Theme studio

How this press is built

Redesign note: the original switcher bar (paper, ink colour, layout, picture and menu styles) and all motion are gone; this build fixes one look, and nothing moves.

Letterpress type cases, drawers pulled open
Stock photo, Wikimedia Commons
  1. Block 1

    Edge hero

    Full-bleed photograph or illustration, with the title set over a veil.

  2. Block 2

    Cover shelf

    Book cards that lift on hover. The catalogue lives on the Books page.

  3. Block 3

    Chapter leaf

    A pull-quote from the sample chapter, linked through to the reading page.

  4. Block 4

    Signing list

    Date, room, and kind of appearance, stacked as a calendar.

  5. Block 5

    Circle form

    Newsletter capture with a written confirmation, not a modal.

  6. Block 6

    Colophon quote

    A single sentence, treated like a line of type on its own sheet.

  7. Block 7

    Portrait split

    Author photograph beside a short press-ready biography.

  8. Block 8

    Desk notes

    Three journal cards that open the essays.

Redesign note: covers no longer lift on hover and the title ribbon no longer drifts; the ribbon is a still line under the hero.

A bookshop room under skylights, with long rows of shelves
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A pile of old books, the top one lying open
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