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Content & blog UI design

Typography is the design. Reading is the product; color is a distraction.

Typography
Typeface ·
High-contrast serif display + humanist sans/serif body
Hero ·
40–64px
Body ·
18–21px, measure 60–75ch
Numerals ·
Oldstyle figures in serif prose
Corner personality

Sharp (0–4px) — editorial, print-like

Pick one and apply it to every card, button, input, and modal. Mixing sharp and round corners is the #1 tell of un-designed UI.

Color

Near-monochrome; accent for links and one CTA only.

Density

Low in the reading column (~60–75ch), denser in nav/index.

Typography

Strong type scale, 1.5–1.65 body line-height, real H/body/caption hierarchy.

Motion

Silk (smooth) — reveal-blur/reveal-rise on headlines, subtle. Nothing that interrupts reading.

Patterns

Article hero, readable body column, table of contents, pull quotes, related rail.

Avoid in content, media & docs

  • full-width body text
  • decorative motion mid-article
  • multiple accents
  • autoplaying media

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