themes-lcars/RECOMMENDED_FONTS.md
Alex Dunmow 885dd372e7 feat(lcars): Wave A theme rebuild — sci-fi podcast persona (WO-TF-020)
Full LCARS library-computer interface for a sci-fi podcast/media outfit.
Codeless .bnp. Re-skins every mandatory builtin inside LCARS framing and
ships the full Wave A surface.

- 49 mandatory template overrides (chrome, marketing, primitives, commerce,
  blog family, auth, page-suggestions), field-faithful re-skins of the frozen
  builtin defaults; identity carried by the lcars-* class system.
- 8 page templates (default+sidebar rail, full-width, full-display, landing,
  article, blog-index, contact, auth) with elbow-frame chrome.
- 4 persona blocks: episode_console, crew_roster, stardate_log,
  transmission_status. Legacy lcars_header/sidebar/panel removed (now overrides
  + page chrome).
- 5 dual-mode presets (canonical black + daylight-ops cream), all 19 tokens.
- Bundled Antonio + Share Tech Mono (OFL); email-safe LCARS wrapper.
- Seed "Subspace Signal": home, about, 3 episodes+articles, contact
  (hail_signals table + row_inserted email-admins workflow), login.
- GO BIG motion: dependency-free canvas panel-sweep on the hero (lazy-init,
  reduced-motion static frame, no-JS fallback).

Build + check-safety green. Visual UNVERIFIED until Wave B. Known frozen-cms
limits (contract §11 auth/404 non-dispatch, §12 provider-backed empty lists)
authored faithfully.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-05 12:22:22 +08:00

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LCARS — recommended fonts

This theme bundles two libre families (OFL-1.1) so it renders on-brand with no admin setup:

Slot Bundled family Role
Heading Antonio Tall condensed grotesque for LCARS labels, headings, buttons, and nav pills.
Body Antonio Same family for panel copy; condensed and legible at reading sizes.
Mono Share Tech Mono Numeric readouts, stardate stamps, statistics, prices, metadata. Tabular by design.

Bundled files live in assets/fonts/ (latin subsets); licenses in assets/fonts/LICENSES.md. The theme CSS resolves every family through var(--font-heading | --font-body | --font-mono, <fallback>), and the fallback stacks name the bundled families, so the identity holds even before an admin touches the typography panel.

Optional upgrade — Roboto Condensed for body (Google Fonts tab)

The locked direction pairs Antonio labels with Roboto Condensed (Apache-2.0) for longer readout copy. Roboto Condensed is not bundled here (no libre woff2 was available in the workspace at build time), so the body fallback stack degrades to Antonio then a system condensed sans ("Arial Narrow", system-ui). To match the locked direction exactly, assign Roboto Condensed to the Body slot from the Google Fonts tab:

Slot Source Family Why
Body google:Roboto Condensed Roboto Condensed The locked body face for readout copy. Wider aperture than Antonio at small sizes.
Mono google:Share Tech Mono Share Tech Mono Already bundled; also available in the picker if you prefer the Google source.

How to apply an override

  1. Open Admin → Theme → Typography.
  2. Switch to the Google Fonts tab.
  3. Search and pick the family.
  4. Assign it to the matching slot (Heading / Body / Mono).
  5. Save. The pick is stored as google:<Family> and binds the --font-* variable, overriding the bundled fallback.