# Japanese Gothic × Neo-grotesque Sans — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=japanese-gothic+neo-grotesque-sans
# Japanese Gothic carries the structure. Neo-grotesque Sans appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Japanese Gothic (Style, late 19th century–) and its accent from Neo-grotesque Sans (Style, 1957–). Structural cues: Even strokes; No uroko; High visibility; Fit for screen display. Accent cues, used sparingly: Even, closed letterforms; Low contrast; Large x-height; A voice that performs neutrality. Composition: Cut information per line before enlarging type, protect the margins. Type and lettering: One gothic family as the base, no more than three weights. Let one material quality come from the second style: Aim for the same appearance on screen and paper, with minimal color. Mood: Trust, Technology, Calm. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Where the two fight
# - Both belong to Type Classification, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Japanese Gothic: This is not the Latin sans translated, so work through the kana skeleton and the density gap of kanji, and keep heading, text and note apart instead of setting everything in gothic.
# - 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.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/japanese-gothic/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/neo-grotesque-sans/design.md