Marshall Art Studio design system

Visual style guide

Typography, layout, and content patterns for consistent presentation across the Inky Stories website. This reference demonstrates default styling for headings, paragraphs, images, tables, and interactive elements. All styles are built with semantic HTML and responsive design principles.

Body text and inline styles

Standard body text with inline elements for emphasis and linking. Link styles distinguish between internal navigation and external resources with visual indicators. All interactive elements maintain proper focus states for keyboard accessibility.

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Heading Hierarchy

Proper heading structure maintains document outline for screen readers and SEO. Font sizes, weights, and spacing scale proportionally across breakpoints.

H2 header

Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at qui blandit praesent.

H3 header

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H4 header

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Image Layouts

Responsive image containers with multiple layout options using a standard 600 × 400 pixel aspect ratio (3:2). All images scale proportionally and include semantic figure/figcaption markup for proper association between images and their captions. Vertical formats are reserved for comic book pages and sketchbook artwork.

Variations

Image centered

Default centered layout with optional caption. Images maintain aspect ratio and scale to container width on smaller screens.

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Image centered full width

Edge-to-edge layout that spans the full content width for maximum visual impact. Useful for hero images, featured artwork, or content that benefits from full horizontal space. Caption includes bottom border to visually separate from subsequent content.

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Caption with border to separate from bottom content.

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Image float left, 1/3 width

Left-floated images allow text to wrap around on the right. Float clears on mobile breakpoints for better readability. Figures maintain margins for comfortable spacing between image and text content.

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Caption: Lorem ipsum.

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Image float right, 1/4 width

Right-floated images mirror the left-float behavior with text wrapping on the left side. Both float patterns collapse to full-width centered images on mobile devices.

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Pullquotes

Visually distinct blockquote styling for emphasized quotations within article content. Uses definition list markup for proper semantic structure and attribution.

This is a pullquote: "He kicked me so hard once at the top of the stairs that I landed halfway down. My teachers couldn't understand why I was a nervous wreck! My sister and I hated, hated him. We talked about killing him."
Fletcher "Christy" Hanks Jr. on his father in 2007

Image gallery using Lightbox by Lokesh Dhakar. Supports both text links and thumbnail images with optional captions. Grouping controlled via data-lightbox attribute for related image sets. Keyboard navigable with arrow keys and ESC to close.

Works with text links and pictures, grouping controlled by using the same "data-lightbox" value. Optional captions come from "data-title" values. ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.


Data Tables

Responsive table layouts with horizontal scroll on mobile devices. Header rows maintain sticky positioning on scroll for context. Zebra striping improves row scanning on longer tables.

People & Their Cities
Person City of Birth Current City Favorite City
Ernesto Trivoli Naples with extra words to see what long text looks like Rome Naples
Margarita de Rosas Mexico City Los Angeles New York
Kristin Mumfordson Berlin Stockholm Cambridge
Samson Abrahamson Tripoli London Jerusalem
Sahara Blackstone-Carver Atlanta Boise Nairobi

Lists

Standard unordered and ordered list styling with proper indentation and marker styles. Nested lists maintain hierarchy with adjusted margins and alternative markers.

Variations

Unordered list

  • Quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper
  • Nminim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation
  • Accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum
  • Vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat

Ordered list

  1. Quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper
  2. Nminim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation
  3. Accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum
  4. Vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat

Definition Lists

Semantic markup for term-definition pairs. Useful for glossaries, metadata, and FAQ-style content. Maintains proper association between terms and definitions for screen readers.

Definition List One
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Sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna.
Definition List Two
Color in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat. Evel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros.
Facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent.

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