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Colophon

How this is made.

Heddle is a tool that ships with a printed manual1. This page lists what the manual is set in, what it's printed on, and the work it stands beside.

Typefaces

FamilyDesignerLicenseUse
JetBrains MonoPhilipp Nurullin · JetBrainsOFLDisplay headlines (ExtraBold), code, IDs, paths.
NewsreaderProduction Type · Google FontsOFLBody text, ledes, captions, footnotes. Italic for accent.

Both faces are self-hosted as variable woff2. Latin subset only; no external font requests2.

Palette

Warm paper above, char below, ember as the bridge. The accent stays identical across light and dark — that's the whole point.

Paper #f5f1ea --paper
Vellum #ebe4d6 --vellum
Ink #1a1814 --ink
Graphite #3a3530 --graphite
Mist #9a938a --mist
Ember #c4956a --ember
Ember deep #8b6444 --ember-deep
Char #0e0c0a --char

References

  • Dieter Rams · Less, but better.
  • Edward Tufte · Information design as honest reasoning.
  • Field Notes · The discipline of a small format with a long memory.
  • Leica manuals · Documentation that respects the reader.
  • Are.na · The colophon as a public statement of care.

Made carefully.

Build of 2026-05-02 · Brand

  1. See Brand for the full vocabulary — wordmark, monogram, voice, social headers.
  2. Latin subset is adequate for the English-first product surface. Add latin-ext if international content needs symbols beyond U+00FF.