Quire

# Quire

## Philosophy

A torn-paper storybook interface language: every surface is a hand-pasted paper patch over an offset second-colour underlay, so warmth and depth come from paper rather than borders. Screens read like a picture-book spread — tactile, optimistic, and emotionally literate without becoming juvenile. The refined evolution of WhimsiCollage Storybook: same idea and palette family, sharpened to one ownable mechanic.

### Values

- child-friendly warmth without babyish simplification
- narrative worldbuilding carried by the CSS structure, not just illustration
- visible craft, paper grain, and hand-touched imperfection
- gentle emotional guidance through colour and shape
- friendly discoverability through characterful, clearly-styled affordances

### Anti-Values

- sterile product minimalism and white-card SaaS inventories
- hard mechanical geometry or glassmorphism as the dominant motif
- grey hairline borders and accent edges
- mascot overload that replaces information design
- decoration without an idea — flourishes piled on by reflex

## Tokens

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#F4E9D6` |
| surface | `#FFFBF3` |
| surface_2 | `#FBF2E1` |
| text | `#2C3A35` |
| muted | `#76705F` |
| accent | `#E0506E` |
| on_accent | `#FFFBF3` |
| moss | `#2F6A55` |
| apricot | `#F0A05E` |
| sky | `#6D8FD6` |
| border | `#E4D7BE` |
| success | `#2F6A55` |
| warning | `#D99A2B` |
| error | `#C9543F` |
| info | `#6D8FD6` |

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 17px
- **Body Font**: Averia Serif Libre
- **Heading Font**: Sour Gummy
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono
- **Heading Weight**: 700
- **Heading Transform**: none
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em
- **Display Line Height**: 1.12
- **Line Height**: 1.55
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.25
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Averia+Serif+Libre:wght@400;700&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Sour+Gummy:wght@400;500;700&display=swap

### Radii

- **None**: 0px
- **Sm**: 16px
- **Md**: 24px
- **Lg**: 24px
- **Full**: 9999px

### Shadows

- **Sm**: 0 3px 0 rgba(70,58,42,0.10)
- **Md**: 6px 8px 0 rgba(70,58,42,0.08)
- **Lg**: 0 14px 28px rgba(70,58,42,0.12)

### Spacing

- **Base**: 8px
- **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64,96]

### Surfaces

- **Treatment**: paper
- **Bg Pattern**: noise
- **Card Style**: warm paper cards on an offset second-colour paste-shadow underlay, no borders

### Borders

- **Default Width**: 0px
- **Style**: none
- **Character**: no borders; depth from offset paste-shadows and paper inset rings on fields only

### Motion

- **Duration**: 240ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)
- **Philosophy**: snappy lifts and tiny collage rotations, never opacity-only fades; settled state visible with no JS, hidden start-state gated behind html.anim

## Rules

### Composition

Compose every screen as a story spread: a strong hero patch, one or two secondary narrative pockets, and a clear left-to-right reading path. Break dense data into themed paper patches rather than uniform cards; never nest cards.

### Hierarchy

Hierarchy comes from scale, colour patches, and the paste-shadow elevation rather than pure typography. Headings ride irregular blob backplates; primary actions become large friendly pebble shapes; supporting facts tuck into pill ribbons.

### Density

Moderate density with generous breathing room — busy in detail, never cramped in layout. Texture lives inside a disciplined macro-grid with roomy gutters.

### Signature

Every major surface sits on a slightly offset second-colour paper underlay (a blur-free paste-shadow); titles on blob backplates; scalloped ribbon dividers; pasted sticker badges overlapping corners; pebble-shaped controls with explicit focus states.

## Layout

### Grid

Desktop uses a spread-like composition with two narrative halves and wide interior gutter; tablet shifts to stacked story bands; mobile becomes a vertical tale with pocket modules and preserved paste-shadow accents. Use minmax(0,1fr) columns and min-width:0 children.

### Whitespace

Roomy outer margins, deep section padding, intentional overlap between paper layers. Leave space around decorative patches so texture supports readability instead of crowding it.

### Density

Generous; always pad above titles; titles never stuck to container tops.

### Responsive

Renders from ~390px to 2560px+. Single column on mobile, non-essential nav and table columns hidden, no horizontal overflow. On ultra-wide, cap and centre contained content; only the hero spans 100vw.

### Breakpoints

- **Lg**: 1200px+
- **Md**: 900–1199px
- **Sm**: 640–899px
- **Xs**: below 640px

## Guidance

### Do

- Give every major surface an offset second-colour paste-shadow underlay; let depth come from paper, not borders
- Pair warm cream neutrals with berry, moss, and apricot like highlighters, with sky kept cool for information
- Treat forms, menus, and metrics as story props embedded in a specific narrative scene
- Ride section titles on irregular blob backplates and divide sections with scalloped paper ribbons
- Style every control as a pebble, sticker, ribbon, or paper patch with explicit visible focus states
- Make one panel dominant and let smaller pockets tuck around it like a picture-book spread

### Don't

- Flatten everything into identical white cards or a generic SaaS component inventory
- Use neon saturation or toy-store primaries, or pastel background washes
- Default to sharp corners, hairlines, glassmorphism, mechanical grey borders, or accent edges on cards
- Mix arbitrary corner radii — use 16px for fields, 24px for surfaces, 9999px for pills
- Hide the collage identity in illustrations only; the CSS structure must carry it
- Sacrifice legibility for texture, or pile on flourishes without an idea

### Accessibility

Maintain AA contrast on all copy (ink on paper), use large friendly hit targets, visible moss or berry focus rings, and keep paper texture behind text low-contrast. Respect prefers-reduced-motion; the settled page renders without JavaScript.

