| 1 | # Visual style: brutalist |
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| 3 | Brutalist editorial newspaper. Wall-to-wall small type, irregular column widths, heavy rule lines, raw structure on show. Reportorial and information-dense — for annual reviews, research digests, manifestos, editorial decks that flaunt density. |
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| 7 | ## 1. Shape & decoration |
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| 9 | - Shape language: hard rectangles and ruled boxes; thick black borders / cell frames; visible column dividers. Corner radius `rx="0"` — never rounded. |
| 10 | - Composition geometry: a masthead numeral or headline set so large it crosses column rules; one grid cell inverted to solid ink (light type on dark) as the focal cell; full-bleed rule bars slicing sections; a single rotated stamp-box breaking the grid at one deliberate point. |
| 11 | - Decoration: the grid itself is the decoration — masthead bars, rule lines, boxed pull-quotes, halftone fills. No gradients, no soft cards, no shadows. |
| 12 | - Whitespace: tight and deliberate — narrow margins, dense columns, a newspaper's packed rhythm. Density is the point; retain enough breathing room for hierarchy and readability without imposing a per-page count. |
| 13 | - Irregular multi-column layout (mixed column widths) over a uniform grid; asymmetry is intentional. |
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| 15 | ## 2. Typography character |
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| 17 | - Strong role contrast: a heavy display sans for headlines (poster-black weight), a serif character for column body, and monospace for figures / data can create the collision this style needs without imposing a family count. |
| 18 | - Small body size, high density; strong size jump between masthead headline and body. Flush-left columns, tight leading. |
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| 20 | > Families are chosen at confirmation `g`; this style asks for a display-black × serif-body × monospace-data *character*. |
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| 22 | ## 3. Using the deck's colors |
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| 24 | - Near-monochrome: ink-dark structure and type on a paper-light field; use a localized spot accent as punctuation, such as a masthead rule, key figure, or stamp. |
| 25 | - Color as punctuation, not fill. No color blocking, no gradients — the accent earns attention by scarcity. |
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| 27 | > HEX values come from confirmation `e`; this style only governs how sparingly the accent is used — it names no colors. |
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| 29 | ## 4. Texture / elevation |
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| 31 | - Strictly flat — no drop shadows, no elevation. Depth comes from rule weight and halftone texture, not material. Optional paper-grain / halftone `<pattern>` for a printed feel. |
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| 33 | ## 5. Paired image-rendering |
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| 35 | `screen-print` or `editorial` — halftone monochrome imagery that sits inside the newsprint aesthetic. |
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| 37 | ## 6. Illustration propensity |
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| 39 | **supportive** — raw halftone cuts fit the newsprint density, but structure leads; use them sparingly, only where a page needs a visual jolt. With no user steer this is the default lean; an explicit user request wins either way, and `image_usage: none` writes no illustration rows. |
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