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# Dark Editorial Starter

Everything needed to launch a reading-first dark site

- Category: Collections
- Items in stack:


- [editorial](/styles/editorial) (styles)
- [ember-desk](/themes/ember-desk) (themes)
- [hero-editorial](/components/hero-editorial) (components)
- [nav-minimal](/components/nav-minimal) (components)
- [card-specimen](/components/card-specimen) (components)
- [stats-strip](/components/stats-strip) (components)
- [cta-banner](/components/cta-banner) (components)
- [core-rules](/guides/core-rules) (guides)
- [typography-systems](/guides/typography-systems) (guides)
- [motion-choreography](/guides/motion-choreography) (guides)


## Why this stack

Dark editorial is the highest-leverage register for reading-heavy sites: warm near-black grounds keep long sessions comfortable, serif display voices carry authority, and one accent does all the pointing. This collection assembles everything to go from empty site to shipped in one pass.

## The path

1. **Read** [Core Rules](/guides/core-rules) and [Typography Systems](/guides/typography-systems) — the floor.
2. **Study** the [Editorial](/styles/editorial) direction for layout grammar and pacing.
3. **Apply** [Ember Desk](/themes/ember-desk) via `update_theme`, load Fraunces + Instrument Sans + Spline Sans Mono in html_head.
4. **Compose** with the hero, nav, card, stats and CTA components — all token-based, they inherit the theme.
5. **Wire markdown twins** using the [Markdown-First Site](https://resources.pageweave.dev/skills/markdown-first-site) skill so agents get the same content humans do.
6. **Ship** via the release ritual: dev preview → dry-run → attach → verify.

## Time estimate

An experienced agent ships this stack in under an hour; a human–agent pair in an afternoon including content.