sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/brutalist-typography
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Web and App implementation guide for Brutalist Typography. Trigger when user wants huge fonts, raw presentation, and aggressive layout decisions.
Install
npx vskill@latest install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/brutalist-typographySKILL.md
Brutalist Typography
"Aggressive, unpolished, and unapologetic. Text that demands attention by breaking the rules."
When to Use
Use this sub-style when the user's request matches the aesthetic described above. This is a child reference of the design-it skill and is not meant to be triggered directly.
Core Principles
- Rule Breaking: Text that overlaps, ignores margins, or deliberately clips off the edge of the screen.
- Anti-Design: Intentional use of system fonts or "ugly" fonts (Times New Roman, Courier) in massive sizes.
- Harsh Contrast: Clashing colors or stark monochrome.
Visual DNA
- Colors: Industrial Chic (Black, White, Red) or aggressive neon clashing (e.g., pure blue on pure red).
- Typography: System default fonts (
Times New Roman,Arial,Courier New) blown up to 150px. - Styling: Marquees, blinking text, underlines that cut through descenders.
Web Implementation
- Break the grid. Use absolute positioning or negative margins.
- CSS Example:
App Implementation
SwiftUI
- Keep readable text and controls within safe areas. Only decorative artwork may extend behind system cutouts.
- Use negative
spacinginVStackor explicit negative.offset()to force text elements to overlap each other aggressively. - SwiftUI Text does not implement Shape.stroke. Use solid text as shown, or a separately implemented and tested text-path renderer for true outlines.
Flutter
- Do not use
SafeArea. - Absolute positioning via
StackandPositionedis the easiest way to break the grid and force overlaps. - Use
height: 0.8(or less than 1.0) inTextStyleto smash lines of text together.
React Native
- React Native doesn't have a native text-stroke property, so you either simulate it with text shadows or use
@shopify/react-native-skiafor true stroked text. - Use negative
marginTopandmarginLeftto force the layout chaos.
Jetpack Compose
- A
Boxwith explicitModifier.offset(x, y)allows freeform overlapping placement, breaking away from standardColumn/Rowgrids. - Compose
TextStylesupportsdrawStyle = Stroke(width = 5f), making outline typography incredibly simple.
Do's and Don'ts
- DO: Mix serif and monospace fonts aggressively.
- DON'T: Add drop shadows, gradients, or rounded corners. The design must look raw and unstyled.
Limitations
- This is a styling reference and does not replace environment-specific validation, accessibility testing, or expert review.
- Ensure appropriate contrast ratios and responsive behaviors are verified separately.
Security
- Security scanPassed, 95 of 100Pattern checks on the skill's files.
- Model reviewPassed
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Source
- SKILL.md in the repositoryCheckingskills/design-it/brutalist-typography/SKILL.md
Popularity
- Repository stars
- 47,061
- Repository forks
- 6,855
- 7-day trend score
- 54
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