# Recommended Fonts — Art Deco

This theme ships `fonts.json = []` (Wave-1 policy, see `themes/docs/FONTS.md`).
The intended typographic identity is achieved by an admin assigning the
following Google Fonts to the theme's typography slots after install.

## Picker workflow

1. Sign in as an admin and open **Settings → Typography**.
2. Switch to the **Google Fonts** tab in the font picker.
3. Search for the family, click **Add**, then assign it to the listed slot.

## Display heading — Italiana

- **Source**: `google:Italiana`
- **Slot**: Heading
- **Why**: The spec calls for stamped Art Deco titles in tight tracking. Italiana
  is the closest curated Google Fonts match to the high-contrast 1920s display
  cuts the brief describes.
- **Fallback already in CSS**: `var(--font-heading, "Italiana", "Cinzel", Georgia, serif)`.

### Alternative

- **Source**: `google:Cinzel` (also acceptable per spec §3)
  Pick this if Italiana feels too thin at small sizes.

## Body — Cormorant Garamond

- **Source**: `google:Cormorant Garamond`
- **Slot**: Body
- **Why**: Classical italic and book weights for long-form prose, exactly the
  "Cormorant for long-form prose with classical italics" pairing the spec calls
  out.
- **Fallback already in CSS**: `var(--font-body, "Cormorant Garamond", "Cormorant", Georgia, serif)`.

## Mono — JetBrains Mono

- **Source**: `google:JetBrains Mono`
- **Slot**: Mono
- **Why**: Spec wants a precise monospace for reservation IDs and room numbers.
  JetBrains Mono ships across all curated Google Fonts and is the cleanest
  utilitarian option.
- **Fallback already in CSS**: `var(--font-mono, "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, monospace)`.

## Notes for Wave-2

- If Italiana proves too brittle on retina at large sizes, commission a
  redistributable Art Deco display face and bundle it via `fonts.json`. The
  rest of the CSS is already variable-driven and will pick the new family up
  without further edits.
- Body italic for the drop-cap relies on the body family having an italic
  variant; both Cormorant Garamond and Cormorant ship italics in the curated
  Google Fonts list — no extra picker action needed.