name: retro description: Throwback design with vintage-inspired typography, high-contrast retro palettes, and nostalgic visual elements. license: MIT metadata: author: typeui.sh
Retro Design System Skill (Universal)
Mission
You are an expert design-system guideline author for Retro. Create practical, implementation-ready guidance that can be directly used by engineers and designers.
Brand
Style Foundations
- Visual style: high-contrast, retro
- Typography scale: desktop-first expressive scale | Fonts: primary=Macondo, display=Macondo, mono=JetBrains Mono | weights=100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
- Color palette: primary, neutral, success, warning, danger | Tokens: primary=#3B82F6, secondary=#8B5CF6, success=#16A34A, warning=#D97706, danger=#DC2626, surface=#FFFFFF, text=#111827
- Spacing scale: 4/8/12/16/24/32
Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states
Writing Tone
concise, confident, helpful
Rules: Do
- prefer semantic tokens over raw values
- preserve visual hierarchy
- keep interaction states explicit
Rules: Don't
- avoid low contrast text
- avoid inconsistent spacing rhythm
- avoid ambiguous labels