breakpoints mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px with composition changes at 860px and 620px ### Whitespace Whitespace behaves like paper margin: generous around the main drawing, tighter near annotations and metadata clusters. ## Guidance ### Do - Let ink marks visibly interrupt digital gradients. - Use captions and labels as active commentary, not decoration. - Preserve warm paper grain on every surface. - Keep glows muted and translucent rather than synthetic. ### Don't - Do not flatten the linework into perfect vector icons. - Do not use saturated cyberpunk neon as the main palette. - Do not center everything in a conventional landing-page stack. - Do not remove texture from interactive elements.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
primary: "#181615"
secondary: "#3f3734"
accent: "#7fd4e8"
background: "#eee7dc"
surface: "#f7f0e6"
text: "#151312"
muted: "#6e6761"
border: "#201d1b"
error: "#a6463f"
success: "#4e7a59"
warning: "#b88735"
info: "#6f6dcc"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Bricolage Grotesque"
fontSize: "2.097rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.025em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Bricolage Grotesque"
fontSize: "1.638rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.025em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Literata"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.55
letterSpacing: "-0.025em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "Fragment Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
none: "0px"
sm: "2px"
md: "6px"
lg: "18px"
full: "9999px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "24px"
2xl: "32px"
3xl: "48px"
4xl: "64px"
components:
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#ffffff"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere
## Overview
A crossover language where editorial ink drawing keeps its argumentative, human line while digital gradients, glow fields, and screen-layer compositing give the work a fine-art atmospheric presence.
### Values
- visible hand pressure
- editorial clarity as visual commentary
- scan-to-screen material honesty
- quiet digital luminosity
### Anti-Values
- generic vector cleanliness
- plastic neon spectacle
- default magazine grid neutrality
### Visual Character
- Use thick charcoal borders with imperfect double-stroke offsets and rotated pseudo-elements around major panels.
- Layer translucent cyan-violet radial gradients behind ink-wash cards using blend modes and low opacity glow halos.
- Apply paper-grain and scanned-stain texture through repeating gradients, speckled overlays, and soft multiply shadows.
- Build hierarchy from oversized editorial headlines, handwritten annotation labels, and contour-line divider marks.
- Compose content as a gallery proof sheet: asymmetric columns, pinned captions, and floating image fragments.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| primary | `#181615` |
| secondary | `#3f3734` |
| accent | `#7fd4e8` |
| background | `#eee7dc` |
| surface | `#f7f0e6` |
| text | `#151312` |
| muted | `#6e6761` |
| border | `#201d1b` |
| error | `#a6463f` |
| success | `#4e7a59` |
| warning | `#b88735` |
| info | `#6f6dcc` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Bricolage Grotesque, 2.097rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Bricolage Grotesque, 1.638rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Literata, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.55.
- **Label-Md**: Fragment Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.
## Layout
### Spacing Tokens
- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`
### Grid
Twelve-column desktop proof grid collapsing to six columns on tablet and one stacked column on mobile.
### Breakpoints
mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px with composition changes at 860px and 620px
### Whitespace
Whitespace behaves like paper margin: generous around the main drawing, tighter near annotations and metadata clusters.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Sm**: 2px 3px 0 #201d1b
- **Md**: 8px 10px 0 rgba(32,29,27,0.18)
- **Lg**: 0 28px 80px rgba(78,65,93,0.28)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `2px`
- **Md**: `6px`
- **Lg**: `18px`
- **Full**: `9999px`
### Surfaces
- **Treatment**: warm paper base with ink fleck overlays and translucent cyan/violet light washes
- **Card Style**: off-white proof cards with rough black borders, multiply stains, and soft digital glow edges
- **Bg Pattern**: layered paper grain, pale ink wash clouds, and editorial crop marks
### Borders
- **Default Width**: 2px
- **Accent Width**: 5px
- **Style**: solid with irregular pseudo-element offsets
- **Character**: india-ink contour edges, not clean UI hairlines
## Components
### Composition
Use an editorial proof-sheet grid with a dominant argumentative image panel, secondary notes, and screen-like floating overlays that never fully align.
### Hierarchy
Headlines act as visual commentary: large, compressed, ink-dark blocks contrasted with small mono captions and literary body copy.
### Density
Medium-high density with breathable gutters; marks, notes, and stains cluster around focal panels rather than filling every edge.
