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Audits font loading, type scales, measure, spacing, OpenType, and rendered punctuation with 78 scoped rules.
Install Typography Audit
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill typography-audit -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills typography-audit --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/typography-audit .claude/skills/typography-audit && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "typography-audit" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/typography-audit into .claude/skills/typography-audit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "typography-audit", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/typography-auditType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill typography-audit -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills typography-audit --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/typography-audit .agents/skills/typography-audit && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "typography-audit" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/typography-audit into .agents/skills/typography-audit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "typography-audit", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill typography-audit -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills typography-audit --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/typography-audit .cursor/skills/typography-audit && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "typography-audit" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/typography-audit into .cursor/skills/typography-audit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "typography-audit", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git --path skills/typography-audit--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill typography-audit -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills typography-audit --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/typography-audit .gemini/skills/typography-audit && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "typography-audit" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/typography-audit into .gemini/skills/typography-audit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "typography-audit", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills typography-auditInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill typography-audit -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/typography-audit .github/skills/typography-audit && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "typography-audit" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/typography-audit into .github/skills/typography-audit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "typography-audit", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill typography-audit -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills typography-audit --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/typography-audit .opencode/skills/typography-audit && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "typography-audit" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/typography-audit into .opencode/skills/typography-audit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "typography-audit", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
typography-audit- GitHub stars
- 143
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 679 words
- Files
- 82
- Skills in repo
- 28
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Audits font loading, type scales, measure, spacing, OpenType, and rendered punctuation with 78 scoped rules.
- Works in 5 steps: Scope to changed files unless a full… → Map code to categories via the signal… → Load rule files by prefix… → …
- Asked to audit typography
- SKILL.md covers Audit Workflow, Scoping Signals → Categories, Rule Categories by Priority and Review Output Contract, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Typography Audit is an agent skill from mblode/agent-skills. Audits font loading, type scales, measure, spacing, OpenType, and rendered punctuation with 78 scoped rules. Use when asked to "audit typography", "fix the fonts", or "review my type system". For a new visual direction use ui-design Direction; for general UI defects use ui-design Audit.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 83 other files (for example `evals/evals.json`, `rules/_sections.md` and `rules/_template.md`).
It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Typography and UI design. The repository describes itself as: Nobody ships AI slop on purpose. These skills make sure you don’t. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked to audit typography
- Review my type system
Example prompts
- “audit typography”
- “fix the fonts”
- “review my type system”
- “/typography-audit”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Scope to changed files unless a full sweep is requested. For a PR, use the diff against its actual base merge-base, including committed…
- Map code to categories via the signal table; skip categories with no signal.
- Load rule files by prefix (rules/font-*.md, etc.), only for the categories the signals selected.
- Run categories in priority order so CRITICAL findings surface even if the audit is cut short.
- After fixes, re-run only the rules that produced findings, then finalize the report.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cef4cfa. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Typography Audit loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 76 tokens; SKILL.md has 679 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from mblode/agent-skills at commit cef4cfa, republished under its MIT licence (© mblode). 679 words, ~1,595 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/typography-audit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 81 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- typography-audit
- description
- Audits font loading, type scales, measure, spacing, OpenType, and rendered punctuation with 78 scoped rules. Use when asked to "audit typography", "fix the fonts", or "review my type system". For a new visual direction use ui-design Direction; for general UI defects use ui-design Audit.
Typography Audit
78 rules in 10 categories for web typography. Every finding names file, rule, and fix.
- IS: typography only: font loading, sizing, punctuation, spacing, hierarchy, text layout, OpenType features, typeface pairing, brand type, display type.
- IS NOT: broad UI review (accessibility, forms, navigation: use
ui-designAudit mode), or a redesign (new typefaces, scales: useui-designDirection mode).
Audit Workflow
Track this checklist:
Audit progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Scope. List changed files (or full sweep), map signals to categories
- [ ] Step 2: Run CRITICAL rules in scope (font-, size-, punct-)
- [ ] Step 3: Run HIGH rules in scope (spacing-)
- [ ] Step 4: Run remaining in-scope categories by descending priority
- [ ] Step 5: Report per the contract; every finding has file:line, rule ID, fix- Scope to changed files unless a full sweep is requested. For a PR, use the diff against its actual base merge-base, including committed changes, filtered to
.css,.scss,.html,.tsx/.jsx, and template files. - Map code to categories via the signal table; skip categories with no signal.
- Load rule files by prefix (
rules/font-*.md, etc.), only for the categories the signals selected. - Run categories in priority order so CRITICAL findings surface even if the audit is cut short.
- After fixes, re-run only the rules that produced findings, then finalize the report.
Scoping Signals → Categories
| Signal in code | Categories to load |
|---|---|
@font-face, font-family, font files, variable fonts, font-stretch, transform: scaleX on text | font- |
font-size, clamp(), media-query type changes, max-width on text, <em>/<strong>, text-decoration | size- |
| Copy in HTML/JSX (headings, paragraphs, labels) | punct- |
line-height, letter-spacing, word-spacing, margin on text, text-transform: uppercase | spacing- |
Heading elements, type scale tokens, --text-* properties | hierarchy- |
text-align, lists, blockquotes, multi-column text | layout- |
font-feature-settings, font-variant-*, figures/fractions in copy | opentype- |
| Logo/wordmark styles, brand tokens, text color tokens, license comments | brand- |
Two or more distinct font-family values | pairing- |
Hero/display sizes, drop caps, initial-letter | display- |
Rule Categories by Priority
| Priority | Category | Impact | Prefix | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Font Selection & Weights | CRITICAL | font- | 11 |
| 2 | Sizing & Measure | CRITICAL | size- | 6 |
| 3 | Punctuation & Special Characters | CRITICAL | punct- | 12 |
| 4 | Spacing & Rhythm | HIGH | spacing- | 8 |
| 5 | Hierarchy & Scale | MEDIUM-HIGH | hierarchy- | 8 |
| 6 | Alignment & Layout | MEDIUM | layout- | 6 |
| 7 | OpenType Features | MEDIUM | opentype- | 7 |
| 8 | Brand & Identity | MEDIUM | brand- | 8 |
| 9 | Typeface Pairing | MEDIUM | pairing- | 5 |
| 10 | Display & Headlines | LOW-MEDIUM | display- | 7 |
Category map and impact rationale: rules/_sections.md. Each rule file gives why it matters plus an incorrect and a correct example. Category impact reflects the category's worst-case rules; report findings with the rule's own frontmatter impact, which frequently differs (e.g. brand-color is HIGH inside the MEDIUM brand- category because it holds the WCAG contrast floor).
