# Ethereal

Schema: 1.0.0 · Content revision: f5fd78058ba2
Resource base: https://mejohnc.org (or the preview host used to obtain this file).

An atmospheric treatment using soft light, translucent imagery, and spacious composition. Softness belongs to the imagery; text and controls still need definite edges.

## Visual family
Romantic worlds. Editorial family: shared visual vocabulary, not a claim of common origin.

## Visual cues
- Diffused light
- Soft layered imagery
- Open space

## Build it
1. Use a soft image as the focal point.
2. Place reading text on a stable surface.
3. Keep movement optional and minimal.

## Example
A photography portfolio with luminous images and restrained, legible captions.

## Typography
Use a clear serif or sans-serif at a comfortable weight. Avoid hairline strokes that vanish into luminous imagery.

## Practical consequences
- Starting projects: Portfolio, Publication. These are suggestions, not restrictions.
- Reading/layout: spacious; quiet visual emphasis.
- Asset work: Luminous photography or illustration carries the effect.
- Complexity: medium. Allow time for a coherent decorative or image layer and responsive checks.

## Limits
Using low contrast as the defining principle or making the cursor chase floating controls.

## Reading the collected reference board
The board uses blur, luminous color, and softened image boundaries. Some tiles are darker and more energetic than a pastel interpretation, showing that light treatment matters more than hue alone.

## Context
Contemporary screen interpretation. The recipe is a modern web adaptation.
No single inventor or exact founding date is asserted for this interpretation.

## Implementation files
- [page](/territories/ethereal/)
- [guide](/territories/ethereal/guide.md)
- [brief](/territories/ethereal/brief.md)
- [tokens](/territories/ethereal/tokens.json)
- [checks](/territories/ethereal/checklist.md)
- [example](/territories/ethereal/example/)
- [versionedGuide](/territories/v1/ethereal/guide.md)
- [versionedTokens](/territories/v1/ethereal/tokens.json)