---
title: Avriea.css
created: 2026-10-17 16:21
updated: 2026-10-17 17:41
revision: 6
author: Auriea
summary: "the brand: mark, then the two names stacked; on a phone the names sit beside the mark"
---

The wiki in the clothes of [auriea.art](https://auriea.art) — `"stylesheet": "Avriea.css"` in config.json, with `"nav": "rail"` so the navigation runs up the left side instead of along the top. White ground, one typeface (Michelangelus), small-caps labels, no colour of its own; the four grounds of the site — white, terracotta, lapis, dark — are chosen with the dots under the mark and remembered per visitor. The tokens below are copied from the site's `css/AVRIEA.css`, so a change there should be made here too. Edit this page and the whole wiki changes the moment it is saved.

```css
/* Avriea — auriea.org dressed like auriea.art. Layered over the base
   skin: the rail, the type, the four grounds. */

@font-face {
  font-family: Michelangelus;
  src: url("/static/Michelangelus-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-display: swap;
}

/* ------------------------------------------------------------ grounds --
   --bg/--ink/--quiet/--hair/--link are the base skin's names; --body,
   --faint and --line are the site's extra steps. */
:root, :root[data-ground="white"] {
  --bg: #ffffff;
  --ink: #111111;
  --body: #2a2624;
  --quiet: #6b6461;
  --faint: #8a8380;
  --hair: #ece8e6;     /* rules that may vanish */
  --line: #cfc8c4;     /* hairlines that must show */
  --link: #111111;
  --missing: #b0483a;
  --accent: #6b6461;
  color-scheme: light;
}
:root[data-ground="terra"] {
  --bg: #ad5236;
  --ink: #fbf3e6;
  --body: #f3e6d4;
  --quiet: #e8d8c8;
  --faint: #dfcab8;
  --hair: #9c4930;
  --line: #d9a68c;
  --link: #fbf3e6;
  --missing: #ffd9c4;
  --accent: #e8d8c8;
  color-scheme: light;
}
/* lapis: the ultramarine of Giotto's Scrovegni ceiling, gold-leaf headings, bone text */
:root[data-ground="lapis"] {
  --bg: #1f3d80;
  --ink: #ecc977;
  --body: #ece3cf;
  --quiet: #c3c8d8;
  --faint: #a8b0cb;
  --hair: #19336c;
  --line: #5d70a8;
  --link: #ecc977;
  --missing: #e0a890;
  --accent: #c3c8d8;
  color-scheme: dark;
}
:root[data-ground="dark"] {
  --bg: #121110;
  --ink: #ece8e6;
  --body: #d4cdc8;
  --quiet: #a39b97;
  --faint: #827b77;
  --hair: #262321;
  --line: #4a4542;
  --link: #ece8e6;
  --missing: #c98a7a;
  --accent: #a39b97;
  color-scheme: dark;
}
/* the mark is black letters on transparency: a filter turns them cream,
   gold, or white on the coloured grounds (no blend mode — a sticky rail
   has no backdrop to blend with) */
:root[data-ground="terra"] nav .mark { filter: invert(1) sepia(0.25); }
:root[data-ground="lapis"] nav .mark { filter: invert(1) sepia(1) saturate(1.8) brightness(0.95); }
:root[data-ground="dark"] nav .mark { filter: invert(1); }
.grounds button::before { box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--line); }

/* ------------------------------------------------------------- the page -- */
/* text size: the A buttons in the rail set --ts (1 … 1.75) on <html>; the
   reading column's sizes carry it, the rail and the footer don't */
html { font-size: calc(16px * var(--ts, 1)); }
body {
  font: calc(17px * var(--ts, 1))/1.6 Michelangelus, Georgia, serif;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 240px minmax(0, 1fr);
  grid-template-rows: 1fr auto;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100dvh;
}
::selection { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 18%, transparent); }

/* small-caps labels, used everywhere: nav, category, footer */
nav, p.category, footer, .label {
  font-family: Michelangelus, Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: 2.5px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- the rail -- */
nav {
  grid-column: 1;
  grid-row: 1 / -1;
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  align-self: start;
  max-height: 100vh;
  max-height: 100dvh;
  overflow-y: auto;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 14px;
  padding: 32px 32px 40px 32px;
  padding-left: calc(32px + env(safe-area-inset-left));
  border: none;
}
nav a { color: var(--quiet); padding: 0; }
nav a:hover { color: var(--ink); }
nav a[aria-current="page"] { color: var(--ink); }
/* the brand: the mark, under it the two names stacked */
nav .brand { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; gap: 14px; }
nav .names { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; gap: 4px; }
nav .site { color: var(--ink); font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 2.5px; }
nav .mark { height: 48px; width: auto; }
nav .sibling { font-size: 13px; color: var(--faint); }
nav .controls { margin: -8px 0 26px -8px; }
nav .textsize { margin-left: 6px; }
nav .textsize button { color: var(--faint); }
nav .textsize button:hover { color: var(--ink); }
nav form.searchform { margin: 0 0 26px; width: 100%; }
nav .search-toggle { display: none; }
nav form.searchform input, nav form.searchform.open input {
  width: 100%;
  opacity: 1;
  padding: 6px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  font-family: Michelangelus, Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 15px;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  text-transform: none;
}
nav form.searchform input::placeholder { color: var(--faint); }
nav form.searchform input:focus { border-color: var(--ink); }

/* a group ("categories:") stands open as an indented list */
nav details.navdrop { position: static; }
nav details.navdrop summary { color: var(--faint); cursor: default; }
nav details.navdrop summary::after { content: none; }
nav details.navdrop[open] summary { color: var(--faint); }
nav details.navdrop .navdrop-menu {
  position: static;
  margin: 12px 0 0 0;
  padding: 0 0 0 16px;
  gap: 12px;
