# Nautical

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

A maritime-inspired vocabulary of clear markings, navigational structure, and restrained material cues. Decorative stripes are optional; the stronger idea is organized information.

## Visual family
Craft, place & natural materials. Editorial family: shared visual vocabulary, not a claim of common origin.

## Visual cues
- Marine colors
- Clear markings
- Navigational order

## Build it
1. Use blue as a controlled accent.
2. Make headings and units explicit.
3. Use chart-like lines only when they communicate relationships.

## Example
A sailing journal with dated routes, weather observations, and clearly labeled maps.

## Typography
Use a sturdy sans-serif with clear numerals. Coordinates and measurements need consistent units and alignment.

## Practical consequences
- Starting projects: Publication, Store, Internal tool. These are suggestions, not restrictions.
- Reading/layout: compact; quiet visual emphasis.
- Asset work: Clear markings can work without decorative sailing imagery.
- Complexity: low. Mostly standard CSS; imagery may still need preparation.

## Limits
Fake coordinates, unexplained flag symbols, or ornamental compasses that look like controls.

## Reading the collected reference board
Look at the maritime subjects, blue-and-cream combinations, and sailing imagery. A practical interface can borrow the organized markings without copying every decorative motif.

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