The Quiet Computer

This is a demo entry. The title and line above come from the homepage mockup; Sam has not written this essay. It is here so the reading layout can be judged with real typographic material, and so the steps for adding writing are easy to follow.

Writing a post

Create a folder in site/content/writing/ with an index.md inside it. The block between the two --- lines holds the title, a one-line summary, a date and tags. Everything after it is the post, written in Markdown. Images can sit in the same folder and be referenced by name.

A quotation sits in the margin of the text column, set in the reading face, so a borrowed line is never mistaken for the author's.

Run node site/build.js and the post appears on the Writing page, in search, and on the homepage if it is the newest piece.

What the layout supports

Paragraphs are set at about sixty-five characters a line. Headings step down quietly. Inline code and fenced blocks use the same mono face as the interface, so the machine's voice and the writer's voice stay distinct.

node site/build.js
python3 -m http.server --directory site/dist 4180

When the essay is real, delete the demo: true line and the demo banner disappears.