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Marginal Paper Rhythm
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Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
the spec
specification
philosophy
summary
Marginal Paper Rhythm is a quiet product UI language for dense reading, review, and annotation workflows. It treats the central text column as the primary path, then layers metadata, sidenotes, and contextual controls into a stable margin system that feels paper-like without becoming decorative.
values
Sustained readability through controlled measure, line height, and role-based type hierarchy.Context that stays available in margins and nested bands without interrupting the main reading path.Durable product calm: muted paper surfaces, soft rules, and sparse indigo or moss annotations instead of novelty effects.Japanese-inspired restraint expressed through asymmetry, empty space, precise rules, and quiet labels.
anti-values
×Expressive display typography, oversized hero treatment, or ornamental Japanese motifs.×Metadata presented as loud badges, floating clutter, or unstable chip walls.×Dense dashboards that rely on many boxes, high contrast borders, and heavy card shadows.
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 2px
- character
- soft sepia rules for structure, desaturated indigo or moss rule marks for meaning
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid hairline rules
colors12 items
accent
#5B638F
background
#F4F0E7
border
#D8D0C1
error
#A45A4F
info
#566A8E
muted
#817A6E
primary
#35495F
secondary
#6F7B61
success
#5E7A59
surface
#FBF8F0
text
#2D2A24
warning
#A8793F
motion3 items
- duration
- 150ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0.1, 1)
- philosophy
- short fades and rule-color changes only; no bouncing, zooming, or decorative motion
radii5 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 8px
- md
- 4px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 2px
shadows3 items
- lg
- 0 16px 48px rgba(45,42,36,0.08)
- md
- 0 8px 24px rgba(45,42,36,0.06)
- sm
- 0 1px 0 rgba(45,42,36,0.04)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- subtle repeating vertical paper fiber lines at very low opacity
- card style
- flat sections divided by soft hairline rules and inset annotation bands
- treatment
- warm paper planes with low-contrast grain and no glossy gradients
typography8 items
- base size
- 16px
- body font
- IBM Plex Sans
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;450;500;600&family=Noto+Sans+JP:wght@400;500;600&display=swap
- heading font
- Noto Sans JP
- letter spacing
- -0.01em
- line height
- 1.62
- mono font
- IBM Plex Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.18
rules
composition
Use a manuscript-like application shell: navigation and metadata occupy narrow rails while the primary task stays in a measured center column of roughly 62 to 78 characters.
density
High information density is allowed when rows, notes, and nested context share a baseline rhythm, use compact labels, and keep supporting information lower contrast than the reading path.
hierarchy
Hierarchy comes from placement, type role, line length, and tonal contrast. Headings stay modest; metadata is smaller, mono, and consistently aligned in the margins.
signature patterns
Marginal note rails with sticky section labels, small mono metadata, and accent rule markers attached to paragraphs rather than cards.Nested context appears as indented paper slips with a left moss rule and a compact label row, preserving the main text measure.Quiet emphasis uses bracket-like inline marks, small numbered seals, and weight changes instead of filled badges or bright highlights.Dense tables and timelines use alternating rule weight and generous line height, avoiding boxed cells except for active editing states.
layout
breakpoints
Mobile below 640px collapses rails into stacked context drawers; tablet 640-1024px keeps the left rail compact and moves sidenotes below active sections; desktop above 1100px uses full marginal rails.
grid
Desktop grid: 176px left index rail, minmax(560px, 760px) reading column, 248px right annotation rail with 24px gutters.
whitespace
Whitespace is rhythmic rather than large: 8px base tokens, 24px paragraph groups, 32px section breaks, and stable gutters that prevent metadata from touching body copy.
guidance
- Keep body text between 62 and 78 characters per line and use line-height above 1.55 for reading-heavy views.
- Place labels, timestamps, provenance, and counts in predictable marginal positions with muted color and mono type.
- Use indigo for active annotations, moss for supportive context, and sepia rules for neutral structure.
