Agent skill · design visual · nexu-io
magazine-poster
An editorial-style poster — newsprint paper, dateline, oversized serif headline with a struck-through word and italic accent, a 2-column body block, and 6 numbered sections with annotated pull-quote captions. Reads like a Sunday-paper full-page essay or a thoughtful launch poster. Use when the brief asks for "magazine poster", "editorial poster", "newsprint", "essay layout", or "manifesto".
Why this skill is useful
Provides a detailed layout and design specifications for creating editorial-style posters that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 2k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 84,236 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Magazine Poster Skill Produce a single-page editorial poster — looks like a tear-out from a Sunday paper. Long-form, deliberate, type-driven. Workflow 1. Read the active DESIGN.md (injected above). Pick the heaviest serif token in the DS for the headline, the body serif for the columns, and a typewriter / mono token for the section eyebrows and annotations. 2. Pick the topic from the brief. Write a real, opinionated headline — one with a struck-through word ("a designer", "the template hunt") and an italic accent on a key noun ("first draft", "mood", "specifics"). 3. Layout, in order: Top rule — thin black hairline + a dateline ("01 · A · YOUR LAB" left, "DD · MMM · YYYY" right). Light typewriter font. Top eyebrow — a single mono tag like "POSTED TODAY". Headline — 2–3 lines, oversized serif. One word struck through with text-decoration: line-through; text-decoration-thickness: 2px. One word italic, in accent color. Deck — a 1–2 sentence subhead in italic serif at ~60% size of the headline, with a dash separator and a — what works callout fragment in accent. Accent rule — short horizontal accent-colored bar (~80px). Body grid — six numbered cells in a 2×3 (or 3×2) grid. Each cell: eyebrow (01 · SHIP FAST) in mono, accent color. bold serif sub-headline. 2–3 sentence body in body serif. one annotated callout — a quoted "use this prompt" line on a tinted background block, set in mono. Footer band — rule above, three cells: handle / role / date, with a small "PRO TIP" plate on the left containing one closing line. 4. Write a single HTML document: <!doctype html> through </html>, CSS inline. Background uses a creamy paper tint (#f3eee2 or DS canvas) plus a subtle paper noise (radial-gradient dots at low opacity). 2-column body grid via CSS Grid; min-width 1100px page. data-od-id on header, headline, deck, each cell, footer. 5. Self-check: Type hierarchy is unmistakable — headline owns the page. Strikethrough + italic accent both appear, exactly once each. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills nexu-io/magazine-poster