Design System

Tokens, components, and patterns used across xeind.net.

TYPOGRAPHY

font-serif · Latin Modern Roman

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

font-sans · Inter

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

font-mono · JetBrains Mono

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

0123456789 !@#$%^&*() const fn => {}

COLORS

Kozo

Light — inspired by paperlike e-ink screens and mulberry fiber paper

Manila

Dark — named after the city where I studied, sodium lamps and night traffic

Nightingale

My personal theme, ported from my Neovim colorscheme

Blueprint

Cyanotype — white drafting lines on cobalt, shared with my marketing site

Nine shared tokens

background
foreground
card
muted
accent
tertiary
secondary
border

SYNTAX COLORS

Code block token colors per theme — switch themes to see each palette

keyword
function
string
constant
parameter
comment
punctuation
foreground

Sample

interface Theme {
  name: string;
  origin: string;
}

const themes: Theme[] = [
  { name: "kozo", origin: "mulberry paper" },
  { name: "manila", origin: "city lights" },
  { name: "nightingale", origin: "neovim" },
  { name: "blueprint", origin: "cyanotype" },
];

// Each theme adapts to its environment
function apply(theme: Theme) {
  return `${theme.name}: ${theme.origin}`;
}

BORDERS & ORNAMENTS

Dashed borders · hover → solid

Hover me

Corner diamonds

Panel with corner ornaments

Corner brackets · expand on hover

Hover to expand brackets

Section divider — full-bleed hairlines stand in for the adjacent panel edges the glow overlays

Section divider variants

dashed

grid

grid-broken

COMPONENTS

Badge variants

defaultaccentmutedTypeScriptReactAstro

InlineLink

A link to GitHub and an internal link.

Inline code

Use npm install to install, then run astro dev.

Code block

interface Config {
  site: string;
  output: "static";
  themes: ("kozo" | "manila" | "nightingale" | "blueprint")[];
}

CTA Buttons · View Resume / Schedule Call

Click MeR
Schedule CallC

Blockquote

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

SPACING

Base unit: 16px grid · All spacing in multiples of 4px

gap-1 (4px)
gap-2 (8px)
gap-3 (12px)
gap-4 (16px)
gap-6 (24px)
gap-8 (32px)

ANIMATION

instant0ms
fast150ms
normal200ms
slow300ms
slower500ms

Easing: cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1) · ease-out for entries, ease for hovers

Springs: duration 0.3s, bounce 0 (noBounce) for modals & layout

MOTION · SVG

Claude frame study

8-frame orbit · 10-frame thinking

CohortFIG.01

GRID ITERATIONS

Card iterations for the project and awards grids — cards expand into a center modal on click

With text body — click a card to open its center modal

project · v1 · shipped until Jul 2026

project · v2 · shelved

award · v1 · draft

award · v2 · current

Plate as a card — name and type sit in the plate, so it stands alone

project · v3 · plate

project · v4 · slot, mark on open

Same card at six per row — the plate is a container, so the tag drops itself below 11rem and the name keeps the corner

vallowVallowPersonal
vallowVallowPersonal
vallowVallowPersonal
vallowVallowPersonal
vallowVallowPersonal
vallowVallowPersonal

Plate only

atax

plain

atax
ToolFIG.01

labels

figure

CohortFIG.01

figure + labels

Project marks · outline — card fill · 1px accent stroke

nightingale

atax

smeet-seo

fmeet-seo

yield

pioneer

Project marks · solid — foreground silhouette · source shading kept

EDGE ORNAMENTS

Ruler-tick and segmented-dash prototypes — placement candidates for the site frame, dividers, hero, and timeline

Frame rails — ticks bleed outward from the main column borders (left edge: segmented dash · right edge: solid hairline)

main column

Ruler divider — SectionDivider variant candidate

Hero edge strips — short inward ticks, fading downward

hero panel

Timeline spine — segmented dash as the ExperienceTimeline line

Timeline entry

2026 — Present

Earlier entry

2024 — 2026

PRECISION MARKS

Drafting-sheet marks — dimensions, title block, coordinates

Dimension line — annotate the hero or content column width

Title block — footer candidate, wired to commit hash + build date

projectxeind.net
sheet01 / 07
scale1 : 1
revf2e18e0
date2026.07.07

Grid references — blueprint coordinates for hero or image plates

Scale bar — footer or design-page furniture

Center-mark divider — SectionDivider variant candidate

AGENT INTERFACE

Loading and state, drawn in this system — the full set lives on /lab

Reading the repo
  • drivehas a direction
  • scanwhole columns
  • bloomno direction
  • orbitwinds inward
  • Rewrite AwardsGrid columns1 file · 2 linesrunning
  • Run the design checker0 violationsdone
  • Screenshot all three themesKozo render timed outfailed
  • Update the component notesqueued behind the rewritedone

See all five on /lab — streaming text, a reasoning trace and an approval card as well.

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