- Represent nested context with indentation, rules, and lower contrast before adding new cards.
- Do not use expressive hero headings, decorative kanji motifs, bright gradients, or large rounded SaaS cards.
- Do not make every metadata item a pill badge; reserve seals and labels for scannable anchors only.
- Do not interrupt the main reading path with modals or floating context unless the user explicitly enters edit mode.
- Do not compress line-height below readability thresholds just to show more rows.
katagami spec
# Marginal Paper Rhythm ## Philosophy Marginal Paper Rhythm is a quiet product UI language for dense reading, review, and annotation workflows. It treats the central text column as the primary path, then layers metadata, sidenotes, and contextual controls into a stable margin system that feels paper-like without becoming decorative. ### Values - Sustained readability through controlled measure, line height, and role-based type hierarchy. - Context that stays available in margins and nested bands without interrupting the main reading path. - Durable product calm: muted paper surfaces, soft rules, and sparse indigo or moss annotations instead of novelty effects. - Japanese-inspired restraint expressed through asymmetry, empty space, precise rules, and quiet labels. ### Anti-Values - Expressive display typography, oversized hero treatment, or ornamental Japanese motifs. - Metadata presented as loud badges, floating clutter, or unstable chip walls. - Dense dashboards that rely on many boxes, high contrast borders, and heavy card shadows. ### Visual Character - A three-column reading grid uses a wide central measure with narrow muted marginal rails for metadata, timestamps, and annotation anchors. - Surfaces use warm paper backgrounds with faint vertical grain and one-pixel rule lines instead of raised cards or glossy shadows. - Typography is role-based: calm sans body text, small mono metadata, and restrained weight shifts rather than decorative headings. - Annotation accents appear as desaturated indigo and moss side rules, bracket marks, and small numbered seals positioned outside the reading flow. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 2px - **Character**: soft sepia rules for structure, desaturated indigo or moss rule marks for meaning - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid hairline rules ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#5B638F` | | background | `#F4F0E7` | | border | `#D8D0C1` | | error | `#A45A4F` | | info | `#566A8E` | | muted | `#817A6E` | | primary | `#35495F` | | secondary | `#6F7B61` | | success | `#5E7A59` | | surface | `#FBF8F0` | | text | `#2D2A24` | | warning | `#A8793F` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 150ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0.1, 1) - **Philosophy**: short fades and rule-color changes only; no bouncing, zooming, or decorative motion ### Radii - **Full**: 9999px - **Lg**: 8px - **Md**: 4px - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 2px ### Shadows - **Lg**: 0 16px 48px rgba(45,42,36,0.08) - **Md**: 0 8px 24px rgba(45,42,36,0.06) - **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(45,42,36,0.04) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: subtle repeating vertical paper fiber lines at very low opacity - **Card Style**: flat sections divided by soft hairline rules and inset annotation bands - **Treatment**: warm paper planes with low-contrast grain and no glossy gradients ### Typography - **Base Size**: 16px - **Body Font**: IBM Plex Sans - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;450;500;600&family=Noto+Sans+JP:wght@400;500;600&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Noto Sans JP - **Letter Spacing**: -0.01em - **Line Height**: 1.62 - **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono - **Scale Ratio**: 1.18 ## Rules ### Composition Use a manuscript-like application shell: navigation and metadata occupy narrow rails while the primary task stays in a measured center column of roughly 62 to 78 characters. ### Density High information density is allowed when rows, notes, and nested context share a baseline rhythm, use compact labels, and keep supporting information lower contrast than the reading path. ### Hierarchy Hierarchy comes from placement, type role, line length, and tonal contrast. Headings stay modest; metadata is smaller, mono, and consistently aligned in the margins. ### Signature Patterns - Marginal note rails with sticky section labels, small mono metadata, and accent rule markers attached to paragraphs rather than cards. - Nested context appears as indented paper slips with a left moss rule and a compact label row, preserving the main text measure. - Quiet emphasis uses bracket-like inline marks, small numbered seals, and weight changes