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Making Software

Editorial reference-book aesthetic — warm paper-cream canvas with near-black ink, a single vermilion accent, grotesque-meets-serif typography, hairline rules, and a technical-diagram visual language that treats the page like a printed textbook on how software is built.

Color Palette22 tokens

background#f7f4ee

surface#ffffff

surface-soft#f1ede4

ink#16130f

ink-pure#000000

primary#e8401a

accent-hover#c8330f

accent-soft#fbe6df

blue#2f6df0

green#1f9d57

yellow#f0b429

gray-700#403a32

gray-600#5c554b

gray-500#7a7265

gray-400#a39a8b

gray-200#d8d1c4

gray-100#e7e1d6

hairline#ddd6c8

on-primary#ffffff

on-ink#f7f4ee

selection-bg#fbe6df

focus-ring#e8401a

Buttons

TypographyGoogle Font

Playfair Displaybrand uses Spectral

display-hero

The quick brown fox

56px · 600 · -1.12px

section-heading

The quick brown fox

36px · 600 · -0.72px

sub-heading

The quick brown fox

24px · 500 · -0.24px

card-title

The quick brown fox

18px · 600 · -0.18px

eyebrow

The quick brown fox

12px · 600 · 1.2px

IconsLucide

Set: Lucide · brand-matched

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Making Software

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Making Software

Editorial reference-book aesthetic — warm paper-cream canvas with near-black ink, a single vermilion accent, grotesque-meets-serif typography, hairline rules, and a techn…

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48.2k

Active users

+12.4%

$12.8k

MRR

+3.1%

99.9%

Uptime

−0.02%

Table

Member	Plan	Status
AQAvery Quinn	Pro	Active
JLJordan Lee	Team	Pending
SRSam Rivera	Free	Active

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AQJLSR+5

Avery Quinn

Online · Owner

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Volume62%

Storage used78%

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Pricing

Pro

$24 /mo

Unlimited projects
Priority support
Custom domains

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You have 3 new updates

Activity

Avery created a new project

2h ago

Jordan left a comment

5h ago

Sam shipped v2.0

1d ago

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Code

theme.ts

// Making Software tokens
export const theme = {
  primary: "#e8401a",
  radius: "8px",
}

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