Newsprint Column
Grey stock, condensed heads, column rules — a broadsheet doing an app's job.
Construction · Print
Ink on stock: a grain over the whole page, edges that are drawn lines, fills that are screens or solids, and no depth anywhere.
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 Newsprint Column style. Condensed headlines sit tight over narrow measures on grey newsprint stock. Rules divide sections the way column rules divide a page. Build every surface the Print
The numbers in this prompt are printed from the tokens below, so it cannot drift from what the specimen renders.
What carries the look
- condensed headline
- newsprint grey stock
- column rules
- tight measure
What this style refuses
- rounded corners
- pastel colors
- generous whitespace
- gradient backgrounds
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
#eceae5#121211#f5f3ef#1b1a18#b9b4a9#3b3833#1c1a17#eceae5#5a564e#9d988e#1f4b8f#7fa9e8#ffffff#0b1120Shape and type
Measured contrast — body 14.44:1 light, 15.59:1 dark; secondary text 6.07:1 and 6.53:1. Every pair clears WCAG AA in both themes, checked on each build.
Specimen · Specimen.tsx
import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
/**
* Vibary · Newsprint Column
*
* Grey stock, condensed heads, column rules — a broadsheet doing an app's job.
*
* One complete product screen, rendered from the token object below —