instead of filled badges or bright highlights. - Dense tables and timelines use alternating rule weight and generous line height, avoiding boxed cells except for active editing states. ## Layout ### Breakpoints Mobile below 640px collapses rails into stacked context drawers; tablet 640-1024px keeps the left rail compact and moves sidenotes below active sections; desktop above 1100px uses full marginal rails. ### Grid Desktop grid: 176px left index rail, minmax(560px, 760px) reading column, 248px right annotation rail with 24px gutters. ### Whitespace Whitespace is rhythmic rather than large: 8px base tokens, 24px paragraph groups, 32px section breaks, and stable gutters that prevent metadata from touching body copy. ## Guidance ### Do - Keep body text between 62 and 78 characters per line and use line-height above 1.55 for reading-heavy views. - Place labels, timestamps, provenance, and counts in predictable marginal positions with muted color and mono type. - Use indigo for active annotations, moss for supportive context, and sepia rules for neutral structure. - Represent nested context with indentation, rules, and lower contrast before adding new cards. ### Don't - Do not use expressive hero headings, decorative kanji motifs, bright gradients, or large rounded SaaS cards. - Do not make every metadata item a pill badge; reserve seals and labels for scannable anchors only. - Do not interrupt the main reading path with modals or floating context unless the user explicitly enters edit mode. - Do not compress line-height below readability thresholds just to show more rows.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Marginal Paper Rhythm"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#5B638F"
background: "#F4F0E7"
border: "#D8D0C1"
error: "#A45A4F"
info: "#566A8E"
muted: "#817A6E"
primary: "#35495F"
secondary: "#6F7B61"
success: "#5E7A59"
surface: "#FBF8F0"
text: "#2D2A24"
warning: "#A8793F"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Noto Sans JP"
fontSize: "1.643rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Noto Sans JP"
fontSize: "1.392rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Sans"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.62
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "9999px"
lg: "8px"
md: "4px"
none: "0px"
sm: "2px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "24px"
2xl: "32px"
3xl: "48px"
4xl: "64px"
components:
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#ffffff"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# Marginal Paper Rhythm
## Overview
Marginal Paper Rhythm is a quiet product UI language for dense reading, review, and annotation workflows. It treats the central text column as the primary path, then layers metadata, sidenotes, and contextual controls into a stable margin system that feels paper-like without becoming decorative.
### Values
- Sustained readability through controlled measure, line height, and role-based type hierarchy.
- Context that stays available in margins and nested bands without interrupting the main reading path.
- Durable product calm: muted paper surfaces, soft rules, and sparse indigo or moss annotations instead of novelty effects.
- Japanese-inspired restraint expressed through asymmetry, empty space, precise rules, and quiet labels.
### Anti-Values
- Expressive display typography, oversized hero treatment, or ornamental Japanese motifs.
- Metadata presented as loud badges, floating clutter, or unstable chip walls.
- Dense dashboards that rely on many boxes, high contrast borders, and heavy card shadows.
### Visual Character
- A three-column reading grid uses a wide central measure with narrow muted marginal rails for metadata, timestamps, and annotation anchors.
- Surfaces use warm paper backgrounds with faint vertical grain and one-pixel rule lines instead of raised cards or glossy shadows.
- Typography is role-based: calm sans body text, small mono metadata, and restrained weight shifts rather than decorative headings.
- Annotation accents appear as desaturated indigo and moss side rules, bracket marks, and small numbered seals positioned outside the reading flow.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| accent | `#5B638F` |
| background | `#F4F0E7` |
| border | `#D8D0C1` |
| error | `#A45A4F` |
| info | `#566A8E` |
| muted | `#817A6E` |
| primary | `#35495F` |
| secondary | `#6F7B61` |
| success | `#5E7A59` |
| surface | `#FBF8F0` |
| text | `#2D2A24` |
| warning | `#A8793F` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Noto Sans JP, 1.643rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Noto Sans JP, 1.392rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: IBM Plex Sans, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.62.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.
