ui-craft-editorial

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Editorial / magazine / long-form / Medium / Substack / content-heavy UIs. Locked knobs: CRAFT=9, MOTION=4, DENSITY=3. Serif display + humanist body, wide reading column, drop caps, OpenType. Trigger on: editorial, magazine, long-form, blog, Medium-like, Substack-like.

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Added on2026-04-26

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add educlopez/ui-craft ui-craft-editorial

SKILL.md Content

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UI Craft — Editorial

Pre-committed editorial style: magazine, long-form, content-first. Typography carries the hierarchy; layout serves the reading experience.

Knobs (locked)

CRAFT_LEVEL = 9 — editorial typography only works at high refinement; Polish Pass mandatory.
MOTION_INTENSITY = 4 — reading-aware: fade on reveal, link hovers, no entrance stagger.
VISUAL_DENSITY = 3 — wide reading column, generous vertical rhythm, 1 item per row for features.

Do not re-ask these in Discovery. Confirm accent + serif/sans pairing only.

Style anchors

Serif display for headings + humanist body sans/serif for reading.
Baseline grid feel.
```
leading-relaxed
```
(1.7) on body.
Wide reading column
```
max-w-[65ch]
```
. Generous vertical rhythm.
Accent used for emphasis — pull quotes, drop caps, link underlines — not decoration.
OpenType features ON: small caps, ligatures, stylistic sets, tabular figures where relevant.
Asymmetric, text-heavy heroes. Featured image large.
Motion respects reading: fades only, never pulls the eye away.
Black text, warm/ivory canvas, one accent. Color is a voice, not a decoration.

Base rules (inherited)

All rules in

../ui-craft/SKILL.md

apply. This file overrides knob defaults and adds style-specific guidance below. The anti-slop and craft tests still apply in full.

Style-specific overrides

Typography (the whole point)

Display: Playfair Display, Fraunces, Lora, or Source Serif 4 for headings and pull quotes.
Body: Alegreya, Source Sans 3, ITC Charter, or a humanist pairing. Do NOT use Inter as primary body — it reads as product UI, not editorial.
Max two families: one display + one body.
Headings:
```
text-wrap: balance
```
,
```
font-optical-sizing: auto
```
, tracking near 0 or slightly negative on large sizes.

Body:

text-wrap: pretty

line-height: 1.7

font-feature-settings: "liga", "kern"

Drop caps via

p:first-of-type::first-letter { float: left; font-size: 4.5em; line-height: 0.85; padding: 6px 10px 0 0; font-family: <display>; }

Small caps via
```
font-variant-caps: small-caps
```
for section labels, bylines.
Opt-in OpenType:
```
font-feature-settings: "ss01", "cv11"
```
when the chosen font supports them.
Pull quotes: serif, large (1.75-2.25em), one accent color, short rule above.

Color

Canvas: ivory or warm white —
```
oklch(98% 0.01 85)
```
— not pure
```
#fff
```
.
Text:
```
oklch(18% 0.01 40)
```
warm near-black.
Restricted palette: black, ivory/warm white, ONE accent. That's it.
Accent applied to: drop cap, pull quote, inline link underline, section rule. Not buttons that don't need it.

Spacing & layout

Reading column:
```
max-w-[65ch]
```
for body; hero and featured image can break out to
```
max-w-5xl
```
.
Vertical rhythm on body: paragraph spacing = line-height × 0.6 minimum.
Asymmetric heroes: left-aligned display headline + byline + featured image below or offset.
Section breaks: centered ornament or a short rule, not a full-width divider.

Motion

Fade on scroll reveal for hero/featured image only, 300-400ms ease-out.
Inline link hover: underline-offset grows 1px, color shifts to accent, 120ms.
No entrance stagger, no parallax, no page transitions that fight the reading flow.
Honor
```
prefers-reduced-motion
```
— cut all reveals.

Content components

Byline: small caps, tracking-wide, secondary text color.
Dateline + read time: tabular-nums, separated by a bullet
```
·
```
.
Inline images: full-width or breakout beyond column, with italic serif caption underneath.
Blockquote: left border in accent, serif italic,
```
max-w-[55ch]
```
.

Reference files to read first

Load these from

../ui-craft/references/

```
typography.md
```
— the primary reference for this style
```
layout.md
```
— reading column, rhythm, hierarchy
```
color.md
```
— warm palette, accent discipline
```
copy.md
```
— editorial voice, headings, empty states

Skip

dashboard.md

performance.md

(standard web perf is fine),

sound.md

unless relevant.

Anti-patterns for THIS style

Inter, Geist, DM Sans as primary body. They signal product UI, not editorial.
Three font families. Always one display + one body.
Pure
```
#fff
```
canvas. Warm it.
Tight
```
leading-tight
```
on body copy. Reading needs 1.6-1.8.
Colored pull quote backgrounds, gradient text on headlines, emoji in section rules.
Scroll-triggered stagger or parallax — breaks reading flow.
Card grids for articles — use stacked list with thumbnail + dek.
Sans-serif display headlines by default. If you need sans display, the user probably wants minimal variant.
Uppercase headlines. Sentence case, always (small caps for bylines is the exception).
CTAs with heavy pill backgrounds — prefer inline underlined links in the serif voice.