Manuscript Margin
A wide margin holding notes beside the text, the way a studied book looks.
Construction · Bare
There is no surface at all — no fill, no line, no tint. Size, weight and distance are the only tools left.
Concept shot — generated from this style's terms, the way a designer would present it. The specimen below is the contract: rendered from the exact tokens on this page.
Every style renders this same screen, so the only thing changing between two of them is the style. The component above is the file below, running.
Prompt
Design this interface in the Manuscript Margin style. Secondary information lives in a wide left margin rather than under the content. The measure stays narrow and the marginal notes stay quiet and small. Build every
The numbers in this prompt are printed from the tokens below, so it cannot drift from what the specimen renders.
What carries the look
- wide margin notes
- narrow measure
- quiet marginalia
- study book feel
What this style refuses
- full-width body text
- bold color
- cards with shadows
- cramped leading
The refusals are the half that keeps generated interfaces from converging — a prompt that only says what to add gets the default look.
Tokens
Palette
#faf8f3#121110#ffffff#1a1917#e5dfd2#2f2b25#26221c#f1ece2#6b6255#a49b8b#4a5d3a#9dbb84#ffffff#101507Shape and type
Measured contrast — body 14.9:1 light, 16.02:1 dark; secondary text 5.65:1 and 6.86:1. Every pair clears WCAG AA in both themes, checked on each build.
Specimen · Specimen.tsx
import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
/**
* Vibary · Manuscript Margin
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* A wide margin holding notes beside the text, the way a studied book looks.
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* One complete product screen, rendered from the token object below —