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name: doodle description: Hand-drawn sketch style with playful lines and imperfect charm

Doodle

Mission

Bring the warmth of a sketchbook to the screen — hand-drawn lines, imperfect shapes, and the charm of something made by a human hand.

Brand

🎨 Colors

• #FFFDF7 — Paper background (warm cream)
• #2C2C2C — Ink (primary text and lines)
• #FF6B6B — Marker accent (coral)
• #4ECDC4 — Highlighter accent (teal)
• #FFE66D — Highlighter accent (yellow)
• #C4A484 — Pencil (secondary lines)

🔤 Typography

• Heading font: Caveat (Google Fonts — handwriting)
• Body font: Architects Daughter (Google Fonts)
• Type scale: xs 0.75rem / sm 0.875rem / base 1rem / lg 1.25rem / xl 1.75rem / 2xl 2.25rem / 3xl 3rem

📐 Spacing

• Grid: Intentionally loose — 12-column but elements feel hand-placed with slight rotation and offset
• Section padding: 4rem top/bottom (varies slightly per section)
• Card gap: 2rem with slight random rotation (±2deg)

🧩 Components

• Buttons: Hand-drawn outline (rough-edged SVG border), white fill with marker-color text, slight rotation on hover (±1deg)
• Cards: "Torn paper" edge effect, hand-drawn border, slightly rotated, drop-shadow offset like paper
• Nav: Hand-drawn underline on active link, sketch-style logo, sticky with paper texture background
• Hero: Large hand-drawn heading with marker-color fills, doodle illustrations (stars, squiggles, arrows) floating around
• Footer: Torn-paper top edge, sketch-style "Thanks!" closing, hand-drawn social icons

♿ Accessibility

• All text passes 4.5:1 contrast (ink on paper = high contrast; verify marker colors on paper)
• Focus rings: Hand-drawn style dashed outline, 3px
• Reduced motion: remove rotation animations and floating doodles
• Minimum font size 0.875rem (handwriting fonts need slightly larger size for legibility)

✍️ Writing Tone

• Warm, personal, conversational — write like you're leaving a note for a friend
• Use lowercase freely, contractions, and occasional exclamations
• Labels: casual imperatives — "scribble something!", "jot it down"

Do / Don't

✅ Do

• Use hand-drawn SVG borders, underlines, and dividers (rough paths with slight wobble)
• Apply subtle rotation to cards and images (±1-3 degrees)
• Layer doodle illustrations: arrows, stars, squiggles, thought bubbles as decorative elements
• Use marker-like highlight effects behind key text (CSS background with rough edges)
• Maintain a paper-texture background (CSS noise or subtle grain overlay)

❌ Don't

• Use perfect geometric shapes — everything should have slight irregularity
• Apply precise alignment — elements should feel placed by hand
• Use cold pure white backgrounds — always warm toward cream
• Add glossy or metallic effects — stick to paper/ink/marker material language
• Over-animate — subtle wobbles and floats only, nothing mechanical

Quality Gates

• At least 3 hand-drawn decorative elements (borders, dividers, or illustrations)
• No perfect right angles — all corners slightly rounded or irregular
• Background has warm paper tone (not pure white)
• All text passes 4.5:1 contrast
• Page respects prefers-reduced-motion
• Handwriting fonts render legibly at all sizes (test at 0.875rem minimum)