  min-width: 0;
  background: none;
  border: none;
  border-left: 1px solid var(--hair);
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
}
nav details.navdrop .navdrop-menu a { padding: 0; }
nav details.navdrop .navdrop-menu a:hover { background: none; color: var(--ink); }

/* ------------------------------------------------------- the reading column -- */
main {
  grid-column: 2;
  grid-row: 1;
  max-width: none;
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 40px 48px 80px 56px;
  padding-right: calc(48px + env(safe-area-inset-right));
  color: var(--body);
}
/* the measure: the title, the text, and everything else in the page */
main > * { max-width: 680px; }
main > .wall, main > .calendar, main > .index, main > table.listing,
main > .listing, main > .gallery, main > .rows { max-width: none; }

p.category { margin: 0 0 24px; font-size: calc(12px * var(--ts, 1)); }
p.category a.wikilink { color: var(--quiet); border: none; }
p.category a.wikilink:hover { color: var(--ink); }
p.category + h1.pagetitle { margin-top: 0; }
h1.pagetitle { font-weight: normal; font-size: calc(30px * var(--ts, 1)); line-height: 1.2; margin: 0 0 24px; color: var(--ink); }
h1, h2, h3, h4 { font-weight: normal; color: var(--ink); }
h2 { font-size: calc(22px * var(--ts, 1)); margin: 32px 0 12px; }
h3 { font-size: calc(18px * var(--ts, 1)); margin: 24px 0 8px; }
h4 { font-size: calc(12px * var(--ts, 1)); letter-spacing: 2.5px; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--quiet); margin: 24px 0 8px; }
p { margin: 0 0 18px; }

a { color: var(--ink); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: var(--line); text-underline-offset: 3px; }
a:hover { text-decoration-color: var(--ink); }
a.wikilink { text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
a.wikilink:hover { border-color: var(--ink); }
a.wikilink.missing { color: var(--missing); border-color: var(--missing); border-bottom-style: dashed; }

hr { border: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--hair); margin: 40px 0; }
blockquote { margin: 24px 0 24px 24px; padding-left: 24px; border-left: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--quiet); }
img { border-radius: 0; }
.thumb img, main img { display: block; }
figcaption, .thumb .cap { font-size: calc(14px * var(--ts, 1)); line-height: 1.3; color: var(--quiet); }
pre, code, tt { color: var(--body); }
pre { border-color: var(--hair); }
table.user td { border-color: var(--hair); }
.tag { color: var(--quiet); text-decoration: none; }
.tag:hover { color: var(--ink); }
ol.footnotes { border-color: var(--hair); color: var(--quiet); }

/* -------------------------------------------------------------- the foot -- */
footer {
  grid-column: 2;
  grid-row: 2;
  max-width: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 24px 48px 48px 56px;
  padding-bottom: calc(48px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
  border-top: 1px solid var(--hair);
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 12px 24px;
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 1.6px;
  color: var(--faint);
}
footer .quiet { color: var(--faint); }
footer a { color: var(--faint); text-decoration: none; margin: 0 0 0 24px; }
footer a:hover { color: var(--ink); }
footer .actions a:first-child { margin-left: 0; }
.quiet { color: var(--quiet); }

/* ----------------------------------------------------- editor, forms, buttons -- */
.editform button, .editbar button, .loginform button, .uploadform button {
  background: var(--ink); color: var(--bg); font-family: Michelangelus, Georgia, serif;
}
.editbar { font-family: Michelangelus, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; }
.editbar input:focus, .editform input[name=summary]:focus { border-color: var(--ink); }
h1.pagetitle.editing { border-bottom-color: var(--line); }
.editor-host .cm-editor .cm-content { font-family: Michelangelus, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.6; }
.editor-host .cm-editor .cm-selectionBackground,
.editor-host .cm-editor.cm-focused .cm-selectionBackground { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 14%, transparent); }
.pastbanner { border-color: var(--line); font-family: Michelangelus, Georgia, serif; }
#lightbox { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg) 94%, transparent); }
#lightbox figcaption { font-family: Michelangelus, Georgia, serif; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------- the small screen --
   the rail folds into a bar across the top: mark and dots on one line, the
   search under them, the links wrapping in rows */
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  body { display: block; }
  nav {
    position: static;
    max-height: none;
    flex-direction: row;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 12px 24px;
    padding: 20px 20px 24px;
    padding-left: calc(20px + env(safe-area-inset-left));
    padding-right: calc(20px + env(safe-area-inset-right));
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--hair);
  }
  /* the mark on the left, the two names stacked beside it */
  nav .brand { flex-direction: row; align-items: center; gap: 12px; }
  nav .names { gap: 2px; }
  nav .mark { height: 36px; }
  nav .controls { margin: 0 0 0 auto; }
  nav form.searchform { flex: 1 1 100%; margin: 0; }
  nav details.navdrop { flex: 1 1 100%; }
  nav details.navdrop .navdrop-menu { flex-direction: row; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px 24px; margin-top: 8px; }
  main { padding: 32px 20px 64px; padding-left: calc(20px + env(safe-area-inset-left)); padding-right: calc(20px + env(safe-area-inset-right)); }
  footer { padding: 20px 20px 32px; flex-direction: column; }
  h1.pagetitle { font-size: calc(28px * var(--ts, 1)); }
}
```

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