# OPEN LOOK × Terminal UI — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=open-look+terminal-ui
# OPEN LOOK carries the structure. Terminal UI 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 OPEN LOOK (Style, 1988–1990s) and its accent from Terminal UI (Style, 1970s–). Structural cues: A pushpin at the left end of a pop-up window's header, which pins the window to the workspace instead of dismissing it; Three dots after a label announce a window, an outlined triangle announces a menu; Scrollbars split into an elevator, a cable and top and bottom cable anchors, with the dark part of the cable showing how much is in view; The workspace is a 50 percent dither pattern and menu drop shadows are a 75 percent pattern. Accent cues, used sparingly: Single phosphor color on black; The monospace grid; A blinking cursor; Scanlines and glow. Composition: Give each window four resize corners and gather commands into control areas outside the pane. Every pop-up window opens with a header that carries a pushpin.. Type and lettering: Set every shared element in the same sans serif variable width face. Size in points rather than pixels, and scale through the 10, 12, 14 and 19 point steps the spec provides.. Let one material quality come from the second style: One phosphor hue on black with scanlines and bloom added sparingly. Mood: Technology, Trust, Rebellion, Calm. Color: build on #000000, #808080, #FFFFFF 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.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - OPEN LOOK: Starting from the three dimensional colour scheme collapses the moment the design meets a monochrome display, where neither the raised edges nor the pushpin survive.
# - Terminal UI: Heavy scanlines and flicker cost legibility and the atmosphere ends up beating the speed that made the tool worth using.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/open-look/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/terminal-ui/design.md