### Signature Patterns
- Ink-edge panels use ::before and ::after pseudo-elements shifted by 3-8px to mimic repeated hand-drawn contour passes.
- Atmosphere fields are built from radial-gradient cyan/violet glows blended over paper using screen and multiply layering.
- Annotation rails combine mono type, vertical writing, crop marks, and hairline gesture strokes as editorial marginalia.
- Image placeholders carry wash masks made from large blurred gradients plus speckle textures so digital areas retain stain behavior.
- Buttons and status chips are treated like stamped proof corrections with heavy ink shadows and imperfect rotation.
## shadcn/ui Usage
When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.
DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019dddaf-d66d-7eb3-9a50-c3000e1541c1/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.
The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.
Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.
## Do's and Don'ts
- Do Let ink marks visibly interrupt digital gradients.
- Do Use captions and labels as active commentary, not decoration.
- Do Preserve warm paper grain on every surface.
- Do Keep glows muted and translucent rather than synthetic.
- Don't Do not flatten the linework into perfect vector icons.
- Don't Do not use saturated cyberpunk neon as the main palette.
- Don't Do not center everything in a conventional landing-page stack.
- Don't Do not remove texture from interactive elements.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "expressive-line-digital-atmosphere",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#eee7dc",
"foreground": "#151312",
"card": "#f7f0e6",
"card-foreground": "#151312",
"popover": "#f7f0e6",
"popover-foreground": "#151312",
"primary": "#181615",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#3f3734",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#6e6761",
"muted-foreground": "#151312",
"accent": "#7fd4e8",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"destructive": "#a6463f",
"border": "#201d1b",
"input": "#201d1b",
"ring": "#7fd4e8",
"chart-1": "#181615",
"chart-2": "#3f3734",
"chart-3": "#7fd4e8",
"chart-4": "#4e7a59",
"chart-5": "#b88735",
"sidebar": "#f7f0e6",
"sidebar-foreground": "#151312",
"sidebar-primary": "#181615",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#6f6dcc",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#201d1b",
"sidebar-ring": "#7fd4e8",
"radius": "6px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#181615",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#7fd4e8",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"destructive": "#a6463f",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#7fd4e8",
"chart-1": "#181615",
"chart-2": "#3f3734",
"chart-3": "#7fd4e8",
"chart-4": "#4e7a59",
"chart-5": "#b88735",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#181615",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#7fd4e8",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#7fd4e8",
"radius": "6px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019dddaf-d66d-7eb3-9a50-c3000e1541c1",
"slug": "expressive-line-digital-atmosphere",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
]
}
}
}
```embodiments
at a glance
Typography
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl24px
- 2xl32px
- 3xl48px
- 4xl64px
Shape
implementation kit
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #eee7dc;
--foreground: #151312;
--card: #f7f0e6;
--card-foreground: #151312;
--popover: #f7f0e6;
--popover-foreground: #151312;
--primary: #181615;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #3f3734;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #6e6761;
--muted-foreground: #151312;
--accent: #7fd4e8;
--accent-foreground: #111111;
--destructive: #a6463f;
--border: #201d1b;
--input: #201d1b;
--ring: #7fd4e8;
--chart-1: #181615;
--chart-2: #3f3734;
--chart-3: #7fd4e8;
--chart-4: #4e7a59;
--chart-5: #b88735;
--sidebar: #f7f0e6;
--sidebar-foreground: #151312;
--sidebar-primary: #181615;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #6f6dcc;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #201d1b;
--sidebar-ring: #7fd4e8;
--radius: 6px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #181615;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #7fd4e8;
--accent-foreground: #111111;
--destructive: #a6463f;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #7fd4e8;
--chart-1: #181615;
--chart-2: #3f3734;
--chart-3: #7fd4e8;
--chart-4: #4e7a59;
--chart-5: #b88735;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #181615;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #7fd4e8;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #111111;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #7fd4e8;
--radius: 6px;
}
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function ExpressiveLineDigitalAtmosphereShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "expressive-line-digital-atmosphere",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#eee7dc",
"foreground": "#151312",
"card": "#f7f0e6",