## Layout
### Spacing Tokens
- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`
### Breakpoints
Mobile below 640px collapses rails into stacked context drawers; tablet 640-1024px keeps the left rail compact and moves sidenotes below active sections; desktop above 1100px uses full marginal rails.
### Grid
Desktop grid: 176px left index rail, minmax(560px, 760px) reading column, 248px right annotation rail with 24px gutters.
### Whitespace
Whitespace is rhythmic rather than large: 8px base tokens, 24px paragraph groups, 32px section breaks, and stable gutters that prevent metadata from touching body copy.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 0 16px 48px rgba(45,42,36,0.08)
- **Md**: 0 8px 24px rgba(45,42,36,0.06)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(45,42,36,0.04)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `8px`
- **Md**: `4px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `2px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: subtle repeating vertical paper fiber lines at very low opacity
- **Card Style**: flat sections divided by soft hairline rules and inset annotation bands
- **Treatment**: warm paper planes with low-contrast grain and no glossy gradients
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: soft sepia rules for structure, desaturated indigo or moss rule marks for meaning
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid hairline rules
## Components
### Composition
Use a manuscript-like application shell: navigation and metadata occupy narrow rails while the primary task stays in a measured center column of roughly 62 to 78 characters.
### Density
High information density is allowed when rows, notes, and nested context share a baseline rhythm, use compact labels, and keep supporting information lower contrast than the reading path.
### Hierarchy
Hierarchy comes from placement, type role, line length, and tonal contrast. Headings stay modest; metadata is smaller, mono, and consistently aligned in the margins.
### Signature Patterns
- Marginal note rails with sticky section labels, small mono metadata, and accent rule markers attached to paragraphs rather than cards.
- Nested context appears as indented paper slips with a left moss rule and a compact label row, preserving the main text measure.
- Quiet emphasis uses bracket-like inline marks, small numbered seals, and weight changes instead of filled badges or bright highlights.
- Dense tables and timelines use alternating rule weight and generous line height, avoiding boxed cells except for active editing states.
## shadcn/ui Usage
When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.
DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019edc15-ba9c-76b1-b08c-52daf29da43b/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.
The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.
Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.
## Do's and Don'ts
- Do Keep body text between 62 and 78 characters per line and use line-height above 1.55 for reading-heavy views.
- Do Place labels, timestamps, provenance, and counts in predictable marginal positions with muted color and mono type.
- Do Use indigo for active annotations, moss for supportive context, and sepia rules for neutral structure.
- Do Represent nested context with indentation, rules, and lower contrast before adding new cards.
- Don't Do not use expressive hero headings, decorative kanji motifs, bright gradients, or large rounded SaaS cards.
- Don't Do not make every metadata item a pill badge; reserve seals and labels for scannable anchors only.
- Don't Do not interrupt the main reading path with modals or floating context unless the user explicitly enters edit mode.