Review Output Contract
Report findings as:
## Typography Audit Findings
### path/to/file.css
- [CRITICAL] `punct-smart-quotes` (file.css:42): Straight quotes in heading copy.
- Fix: Replace `"` with `“`/`”` (or UTF-8 curly quotes).
- [CRITICAL] `size-line-height` (file.css:18): `line-height: 20px`, a fixed value the 48px `h1` inherits, so its lines overlap.
- Fix: Use unitless `line-height: 1.5`.
### path/to/clean-file.css
- ✓ pass- Group by file; order by impact within file.
- Every finding: impact tag, rule ID,
file:line, one-line issue, fix. - Include clean files as
✓ passso coverage is visible. - End with a summary: counts per impact level.
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Gotchas
- Don't preload every rule file. Load only the prefixes the signal table selects; a full load spends the budget on categories with no signal in scope.
- Report the rule's frontmatter
impact, never the category's. Two rules get misreported most:brand-coloris HIGH (an accessibility floor, not a brand nicety) andpunct-daggersis LOW-MEDIUM (decoration, despite sitting in a CRITICAL category). - Punctuation rules apply to rendered copy only. Flagging straight quotes or
--inside<code>,<pre>, or JS/TS string literals is a false positive; "fixing" them breaks the code. - Confirm the rendered font and computed styles through
ui-verificationwhen a finding depends on them. A CSS declaration alone does not prove which face loaded. - Don't flag missing OpenType features without confirming the loaded font ships them. Browsers silently ignore unsupported
font-feature-settingstags, so the fix does nothing. - Every finding needs
file:lineand a concrete fix; an unactionable finding forces a redo. - An audit is not a redesign. Proposing new pairings or scales turns a 10-minute review into a design project; flag the issue and route redesign asks to
ui-design. - Don't equalize priorities. A LOW-MEDIUM
display-nit above a CRITICAL faux-bold finding buries what actually looks broken.
Related Skills
ui-designAudit mode: broad frontend quality (accessibility, forms, navigation, motion); its typography coverage is shallower.ui-designDirection mode: choosing typefaces, scales, and visual direction from scratch; run when a finding becomes a redesign request.ghostwriter: heading and label wording. This skill governs only the casing of that copy (punct-case-rules).
Maintenance only: evals/evals.json contains regression scenarios for changes to this skill; it does not load during a user task.
© mblode, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 81 other files in skills/typography-audit of mblode/agent-skills.
- SKILL.md
- evals/evals.json
- rules/_sections.md
- rules/_template.md
- rules/brand-capitalization.md
- rules/brand-color.md
- rules/brand-cross-medium.md
- rules/brand-dark-backgrounds.md
- rules/brand-equity.md
- rules/brand-identifiable-body.md
- rules/brand-licensing.md
- rules/brand-logo-typeface.md
- rules/display-drop-caps.md
- rules/display-grid-breaking.md
- rules/display-headline-opentype.md
- rules/display-headline-spacing.md
- rules/display-large-type.md
- rules/display-lead-paragraph.md
- rules/display-swashes.md
- … and 63 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit cef4cfa
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| Baseline UIibelick/ui-skills | 9.5k | 8 repos | ~855 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Frontend Designanthropics/skills | 180k | 38 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Design Guidepaperclipai/paperclip | 99k | 1 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Typography Audit
What does Typography Audit do?
Audits font loading, type scales, measure, spacing, OpenType, and rendered punctuation with 78 scoped rules. Typography Audit is an agent skill from mblode/agent-skills. Audits font loading, type scales, measure, spacing, OpenType, and rendered punctuation with 78 scoped rules.
When should I use Typography Audit?
Typography Audit fits situations like: asked to audit typography; review my type system.
How do I install Typography Audit in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill typography-audit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/typography-audit in mblode/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/typography-audit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Typography Audit in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill typography-audit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/typography-audit in mblode/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/typography-audit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Typography Audit in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill typography-audit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/typography-audit, .gemini/skills/typography-audit, .github/skills/typography-audit and .opencode/skills/typography-audit in your project.
What does Typography Audit need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Typography Audit is instructions for the agent only.
Does Typography Audit access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Typography Audit safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Typography Audit use?
Typography Audit is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Typography Audit use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Typography Audit?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Typography Audit: Make Interfaces Feel Better (samuelclay/NewsBlur, 7.6k stars), UI UX Pro Max (saoudi-h/solar-icons, 184 stars), Baseline UI (ibelick/ui-skills, 9.5k stars) and Frontend Design (anthropics/skills, 180k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Typography Audit?
mblode (a GitHub user) maintains it in mblode/agent-skills, which has 143 GitHub stars. The repository holds 28 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: mblode/agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.