▸ 01 — SkimGet a gestalt read on the spread below.
▸ 02 — CompareOpen three directions in three tabs.
▸ 03 — TestApply the anti-AI test on each.
▸ 04 — DecidePick one — or combine two. Don’t request a thirteenth.
▸ Round 01

The first six.

Editorial · Terminal · Warm
01 Editorial
Referent.
FolioMagazine grade
Cream paper, deep ink, one dusty-rose accent. Reads like Harper’s — typography over color.
Restrained · Light
02 Editorial
Referent
CounselOld bookshop
Parchment + aged ink + a single brass. Old-bookshop quiet. Generationally trustworthy.
Restrained · Light
03 Terminal
referent
LexBloomberg, but warm
Warm graphite + bone + phosphor on status. Dark-mode default. The lawyer’s terminal.
Restrained · Dark
04 Terminal
referent
MarginDaylight workshop
Developer-paper + ink + rust marginalia. Light-mode terminal. Annotates the way you would.
Restrained · Light
05 Warm
Referent
HearthCraftsman bungalow
Cream + sienna, committed. Sage as state. Above-the-coffee-shop warmth.
Committed · Light
06 Warm
Referent
PactTrustworthy advisor
Linen + sage + olive ink. Trustworthy, considered, quiet. The advisor down the hall.
Committed-quiet · Light
▸ Round 02

The register expansion.

Archival · Blueprint · Broadsheet · Gallery · Modernist · Coastal
07 Archival
Referent
DossierCase file aesthetic
Manila + archival ink + a single stamp-red. Records-room precision. The paper trail you’d trust.
Restrained · Light
08 Technical
Referent
DraftingArchitect’s sheet
Paper + graphite + a muted pencil-blue. Faint grid. Drawn to scale. The "measure twice" register.
Restrained · Light
09 Editorial
Referent
BroadsheetNewspaper authority
Newsprint cream + heavy ink + a single arterial red. Front-page typography. Bigger than Folio.
Restrained · Light · Loud
10 Gallery
Referent
AtelierQuietly expensive
Bone + ink + a single deep wine. The taste choice. Counter to Harvey by taste, not warmth.
Committed-quiet · Light
11 Modernist
Referent
VerdictCobalt, not navy
Off-white + ink + a saturated electric cobalt. Sans-first. The contemporary alternative — explicitly NOT navy.
Committed · Light
12 Coastal
Referent
PacificTook the long way
Fog + driftwood + slate teal + a pinch of coral. Mature, lived-in, slightly melancholy. The cool-warm direction.
Committed-quiet · Light