the kinetic family

Kinetic

Loud slab display, hard ink shadows, motion-forward chrome.

Kinetic is loud, confident, and motion-forward. Archivo Black at display sizes, Inter for body, JetBrains Mono for meta. Zero radius, two-pixel ink borders, and the signature six-pixel hard offset shadow that makes every surface read like a poster pressed onto the page. The family is built around right angles, ink edges, and the kind of motion that reads as deliberate rather than decorative.

The references are indie-brand landing pages, launch marketing, creative portfolios, conference and event pages, and developer-tool heroes that want to shout. Kinetic is the right answer when the brand wants to feel like a Risograph poster — not a corporate identity, not a museum catalogue, not a SaaS dashboard.

Motion is fast (150ms with spring physics), CTAs are vibrant-filled when they need to be, and the whole composition lives by three rules: right angles, two-pixel ink border, hard offset shadow. Remove any one and it stops being Kinetic.

Default palette · Teal · 5 recommended palettes below

Best for

Indie brand and launch marketing
Creative and portfolio sites
Conference and event pages
Developer-tool heroes
Risograph-style campaigns

Character

loud
kinetic
graphic
indie
tactile

TypeArchivo Black · Inter · JetBrains Mono

How it differs

Neo-Brutal is a stricter, more monochrome Kinetic — three-pixel outlines, system display sans instead of Archivo Black, and color rationed rather than spent.

Try a paletteLight mode →

Cyan Teal Fuchsia Pink Sky

01 - Typography

The voice of kinetic.

Hero title - Archivo Black

Made with intention.

Hero subtitle - Inter

A supporting lead carries the second voice without competing.

Section title - Archivo Black

Section heading at the second tier

Section subtitle - Inter

Supporting copy holds context next to the title without competing for attention.

Card title - Archivo Black

Card title at the third tier

Body - Inter

The body face carries paragraphs, captions, and inline labels - anywhere prose reads at length. It is tuned for legibility at small sizes and reads naturally next to the display face above.

Caption

Smaller supporting copy, used for metadata and inline notes.

Meta - JetBrains Mono

01 - 02 - 03 - v1.0 - 99.9% - $29 - 240ms

02 - Palette

Resolved palette.

The same family-aware mapping the product runtime applies. Each token has been resolved against the active palette and theme.

Backgroundcolor-mix(in srgb, rgb(45 212 191) 16%, #020617)

Surfacecolor-mix(in srgb, rgb(45 212 191) 8%, rgb(18 13 28))

Bordercolor-mix(in srgb, rgb(34 211 238) 18%, #0f172a)

Ink#fafafa

Brandrgb(20 184 166)

Brand · strongrgb(45 212 191)

Accentrgb(6 182 212)

On brandrgb(17 24 39)

03 · Primitives

The building blocks.

Each control below is the real component the runtime renders. The same buttons, badges, inputs, and chips appear in every generated site that picks this family.

Buttons

Badges

DefaultAccentOutlineInk

How content sits.

Five archetypes - feature, pricing, profile, stat, and testimonial. They use server-rendered family type and palette tokens so this section keeps first-paint SSR parity.

Feature

Generated families, real engineering

Every family ships as manifest data. The server render resolves the same typography, composition, and palette tokens the product uses.

ManifestTokens

Pricing

Recommended

Studio

$29/ month

Unlimited generations
Custom domains
Priority models

Profile

Mara ChenProduct design lead

Twelve years leading design at high-growth SaaS. Available for fractional engagements this quarter.

AvailableFractional

Stat

99.9%

Uptime across all rendered sites this quarterLast 90 days

Testimonial

"The shared semantic tokens made the new family feel consistent from the first pass."

Jules ParkStaff designer, Patagonia Digital

05 - Motion

How it moves.

Hover or focus either surface. The transition uses CSS variables and respects reduced motion without requiring a hydrated showcase.

Card - hover

Lift on hover, hairline tightens

Move your pointer over this card. The surface rises a few pixels and the border tightens to the brand color.

Button - focus

Tab into the button below. The focus ring uses the family's brand color and transitions at this family's curve.

06 · Recommended palettes

Try a different chord.

Each palette below pairs with this family. The cards link straight to a fresh render of this page in that palette — share the URL, it's crawlable.

06 · Compositions

A few of the section topologies.

Compositions are family-agnostic — every family can render every topology. Combined with card layouts and collection layouts, the engine produces dozens of section presentations per section type. Diagrams show the shape; the family supplies the skin.

banner

Banner

Content stacks above a wide image rail.

breakout

Breakout

A featured module breaks the grid edge.

bands

Bands

Alternating horizontal bands of copy and media.

sidebar

Sidebar

Text column paired with a media column.

See all compositions →

07 · See it live

See a full page.

A complete site rendered in Kinetic. Open the example to walk through every section in the family's voice.

Open example →Open demo