MS408 UI kit — specimen

Two flavors, one token set

Architectural (IBM Plex + blueprint blue) for research surfaces; manuscript (iron-gall + vellum + rubric) for the outreach surfaces. Everything derives from tokens.css. Motifs and the dingbat font are original — decorative, never a transliteration.

Palette

ink #161616
blue #0f62fe
bg #f5f5f3
iron-gall #2b2117
rubric #9e3b2f
vellum #f3ead6
botanical #6b7250
astro #5b6b7a

Type

IBM Plex Sans — the interface voice

IBM Plex Serif — reading & manuscript headings

IBM Plex Mono — labels, eyebrows, code

Motifs (SVG, currentColor)

rosette herbal sprig botanical divider
glyph frieze
balneo tubes divider balneo pool vignette
nine-rosettes foldout abstract bathers

Dingbat font

Class db-* or type a–p / U+E000–E00F in "MS408 Dingbats".

Flavors

Architectural panel

Clean, blueprint-blue, sharp corners — research & docs.

Manuscript panel

Vellum, iron-gall, rubric, serif — library & media outreach.