# GOV.UK Design System × Neo-grotesque Sans — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=govuk-design-system+neo-grotesque-sans
# GOV.UK Design System carries the structure and Neo-grotesque Sans appears as the accent.
# Style descriptors only. This prompt names no artist, studio, brand or work.

Produce four original images that take their structure from GOV.UK Design System (style, 2012–) and their accent from Neo-grotesque Sans (style, 1957–).

## What to make

Make the kind of thing GOV.UK Design System exists for: rebuilding a government or public service form as a single left aligned column asking one question per screen, or making the current focus position unmistakable for someone operating the service by keyboard alone. Choose one subject and hold it across all four.

## Structure comes from GOV.UK Design System

- One undecorated left aligned column, with almost no boxes and no shadows
- A green button with square corners and a darker green band along its bottom edge, which drops by that exact depth when pressed
- Whatever holds keyboard focus turns yellow with a black rule drawn beneath it
- Type sizes step coarsely through 48, 36, 24, 19 and 16px with nothing in between

Composition: Hold the content to a single narrow column and align every element to one left rule. No multi column layouts and no boxes, because a horizontal rule is the only break between topics. Type and lettering: One sans serif only, in five fixed sizes with nothing in between. Headings are bold and body text sits at 19px.

## Accent comes from Neo-grotesque Sans, used sparingly

- Even, closed letterforms
- Low contrast
- Large x-height
- A voice that performs neutrality

Let one material quality come from it: Aim for the same appearance on screen and paper, with minimal color.

## Colour and feeling

Build the ground on #FFDD00, carry the structure in #0F7A52 and #0B0C0C, and let a single accent come from #2b3b63. These are read off real works, so a direction rather than a fixed palette.
Feeling to carry: trust, calm, technique.

## What goes wrong

- GOV.UK Design System: Tidying the look by rounding button corners or thinning the borders on form inputs deletes the two signals this style relies on entirely, the pressable thickness and the position of focus.
- Neo-grotesque Sans: Neutrality here is a design ideology, not a fact, and reaching for it as a safe default erases the character you meant to convey and leaves documents that all sound alike.

## Across the four

Keep the roles fixed in all four. Vary the framing, the scale and the arrangement so the set shows what this pairing can do rather than four versions of one picture.

## Constraints

- Do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work.
- Do not reproduce the composition of an existing work.
- Produce original compositions in the general period languages described above.

Design specs for each entry: https://indexstyle.org/styles/govuk-design-system/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/neo-grotesque-sans/design.md