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  • --color-surface

  • --color-ink

  • --color-muted

  • --color-rule

  • --color-control

  • --color-accent

  • --color-accent-strong

  • --color-accent-wash

  • --color-moss

  • --color-moss-wash

Typography

Section · Explainer

Article headline Literata 600

Lead — Literata 400, 22 px: a direct promise of an answer.

Article body text — Literata 19 px, line height 1.72, measure of 68 characters. Inline link and external link. inline code.

  • Bulleted list with a Cinnabar marker.
  • Second item.

Metadata — Golos Text 14 px · October 16, 2026 · 7 min read

Buttons and fields

Article blocks

Key points

  • First point of the “Key points” block.
  • Second point: short and factual.

Editorial formats

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