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# The specimen: every element, set in Vellum
- URL: https://astrix-vellum.adrianoamalfi.com/the-specimen/
- Published: 2026-07-20T17:41:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-20T18:13:40.000Z
- Description: A working reference for how the theme sets prose — headings, emphasis, links, lists, quotes, code, tables, and rules.
- Author: Ines Marlowe
- Tags: Design

This article collects **every typographic element** the theme sets: headings, emphasis, [links](https://ghost.org/?ref=astrix-vellum.adrianoamalfi.com), lists, quotes, code, tables and more. It doubles as a proofing page.

## Headings

The post title is an `H1`. Inside the content, the hierarchy starts at `H2` and steps down from there.

### Third-level heading (H3)

Body text under an H3, with **bold**, *italic*, ~~strikethrough~~, and inline emphasis in a single line.

#### Fourth-level heading (H4)

Another paragraph, to judge the leading and the vertical rhythm between consecutive blocks of text.

##### Fifth-level heading (H5)

A paragraph after an H5.

###### Sixth-level heading (H6)

A paragraph after an H6 — the last level of the hierarchy.

## Bulleted list

- First item of the unordered list
- Second item, deliberately long so you can see how the text behaves when it wraps onto more than one line within a single entry
- Third item with a nested list:
  - Sub-item A
  - Sub-item B
- Fourth and final item

## Numbered list

1. First step of the procedure
2. Second step, with nesting:
  1. Numbered sub-step one
  2. Numbered sub-step two
3. Third step

## Quotes

> A single-block quote, for a line worth setting apart from the paragraph around it.

And a longer, multi-paragraph quote with attribution:

> Simplicity is not the absence of clutter; that is a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object.  
>  
> — Jonathan Ive, on design

## Code

Inline code like `font-feature-settings`, and a block:

```css
.prose {
  font-size: clamp(1.125rem, 1.05rem + 0.3vw, 1.25rem);
  line-height: 1.6;
  max-width: 65ch;
}
```

## Table

| Element | Tag        | Notes                     |
| ------- | ---------- | ------------------------- |
| Heading | h2 — h6    | Full hierarchy            |
| List    | ul / ol    | Nesting supported         |
| Quote   | blockquote | Single or multi-paragraph |
| Code    | pre / code | Inline and block          |

## Divider

Above the rule.

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Below the rule — the end of the specimen.