# Build brief: Victorian

Resource base: https://mejohnc.org (or the preview host used to obtain this file).

Use this direction within the user’s requested project and existing design constraints.

## Illustrative use case, not project requirements
A local-history exhibition page with a poster-like title and readable artifact captions.

A broad reference to nineteenth-century British visual culture, which contained many competing revival styles. Ornate print is one useful source, not a single universal Victorian interface language.

## Essential cues
- Decorative print
- Layered borders
- Mixed display lettering

## Recipe
- Use one period-inspired title treatment.
- Give metadata its own simple type style.
- Use ornament to mark sections.

## Optional decoration
One period-inspired title or border needs careful drawing or sourcing.

## Avoid
Stacking many novelty fonts or presenting the entire period as one dark, luxurious look.

## Values and validation
Read [tokens](/territories/victorian/tokens.json) and [acceptance checklist](/territories/victorian/checklist.md). Use [the working example](/territories/victorian/example/) to inspect color roles, spacing, hierarchy, and interaction states. It is a UI translation, not a reproduction of historical art. Tokens describe the base UI; [example CSS](/territories/assets/example.css) contains the style-specific composition and decorative layer. Preview navigation with `?navigation=top`, `?navigation=sidebar`, or `?navigation=tabs`; combine with `project`. Use [Compare](/territories/compare/) for mobile (390 px), tablet (820 px), and desktop (1440 px) viewports.

## Delivery
Preserve real content and existing working behavior. Check keyboard, narrow layout, error, empty, and success states. Report any departures from this recipe with a reason. Do not claim to have inspected a preview or run checks that you could not access.

Schema 1.0.0; revision f5fd78058ba2.