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Rubrication

A lamplit reading palette — warm ink-dark ground and parchment surfaces, lit as if by a single lamp, with a rubricator's red, gold leaf, and one cool slate used sparingly to organise the page.

Signature · the star
primary accentRubric Red · #d4452e
Gold Leaf · #c9942b
Citation Slate · #5e83a6
Neutrals · the ground
bg
#161310
surface
#211c16
text
#f4ecdd
muted
#a99b86
border
#332b22
Semantic · functional accessory
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Download .csslamplitparchmentinkrubricgilt
Credits · in the lineage of
  • Medieval rubricationTraditionred earth (rubrica) used by scribes to organise a manuscript page
  • Gold-leaf illuminationTraditiongilding reserved for initials and marks of honour

A generated style is an aggregate of many influences — credit is given to the artists and traditions it draws on, not a claim of authorship.

Do
  • · Use rubric red only to organise — to tie a note to its line, mark a lead-in initial, or lead one primary action
  • · Reserve gold leaf for marks of honour: an illuminated initial, an editor's pick, an issue's anchor
  • · Keep citations and links in slate
  • · Let the parchment reading surface glow against the lamplit ink ground
Don't
  • · Don't use rubric red as a large background behind continuous reading text
  • · Don't let the semantic colours become visually primary
  • · Don't mute the accents into greys — they are clean rubrication marks, not muddy washes
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