## Imagery Direction

### Pairs With

torn-cut-paper-collage

### Summary

Imagery is layered hand-torn cut-paper collage with visible fibrous deckle edges and offset paper underlays, on a warm paper ground — the same paste-shadow language the CSS speaks.

### Subjects

- storybook landscapes
- friendly animals
- everyday objects as props
- warm domestic scenes
- meadows and lanterns

### Usage

Use full-frame torn cut-paper collage for the hero and feature imagery; keep the warm cream/berry/moss/apricot/sky palette; never use flat digital illustration or photography.

---
version: "alpha"
name: "Quire"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  bg: "#F4E9D6"
  surface: "#FFFBF3"
  surface_2: "#FBF2E1"
  text: "#2C3A35"
  muted: "#76705F"
  accent: "#E0506E"
  on_accent: "#FFFBF3"
  moss: "#2F6A55"
  apricot: "#F0A05E"
  sky: "#6D8FD6"
  border: "#E4D7BE"
  success: "#2F6A55"
  warning: "#D99A2B"
  error: "#C9543F"
  info: "#6D8FD6"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Sour Gummy"
    fontSize: "2.075rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Sour Gummy"
    fontSize: "1.66rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Averia Serif Libre"
    fontSize: "17px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.55
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  none: "0px"
  sm: "16px"
  md: "24px"
  lg: "24px"
  full: "9999px"
spacing:
  base: "8px"
  xs: "4px"
  sm: "8px"
  md: "12px"
  lg: "16px"
  xl: "24px"
  2xl: "32px"
  3xl: "48px"
  4xl: "64px"
  step-8: "96px"
components:
  color-reference-bg:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.bg}"
  color-reference-surface:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
  color-reference-surface_2:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface_2}"
  color-reference-text:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
  color-reference-muted:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
  color-reference-accent:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
  color-reference-on_accent:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.on_accent}"
  color-reference-moss:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.moss}"
  color-reference-apricot:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.apricot}"
  color-reference-sky:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.sky}"
  color-reference-border:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
  color-reference-success:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
  color-reference-warning:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
  color-reference-error:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
  color-reference-info:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
    textColor: "#000000"
    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"
---

# Quire

## Overview

A torn-paper storybook interface language: every surface is a hand-pasted paper patch over an offset second-colour underlay, so warmth and depth come from paper rather than borders. Screens read like a picture-book spread — tactile, optimistic, and emotionally literate without becoming juvenile. The refined evolution of WhimsiCollage Storybook: same idea and palette family, sharpened to one ownable mechanic.

### Values

- child-friendly warmth without babyish simplification
- narrative worldbuilding carried by the CSS structure, not just illustration
- visible craft, paper grain, and hand-touched imperfection
- gentle emotional guidance through colour and shape
- friendly discoverability through characterful, clearly-styled affordances

### Anti-Values

- sterile product minimalism and white-card SaaS inventories
- hard mechanical geometry or glassmorphism as the dominant motif
- grey hairline borders and accent edges
- mascot overload that replaces information design
- decoration without an idea — flourishes piled on by reflex

## Colors

Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.

| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| bg | `#F4E9D6` |
| surface | `#FFFBF3` |
| surface_2 | `#FBF2E1` |
| text | `#2C3A35` |
| muted | `#76705F` |
| accent | `#E0506E` |
| on_accent | `#FFFBF3` |
| moss | `#2F6A55` |
| apricot | `#F0A05E` |
| sky | `#6D8FD6` |
| border | `#E4D7BE` |
| success | `#2F6A55` |
| warning | `#D99A2B` |
| error | `#C9543F` |
| info | `#6D8FD6` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Sour Gummy, 2.075rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Sour Gummy, 1.66rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Averia Serif Libre, 17px, weight 400, line-height 1.55.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex 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`
- **Step-8**: `96px`

### Grid

Desktop uses a spread-like composition with two narrative halves and wide interior gutter; tablet shifts to stacked story bands; mobile becomes a vertical tale with pocket modules and preserved paste-shadow accents. Use minmax(0,1fr) columns and min-width:0 children.

### Whitespace

Roomy outer margins, deep section padding, intentional overlap between paper layers. Leave space around decorative patches so texture supports readability instead of crowding it.

### Density

Generous; always pad above titles; titles never stuck to container tops.

### Responsive

Renders from ~390px to 2560px+. Single column on mobile, non-essential nav and table columns hidden, no horizontal overflow. On ultra-wide, cap and centre contained content; only the hero spans 100vw.

