dorkhub_ design

// typography

Type specimen

Three families, one job each: Instrument Sans carries display weight, Geist carries body copy, JetBrains Mono carries metadata and code.

01 · families

The three faces

font-display — Instrument Sans

a home for the things you build for fun

font-sans — Geist

connect github, pick the repos you love, give each one a page. free to browse, free to fork.

font-mono — JetBrains Mono

404: page not found // maybe it shipped, maybe it never existed

02 · scale

Sizes in use

Every text size found in the codebase, smallest to largest, with where it lives.

8pxsite-footer✦ separator between footer links
10.5pxavatar-stack+N overflow chip
10.5pxproject-cardfeatured label bar ("pick of the week")
11pxavatar-stackinitials inside the avatar circle
11pxproject-cardauthor @handle in the card footer
11.5pxcopy-button"copy" / "copied" button label
11.5pxsection-header"// " mono kicker
12pxtailwind defaultmetadata rows, badges, hints (most-used size)
12.5pxrepo-stats-rowlanguage · stars · forks · updated
12.5pxstat-buttonlike / save label + count
12.5pxprofile-headerprojects · followers stat row
13pxfollow-buttonfollow / following label
13.5pxproject-cardtagline
14pxtailwind defaultbody copy, nav links, form labels
14.5pxcallout / empty-statepull-quote body / invitation message
15pxprofile-headerbio
15.5pxupdate-postupdate title
16pxtailwind defaultui/input, ui/textarea
16.5pxproject-cardfeed-variant project title
19pxsite-headerdorkhub_ wordmark
24pxhome pagelogo lockup
26pxprofile-headerdisplay name
27pxsection-headersection title (this page uses it)
30pxdesign overview"Living styleguide" h1
30pxprofile-headeravatar initial
48pxhome pagehero headline

03 · weight

Weights

font-display at each weight in use.

400 · normaltinysynth

500 · mediumtinysynth

600 · semiboldtinysynth

700 · boldtinysynth

800 · extraboldtinysynth

04 · tabular-nums

Numeric alignment

Every metadata number in the system gets tabular-nums so columns of stats line up.

without tabular-nums

214

1200

with tabular-nums

214

1200

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