magazine-poster
Lets your agent create a magazine or editorial-style poster. It uses a newsprint layout with a large headline and text in columns, like an essay.
What it does
Creates a magazine-style poster, resembling a Sunday newspaper page. It features a large headline, two-column text, and numbered sections with highlighted quotes.
When to use it
- ✓When you want an editorial essay layout.
- ✓To create a 'newsprint' style poster.
- ✓When asking for a 'manifesto' or a launch poster.
Example of what to ask your AI
“Create a magazine poster about the importance of minimalist design, with a headline that reads 'Less is More, But Not Always' and a sub-headline about how simplicity can be complex.”
Want more? Open the sections below.
How to use
The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.
Skill link
Ready-to-paste message
How it works
The AI selects fonts and colors from the design, crafts a catchy headline with a struck-through word and an italicized word, and arranges content into six numbered sections with pull quotes.
Installation
Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.
In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill magazine-posterOr download just the file:
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nexu-io/open-design/main/design-templates/magazine-poster/SKILL.md -o SKILL.mdTechnical content (original SKILL.md)
Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.
Magazine Poster Skill
Produce a single-page editorial poster — looks like a tear-out from a Sunday paper. Long-form, deliberate, type-driven.
Workflow
- 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.
- 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").
- 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 workscallout 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.
- eyebrow (
- Footer band — rule above, three cells: handle / role / date, with a small "PRO TIP" plate on the left containing one closing line.
- Write a single HTML document:
<!doctype html>through</html>, CSS inline.- Background uses a creamy paper tint (
#f3eee2or DS canvas) plus a subtle paper noise (radial-gradientdots at low opacity). - 2-column body grid via CSS Grid; min-width 1100px page.
data-od-idon header, headline, deck, each cell, footer.
- Self-check:
- Type hierarchy is unmistakable — headline owns the page.
- Strikethrough + italic accent both appear, exactly once each.
- Body reads like real opinion, not lorem ipsum.
- Looks intentional at 1280–1440px wide.
Output contract
Emit between <artifact> tags:
<artifact identifier="poster-slug" type="text/html" title="Poster Title">
<!doctype html>
<html>...</html>
</artifact>
One sentence before the artifact, nothing after.
FAQ
What does 'DS' mean in the text?
'DS' likely refers to 'Design System', a set of rules and components for creating consistent designs.
What is an 'eyebrow'?
An 'eyebrow' is a small piece of text above the main headline, used for context or categorization.
What is a 'pull-quote'?
A 'pull-quote' is a short, impactful quote taken from the main text and visually highlighted to grab the reader's attention.
Details
Original description by the author
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".
repo: nexu-io/open-design
Popularity
- GitHub stars
- 101k
- Ranking position
- #480
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- 10/16/2026
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