"card-foreground": "#151312",
"popover": "#f7f0e6",
"popover-foreground": "#151312",
"primary": "#181615",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#3f3734",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#6e6761",
"muted-foreground": "#151312",
"accent": "#7fd4e8",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"destructive": "#a6463f",
"border": "#201d1b",
"input": "#201d1b",
"ring": "#7fd4e8",
"chart-1": "#181615",
"chart-2": "#3f3734",
"chart-3": "#7fd4e8",
"chart-4": "#4e7a59",
"chart-5": "#b88735",
"sidebar": "#f7f0e6",
"sidebar-foreground": "#151312",
"sidebar-primary": "#181615",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#6f6dcc",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#201d1b",
"sidebar-ring": "#7fd4e8",
"radius": "6px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#181615",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#7fd4e8",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"destructive": "#a6463f",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#7fd4e8",
"chart-1": "#181615",
"chart-2": "#3f3734",
"chart-3": "#7fd4e8",
"chart-4": "#4e7a59",
"chart-5": "#b88735",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#181615",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#7fd4e8",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#7fd4e8",
"radius": "6px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019dddaf-d66d-7eb3-9a50-c3000e1541c1",
"slug": "expressive-line-digital-atmosphere",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
]
}
}
}
# Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019dddaf-d66d-7eb3-9a50-c3000e1541c1`
Slug: `expressive-line-digital-atmosphere`
## Intent
A crossover language where editorial ink drawing keeps its argumentative, human line while digital gradients, glow fields, and screen-layer compositing give the work a fine-art atmospheric presence.
## Required primitives
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
## Token cues
Colors:
{
"primary": "#181615",
"secondary": "#3f3734",
"accent": "#7fd4e8",
"background": "#eee7dc",
"surface": "#f7f0e6",
"text": "#151312",
"muted": "#6e6761",
"border": "#201d1b",
"error": "#a6463f",
"success": "#4e7a59",
"warning": "#b88735",
"info": "#6f6dcc"
}
Typography:
{
"heading_font": "Bricolage Grotesque",
"body_font": "Literata",
"mono_font": "Fragment Mono",
"base_size": "16px",
"scale_ratio": 1.28,
"line_height": 1.55,
"letter_spacing": "-0.025em",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bricolage+Grotesque:wght@500;700;800&family=Fragment+Mono&family=Literata:opsz,wght@7..72,400;7..72,600&display=swap"
}
## Visual character to preserve
- Use thick charcoal borders with imperfect double-stroke offsets and rotated pseudo-elements around major panels.
- Layer translucent cyan-violet radial gradients behind ink-wash cards using blend modes and low opacity glow halos.
- Apply paper-grain and scanned-stain texture through repeating gradients, speckled overlays, and soft multiply shadows.
- Build hierarchy from oversized editorial headlines, handwritten annotation labels, and contour-line divider marks.
- Compose content as a gallery proof sheet: asymmetric columns, pinned captions, and floating image fragments.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "blob",
"border": "dashed",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": true,
"motion": "lift-rotate",
"density": "balanced",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
}
## Signature component recipes
### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.
### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.
### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.
### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.
### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.
## Preview shots
- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.
## Implementation contract
- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/expressive-line-digital-atmosphere/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Let ink marks visibly interrupt digital gradients.; Use captions and labels as active commentary, not decoration.; Preserve warm paper grain on every surface.; Keep glows muted and translucent rather than synthetic.
- Do not: Do not flatten the linework into perfect vector icons.; Do not use saturated cyberpunk neon as the main palette.; Do not center everything in a conventional landing-page stack.; Do not remove texture from interactive elements.
## Copy-paste component example
This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.
```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function ExpressiveLineDigitalAtmosphereShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"grid": "Twelve-column desktop proof grid collapsing to six columns on tablet and one stacked column on mobile.",
"breakpoints": "mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px with composition changes at 860px and 620px",
"whitespace": "Whitespace behaves like paper margin: generous around the main drawing, tighter near annotations and metadata clusters."