### Breakpoints

- **Lg**: 1200px+
- **Md**: 900–1199px
- **Sm**: 640–899px
- **Xs**: below 640px

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Sm**: 0 3px 0 rgba(70,58,42,0.10)
- **Md**: 6px 8px 0 rgba(70,58,42,0.08)
- **Lg**: 0 14px 28px rgba(70,58,42,0.12)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `16px`
- **Md**: `24px`
- **Lg**: `24px`
- **Full**: `9999px`

### Surfaces

- **Treatment**: paper
- **Bg Pattern**: noise
- **Card Style**: warm paper cards on an offset second-colour paste-shadow underlay, no borders

### Borders

- **Default Width**: 0px
- **Style**: none
- **Character**: no borders; depth from offset paste-shadows and paper inset rings on fields only

## Components

### Composition

Compose every screen as a story spread: a strong hero patch, one or two secondary narrative pockets, and a clear left-to-right reading path. Break dense data into themed paper patches rather than uniform cards; never nest cards.

### Hierarchy

Hierarchy comes from scale, colour patches, and the paste-shadow elevation rather than pure typography. Headings ride irregular blob backplates; primary actions become large friendly pebble shapes; supporting facts tuck into pill ribbons.

### Density

Moderate density with generous breathing room — busy in detail, never cramped in layout. Texture lives inside a disciplined macro-grid with roomy gutters.

### Signature

Every major surface sits on a slightly offset second-colour paper underlay (a blur-free paste-shadow); titles on blob backplates; scalloped ribbon dividers; pasted sticker badges overlapping corners; pebble-shaped controls with explicit focus states.

## 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-019ef73d-0680-7c83-94f4-113a79a5f834/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 Give every major surface an offset second-colour paste-shadow underlay; let depth come from paper, not borders
- Do Pair warm cream neutrals with berry, moss, and apricot like highlighters, with sky kept cool for information
- Do Treat forms, menus, and metrics as story props embedded in a specific narrative scene
- Do Ride section titles on irregular blob backplates and divide sections with scalloped paper ribbons
- Do Style every control as a pebble, sticker, ribbon, or paper patch with explicit visible focus states
- Do Make one panel dominant and let smaller pockets tuck around it like a picture-book spread
- Don't Flatten everything into identical white cards or a generic SaaS component inventory
- Don't Use neon saturation or toy-store primaries, or pastel background washes
- Don't Default to sharp corners, hairlines, glassmorphism, mechanical grey borders, or accent edges on cards
- Don't Mix arbitrary corner radii — use 16px for fields, 24px for surfaces, 9999px for pills
- Don't Hide the collage identity in illustrations only; the CSS structure must carry it
- Don't Sacrifice legibility for texture, or pile on flourishes without an idea

### Accessibility

Maintain AA contrast on all copy (ink on paper), use large friendly hit targets, visible moss or berry focus rings, and keep paper texture behind text low-contrast. Respect prefers-reduced-motion; the settled page renders without JavaScript.

## Imagery Direction

### Pairs With

torn-cut-paper-collage

### Summary

Imagery is layered hand-torn cut-paper collage with visible fibrous deckle edges and offset paper underlays, on a warm paper ground — the same paste-shadow language the CSS speaks.

### Subjects

- storybook landscapes
- friendly animals
- everyday objects as props
- warm domestic scenes
- meadows and lanterns

### Usage

Use full-frame torn cut-paper collage for the hero and feature imagery; keep the warm cream/berry/moss/apricot/sky palette; never use flat digital illustration or photography.

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "quire",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Quire shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F4E9D6",
      "foreground": "#2C3A35",
      "card": "#FFFBF3",
      "card-foreground": "#2C3A35",
      "popover": "#FFFBF3",
      "popover-foreground": "#2C3A35",
      "primary": "#2C3A35",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#f4f4f5",
      "secondary-foreground": "#111111",
      "muted": "#76705F",
      "muted-foreground": "#2C3A35",
      "accent": "#E0506E",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#C9543F",
      "border": "#E4D7BE",
      "input": "#E4D7BE",
      "ring": "#E0506E",
      "chart-1": "#2C3A35",
      "chart-2": "#f4f4f5",
      "chart-3": "#E0506E",
      "chart-4": "#2F6A55",
      "chart-5": "#D99A2B",
      "sidebar": "#FFFBF3",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#2C3A35",
      "sidebar-primary": "#2C3A35",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#6D8FD6",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#E4D7BE",
      "sidebar-ring": "#E0506E",
      "radius": "24px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#2C3A35",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#E0506E",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#C9543F",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#E0506E",
      "chart-1": "#2C3A35",
      "chart-2": "#f4f4f5",
      "chart-3": "#E0506E",
      "chart-4": "#2F6A55",
      "chart-5": "#D99A2B",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#2C3A35",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#E0506E",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#E0506E",
      "radius": "24px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ef73d-0680-7c83-94f4-113a79a5f834",
    "slug": "quire",
    "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",
        "apricot",
        "bg",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "moss",
        "muted",
        "on_accent",
        "sky",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "surface_2",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "display_line_height",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "heading_transform",
        "heading_weight",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "borders": [
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```