- Don't Do not compress line-height below readability thresholds just to show more rows.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "marginal-paper-rhythm",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Marginal Paper Rhythm shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F4F0E7",
"foreground": "#2D2A24",
"card": "#FBF8F0",
"card-foreground": "#2D2A24",
"popover": "#FBF8F0",
"popover-foreground": "#2D2A24",
"primary": "#35495F",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#6F7B61",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#817A6E",
"muted-foreground": "#2D2A24",
"accent": "#5B638F",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#A45A4F",
"border": "#D8D0C1",
"input": "#D8D0C1",
"ring": "#5B638F",
"chart-1": "#35495F",
"chart-2": "#6F7B61",
"chart-3": "#5B638F",
"chart-4": "#5E7A59",
"chart-5": "#A8793F",
"sidebar": "#FBF8F0",
"sidebar-foreground": "#2D2A24",
"sidebar-primary": "#35495F",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#566A8E",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8D0C1",
"sidebar-ring": "#5B638F",
"radius": "4px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#35495F",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#5B638F",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#A45A4F",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#5B638F",
"chart-1": "#35495F",
"chart-2": "#6F7B61",
"chart-3": "#5B638F",
"chart-4": "#5E7A59",
"chart-5": "#A8793F",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#35495F",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#5B638F",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#5B638F",
"radius": "4px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edc15-ba9c-76b1-b08c-52daf29da43b",
"slug": "marginal-paper-rhythm",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
```in the wild
embodiments
DESIGN.md
at a glance
Typography
headline-lgNoto Sans JP · 26px · 700
The quick brown fox jumps
headline-mdNoto Sans JP · 22px · 600
The quick brown fox jumps
body-mdIBM Plex Sans · 16px · 400
The quick brown fox jumps
label-mdIBM Plex Mono · 12px · 600
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
New
Card title
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl24px
- 2xl32px
- 3xl48px
- 4xl64px
Shape
full9999px
lg8px
md4px
none0px
sm2px
shadcn/ui
implementation kit
recommendedcompatibility fallback
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
shadcn add
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu tabletheme css
:root {
--background: #F4F0E7;
--foreground: #2D2A24;
--card: #FBF8F0;
--card-foreground: #2D2A24;
--popover: #FBF8F0;
--popover-foreground: #2D2A24;
--primary: #35495F;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #6F7B61;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #817A6E;
--muted-foreground: #2D2A24;
--accent: #5B638F;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #A45A4F;
--border: #D8D0C1;
--input: #D8D0C1;
--ring: #5B638F;
--chart-1: #35495F;
--chart-2: #6F7B61;
--chart-3: #5B638F;
--chart-4: #5E7A59;
--chart-5: #A8793F;
--sidebar: #FBF8F0;
--sidebar-foreground: #2D2A24;
--sidebar-primary: #35495F;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #566A8E;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #D8D0C1;
--sidebar-ring: #5B638F;
--radius: 4px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #35495F;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #5B638F;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #A45A4F;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #5B638F;
--chart-1: #35495F;
--chart-2: #6F7B61;
--chart-3: #5B638F;
--chart-4: #5E7A59;
--chart-5: #A8793F;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #35495F;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #5B638F;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #5B638F;
--radius: 4px;
}
tsx starter
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function MarginalPaperRhythmShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Marginal Paper Rhythm</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
theme JSONcompatibility fallback
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "marginal-paper-rhythm",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Marginal Paper Rhythm shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F4F0E7",
"foreground": "#2D2A24",
"card": "#FBF8F0",
"card-foreground": "#2D2A24",
"popover": "#FBF8F0",
"popover-foreground": "#2D2A24",
"primary": "#35495F",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#6F7B61",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#817A6E",
"muted-foreground": "#2D2A24",
"accent": "#5B638F",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#A45A4F",
"border": "#D8D0C1",
"input": "#D8D0C1",
"ring": "#5B638F",
"chart-1": "#35495F",
"chart-2": "#6F7B61",
"chart-3": "#5B638F",
"chart-4": "#5E7A59",
"chart-5": "#A8793F",
"sidebar": "#FBF8F0",
"sidebar-foreground": "#2D2A24",
"sidebar-primary": "#35495F",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#566A8E",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8D0C1",
"sidebar-ring": "#5B638F",
"radius": "4px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#35495F",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#5B638F",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#A45A4F",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#5B638F",
"chart-1": "#35495F",
"chart-2": "#6F7B61",
"chart-3": "#5B638F",
"chart-4": "#5E7A59",
"chart-5": "#A8793F",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#35495F",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#5B638F",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#5B638F",
"radius": "4px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edc15-ba9c-76b1-b08c-52daf29da43b",
"slug": "marginal-paper-rhythm",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Marginal Paper Rhythm shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019edc15-ba9c-76b1-b08c-52daf29da43b`
Slug: `marginal-paper-rhythm`
## Intent
Marginal Paper Rhythm is a quiet product UI language for dense reading, review, and annotation workflows. It treats the central text column as the primary path, then layers metadata, sidenotes, and contextual controls into a stable margin system that feels paper-like without becoming decorative.