}
{
"artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
"version": "preview-shots-v1",
"generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
"generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
"requiresVisualProfile": true,
"schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
"renderable": true,
"language": {
"id": "en-019dddaf-d66d-7eb3-9a50-c3000e1541c1",
"name": "Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere",
"slug": "expressive-line-digital-atmosphere"
},
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"identityNotes": [
"Use thick charcoal borders with imperfect double-stroke offsets and rotated pseudo-elements around major panels.",
"Layer translucent cyan-violet radial gradients behind ink-wash cards using blend modes and low opacity glow halos.",
"Apply paper-grain and scanned-stain texture through repeating gradients, speckled overlays, and soft multiply shadows.",
"Build hierarchy from oversized editorial headlines, handwritten annotation labels, and contour-line divider marks.",
"Compose content as a gallery proof sheet: asymmetric columns, pinned captions, and floating image fragments."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "dashed",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": true,
"motion": "lift-rotate",
"density": "balanced",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
},
"shots": [
{
"id": "application-shell",
"title": "Application shell",
"viewport": "desktop",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"select",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"table"
],
"composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
"mustShow": [
"primary and secondary actions",
"card hierarchy",
"filterable state",
"table or list density"
],
"avoid": [
"component inventory walls",
"placeholder-only content",
"generic rounded SaaS chrome"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "workspace spread",
"headline": "Expressive Line / Digital Atmosphere launch room",
"description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
"primaryAction": "Apply theme",
"secondaryAction": "Review states",
"stats": [
{
"label": "components",
"value": "16",
"tone": "accent"
},
{
"label": "states",
"value": "ready"
},
{
"label": "density",
"value": "balanced",
"tone": "warning"
}
],
"rows": [
{
"label": "Primary flow",
"value": "mapped",
"status": "active"
},
{
"label": "Token coverage",
"value": "semantic",
"status": "synced"
},
{
"label": "Responsive proof",
"value": "queued",
"status": "review"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Active",
"Synced",
"Draft"
]
}
},
{
"id": "detail-editor",
"title": "Detail editor",
"viewport": "tablet",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"dialog",
"sheet"
],
"composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
"mustShow": [
"focus ring",
"error or destructive state",
"dialog or sheet treatment",
"written guidance content"
],
"avoid": [
"unstyled browser controls",
"floating cards inside cards",
"missing labels"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "editing flow",
"headline": "Language recipe editor",
"description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
"primaryAction": "Save recipe",
"secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
"fields": [
{
"label": "Component family",
"value": "Narrative cards"
},
{
"label": "State treatment",
"value": "Visible focus + validation"
},
{
"label": "Motion",
"value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Focus",
"Invalid",
"Confirmed"
]
}
},
{
"id": "data-operations",
"title": "Data operations",
"viewport": "mobile",
"primitives": [
"button",
"tabs",
"badge",
"dropdown-menu",
"table",
"tooltip",
"separator"
],
"composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
"mustShow": [
"responsive reflow",
"dense row styling",
"menu affordance",
"status badge system"
],
"avoid": [
"desktop-only tables",
"text overflow",
"default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "operations",
"headline": "Compact review queue",
"description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
"primaryAction": "Resolve",
"secondaryAction": "Filter",
"rows": [
{
"label": "Button hierarchy",
"value": "approved",
"status": "ok"
},
{
"label": "Table rhythm",
"value": "needs pass",
"status": "watch"
},
{
"label": "Empty state",
"value": "designed",
"status": "done"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Queued",
"Blocked",
"Done"
]
}
}
],
"componentRecipes": [
{
"primitive": "button",
"intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
},
{
"primitive": "card",
"intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
},
{
"primitive": "input",
"intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
},
{
"primitive": "textarea",
"intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
},
{
"primitive": "select",
"intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
},
{
"primitive": "dialog",
"intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
},
{
"primitive": "sheet",
"intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
},
{
"primitive": "tabs",
"intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "badge",
"intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
},
{
"primitive": "separator",
"intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
},
{
"primitive": "checkbox",
"intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
},
{
"primitive": "switch",
"intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "slider",
"intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
},
{
"primitive": "tooltip",
"intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
},
{
"primitive": "dropdown-menu",
"intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
},
{
"primitive": "table",
"intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
}
],
"qualityRules": {
"do": [
"Let ink marks visibly interrupt digital gradients.",
"Use captions and labels as active commentary, not decoration.",
"Preserve warm paper grain on every surface.",
"Keep glows muted and translucent rather than synthetic."
],
"dont": [
"Do not flatten the linework into perfect vector icons.",
"Do not use saturated cyberpunk neon as the main palette.",
"Do not center everything in a conventional landing-page stack.",
"Do not remove texture from interactive elements."
]
}
}