🌌 M.S. Edwards Typography Cheat Sheet

A style guide for wyrd, wonder, and quiet warcries

🅐 HEADINGS – LATO

Tone: clean command, quiet myth, no fuss
Use: page titles, section headers, quotes-as-anchors

Style Size Hint Example
Lato Bold, All Caps 2.2rem A FIERCE ALLEGIANCE
Lato Regular 1.6rem Book One of the Moirai Cycle
Lato Light Italic 1.4rem Fiction from the in-between.

🅑 BODY – OPEN SANS

Tone: honest, fluid, readable across starsystems
Use: paragraphs, summaries, blurbs, site nav

Style Size Hint Example
Open Sans Regular 1.1rem In a fractured world ruled by genetic purity...
Open Sans Italic 1.1rem He finds a crew. But the past is catching up.

🅒 ACCENTS – OPEN SANS CONDENSED

Tone: intimate, urgent, pulled from inner monologue
Use: quote blocks, buttons, poetic emphasis

Style Size Hint Example
Condensed Italic 1.1rem “You’re not alone.”
Condensed All Caps 1rem MEET THE CREW
Condensed + Gold #C6A664 ✦ STATUS

🧭 Button Tips

  • All caps, condensed, 1.0–1.1rem
  • Use gold border or fill for emphasis
  • Keep label short and clear (2–3 words max)

📚 Combo Styles to Remember:

  • Lato + Open Sans Condensed → strong + strange
  • Open Sans + Playfair (light) → warm + wistful
  • Lato + Open Sans (everything) → clean + confident
 

Type: M.S. EDWARDS

  1. Font: Lato, size around 2.5–3rem

  2. Style: Centered, uppercase, white

  3. Line spacing: 1.2

 

Type: wyrd, whimsy, and wonder

  1. Font: Lato Light Italic, 1.3–1.5rem

  2. Color: Gold #C6A664

  3. Centered, maybe 10–15px below title

 

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