## Required primitives
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
## Token cues
Colors:
{
"accent": "#5B638F",
"background": "#F4F0E7",
"border": "#D8D0C1",
"error": "#A45A4F",
"info": "#566A8E",
"muted": "#817A6E",
"primary": "#35495F",
"secondary": "#6F7B61",
"success": "#5E7A59",
"surface": "#FBF8F0",
"text": "#2D2A24",
"warning": "#A8793F"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "16px",
"body_font": "IBM Plex Sans",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;450;500;600&family=Noto+Sans+JP:wght@400;500;600&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Noto Sans JP",
"letter_spacing": "-0.01em",
"line_height": 1.62,
"mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.18
}
## Visual character to preserve
- A three-column reading grid uses a wide central measure with narrow muted marginal rails for metadata, timestamps, and annotation anchors.
- Surfaces use warm paper backgrounds with faint vertical grain and one-pixel rule lines instead of raised cards or glossy shadows.
- Typography is role-based: calm sans body text, small mono metadata, and restrained weight shifts rather than decorative headings.
- Annotation accents appear as desaturated indigo and moss side rules, bracket marks, and small numbered seals positioned outside the reading flow.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": true,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
}
## Signature component recipes
### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.
### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.
### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.
### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.
### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.
## Preview shots
- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.
## Implementation contract
- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/marginal-paper-rhythm/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Keep body text between 62 and 78 characters per line and use line-height above 1.55 for reading-heavy views.; Place labels, timestamps, provenance, and counts in predictable marginal positions with muted color and mono type.; Use indigo for active annotations, moss for supportive context, and sepia rules for neutral structure.; Represent nested context with indentation, rules, and lower contrast before adding new cards.
- Do not: Do not use expressive hero headings, decorative kanji motifs, bright gradients, or large rounded SaaS cards.; Do not make every metadata item a pill badge; reserve seals and labels for scannable anchors only.; Do not interrupt the main reading path with modals or floating context unless the user explicitly enters edit mode.; Do not compress line-height below readability thresholds just to show more rows.
## Copy-paste component example
This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.
```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function MarginalPaperRhythmShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Marginal Paper Rhythm</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"breakpoints": "Mobile below 640px collapses rails into stacked context drawers; tablet 640-1024px keeps the left rail compact and moves sidenotes below active sections; desktop above 1100px uses full marginal rails.",
"grid": "Desktop grid: 176px left index rail, minmax(560px, 760px) reading column, 248px right annotation rail with 24px gutters.",
"whitespace": "Whitespace is rhythmic rather than large: 8px base tokens, 24px paragraph groups, 32px section breaks, and stable gutters that prevent metadata from touching body copy."
