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Notes on design direction, typography and building on Astro.
What we learn making the themes, written down while it is still specific enough to be useful.
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What actually makes an Astro theme worth starting from Most themes hand you a layout. The useful ones hand you a decision you no longer have to make. Studio notes · Mara Lindqvist 28 Aug 2026 - 002
A type scale you can defend Ratios are a starting point, not an answer. How we pick the six sizes a site actually needs. Typography · Mara Lindqvist 14 Aug 2026 - 003
Islands, and when not to use one Astro makes interactivity cheap to add. That is exactly why it is worth being strict about it. Astro · Tomas Feld 30 Jul 2026 - 004 Ship a portfolio in a weekend A realistic two-day plan: content on Saturday, design decisions on Sunday, live before Monday. Guides · Tomas Feld 12 Jul 2026
- 005 Your homepage is too fast to read Motion, density and the pacing problem that makes a good design feel cheap. Design direction · Mara Lindqvist 24 Jun 2026
- 006 The weight of a web page Where the megabytes actually go on a design-led site, and which ones are worth paying for. Performance · Tomas Feld 05 Jun 2026