A type study2026
Specimen.
A small study of the type system behind this site — the palette, the scale, the letterforms. No animation library; the hero tightens through animation-timeline: view(), the browser doing the work.
Colour.
Paper
--color-paper
#F6F5F0
Ink
--color-ink
#0C0C0C
Muted
--color-muted
#6A6A66
Rule
--color-rule
#D8D6CD
Olive
--color-olive
#4D5236
Sky
--color-sky
#DCE7F0
Scale.
Display
112 / 6.0
Form follows feeling
Editorial
84 / 5.0
Considered restraint
Section
48 / 3.0
Pacing, not volume
Body
17 / 1.0625
Reads carefully, scrolls gracefully.
Meta
11 / 0.6875
Set in monospace, all uppercase, tracked.
Letters.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Type is the work that does the most while being noticed the least.