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README.md

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 # Gotham
 
-The after-dark identity of a nightlife venue or private members' club. Cinematic
-near-black luxe, brass hairline accents, letterboxed heroes and tall condensed
-display type. A codeless BlockNinja `.bnp` theme (no Go, no `plugin.wasm`) — every
-block, page template, override and the email wrapper is a host-rendered
-`.ninjatpl`.
+An after-dark theme in near-black with brass hairline accents. Tall condensed headlines sit over letterboxed hero bars, so pages carry the mood of a private members' club after midnight. It reads exclusive and filmic. The look is cinematic luxe, the kind of page that feels like an invitation.
 
-## Identity
+## Good for
 
-- **Palettes** — five dual-mode presets. Light is silver-screen platinum; dark
-  is velvet black. Both are intentionally tuned (`presets.json`).
-- **Type** — Antonio (condensed display headings), Cormorant Garamond (elegant
-  body), Inter (meta), IBM Plex Mono (mono). Bundled OFL woff2 in
-  `assets/fonts/`; always consumed via `var(--font-heading|body|mono, ...)`.
-- **Motion** — MID tier. JS scroll reveals and a spotlight-follow on the hero.
-  No canvas. `prefers-reduced-motion` honoured; renders fully with no JS.
-- **Utilities** — `reel-*`, `film-grain`, `spotlight`, `letterbox-scrim`,
-  `reveal` in `manifest.yaml` `css.input_css_append`. Colour is always
-  `hsl(var(--token))`.
+We built Gotham for nightlife and hospitality. Treat these as starting points, not limits. If the mood fits your brand, use it:
 
-## Page templates (`templates/gotham/`)
+- Nightclubs and late-night lounges
+- Private members' clubs
+- Cocktail bars and speakeasies
+- Event spaces and ticketed shows
 
-`default`, `landing`, `article`, `full-width`, `blog-index`, `contact`, `auth`,
-plus `centered` (retained extra key).
+## What you get
 
-## Overrides (`templates/overrides/gotham/`)
+- Five color presets, each with a tuned light mode and a tuned dark mode: Velvet Black, Midnight Brass, Noir Rose, Smoke & Silver, and Bourbon.
+- Four bundled fonts, ready to assign: Antonio for condensed display headings, Cormorant Garamond for elegant serif text, Inter for interface copy, and IBM Plex Mono. Fonts stay admin-controlled, so you can swap them from the typography settings.
+- Four persona blocks: a door strip for guest-list and entry details, an events marquee, a membership-tiers section, and a bottle-service menu.
+- A demo site that installs when you activate the theme: a home page, an about page, a short blog with three posts, and a contact page whose form emails your admins.
+- Every core block restyled to match, plus a themed login screen and a themed 404 page.
 
-All 49 mandatory builtin keys are re-skinned as template overrides (chrome,
-marketing, primitives, commerce/local, blog family, auth surface, the themed
-404). Fields, provider reads, form wiring and block JS are preserved verbatim
-from the frozen builtins; only presentation changes.
+## Install
 
-## Theme blocks (`blocks/`)
-
-True persona furniture only:
-
-- `gotham:door_strip` — sticky door strip (reservations line, guest-list CTA, hours)
-- `gotham:events_marquee` — line-up of nights and residencies
-- `gotham:membership_tiers` — membership cards
-- `gotham:bottle_menu` — cellar / bottle-service list
-
-## Seed (`seed/`)
-
-`seed.json` (`demo: true`) installs a private-club demo: home, about, a journal
-with three posts, a door/contact page (form + `contact_submissions` data table),
-and a members' login. `workflows.json` emails admins on a form submission.
-
-## Build
-
-```
-make            # pack gotham-<version>.bnp (codeless, no wasm)
-make verify     # loader-identical checks
-make archive-check
-make publish    # ninja plugin publish --bnp
-```
+Install from the BlockNinja registry, then pick a preset and assign your fonts in the admin. Activate the demo content if you want a fully dressed starting point.