}
preview shotscompatibility fallback
{
"artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
"version": "preview-shots-v1",
"generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
"generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
"requiresVisualProfile": true,
"schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
"renderable": true,
"language": {
"id": "en-019edc15-ba9c-76b1-b08c-52daf29da43b",
"name": "Marginal Paper Rhythm",
"slug": "marginal-paper-rhythm"
},
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"identityNotes": [
"A three-column reading grid uses a wide central measure with narrow muted marginal rails for metadata, timestamps, and annotation anchors.",
"Surfaces use warm paper backgrounds with faint vertical grain and one-pixel rule lines instead of raised cards or glossy shadows.",
"Typography is role-based: calm sans body text, small mono metadata, and restrained weight shifts rather than decorative headings.",
"Annotation accents appear as desaturated indigo and moss side rules, bracket marks, and small numbered seals positioned outside the reading flow."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": true,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
},
"shots": [
{
"id": "application-shell",
"title": "Application shell",
"viewport": "desktop",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"select",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"table"
],
"composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
"mustShow": [
"primary and secondary actions",
"card hierarchy",
"filterable state",
"table or list density"
],
"avoid": [
"component inventory walls",
"placeholder-only content",
"generic rounded SaaS chrome"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "workspace spread",
"headline": "Marginal Paper Rhythm launch room",
"description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
"primaryAction": "Apply theme",
"secondaryAction": "Review states",
"stats": [
{
"label": "components",
"value": "16",
"tone": "accent"
},
{
"label": "states",
"value": "ready"
},
{
"label": "density",
"value": "balanced",
"tone": "warning"
}
],
"rows": [
{
"label": "Primary flow",
"value": "mapped",
"status": "active"
},
{
"label": "Token coverage",
"value": "semantic",
"status": "synced"
},
{
"label": "Responsive proof",
"value": "queued",
"status": "review"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Active",
"Synced",
"Draft"
]
}
},
{
"id": "detail-editor",
"title": "Detail editor",
"viewport": "tablet",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"dialog",
"sheet"
],
"composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
"mustShow": [
"focus ring",
"error or destructive state",
"dialog or sheet treatment",
"written guidance content"
],
"avoid": [
"unstyled browser controls",
"floating cards inside cards",
"missing labels"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "editing flow",
"headline": "Language recipe editor",
"description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
"primaryAction": "Save recipe",
"secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
"fields": [
{
"label": "Component family",
"value": "Narrative cards"
},
{
"label": "State treatment",
"value": "Visible focus + validation"
},
{
"label": "Motion",
"value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Focus",
"Invalid",
"Confirmed"
]
}
},
{
"id": "data-operations",
"title": "Data operations",
"viewport": "mobile",
"primitives": [
"button",
"tabs",
"badge",
"dropdown-menu",
"table",
"tooltip",
"separator"
],
"composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
"mustShow": [
"responsive reflow",
"dense row styling",
"menu affordance",
"status badge system"
],
"avoid": [
"desktop-only tables",
"text overflow",
"default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "operations",
"headline": "Compact review queue",
"description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
"primaryAction": "Resolve",
"secondaryAction": "Filter",
"rows": [
{
"label": "Button hierarchy",
"value": "approved",
"status": "ok"
},
{
"label": "Table rhythm",
"value": "needs pass",
"status": "watch"
},
{
"label": "Empty state",
"value": "designed",
"status": "done"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Queued",
"Blocked",
"Done"
]
}
}
],
"componentRecipes": [
{
"primitive": "button",
"intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
},
{
"primitive": "card",
"intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
},
{
"primitive": "input",
"intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
},
{
"primitive": "textarea",
"intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
},
{
"primitive": "select",
"intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
},
{
"primitive": "dialog",
"intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
},
{
"primitive": "sheet",
"intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
},
{
"primitive": "tabs",
"intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "badge",
"intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
},
{
"primitive": "separator",
"intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
},
{
"primitive": "checkbox",
"intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
},
{
"primitive": "switch",
"intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "slider",
"intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
},
{
"primitive": "tooltip",
"intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
},
{
"primitive": "dropdown-menu",
"intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
},
{
"primitive": "table",
"intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
}
],
"qualityRules": {
"do": [
"Keep body text between 62 and 78 characters per line and use line-height above 1.55 for reading-heavy views.",
"Place labels, timestamps, provenance, and counts in predictable marginal positions with muted color and mono type.",
"Use indigo for active annotations, moss for supportive context, and sepia rules for neutral structure.",
"Represent nested context with indentation, rules, and lower contrast before adding new cards."
],
"dont": [
"Do not use expressive hero headings, decorative kanji motifs, bright gradients, or large rounded SaaS cards.",
"Do not make every metadata item a pill badge; reserve seals and labels for scannable anchors only.",
"Do not interrupt the main reading path with modals or floating context unless the user explicitly enters edit mode.",
"Do not compress line-height below readability thresholds just to show more rows."
]
}
}