Civic Voices

Inspired by the restrained typography of contemporary speech and history books

A thoughtful home for books built around people, ideas, and memorable words. Civic Voices pairs a bold typographic cover with quiet, carefully spaced interiors: facing title pages, a two-page contents, fifteen sample chapters in three parts, speech excerpts, and complete back matter. The portable package bundles Crimson Pro in four styles and a tested XeLaTeX build. Includes a 96-page fictional specimen and an editable paperback wraparound cover.

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Includes personal and client commercial use. Paperback cover dimensions must be adapted to your printer’s paper and final page count.

Typography & Format Specs

Body Typeface: Crimson Pro (four bundled styles)

Display Typeface: Crimson Pro with widely tracked capitals

Paper Standard: Cream Paper (50-61#)

Page Count Range: 96-page specimen; expandable manuscript

Agent-Native Workflow

1-Click Ingestion Prompt for Civic Voices

Hand this prompt to Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenCode with your draft manuscript.

Read README.md and SKILL.md in the Civic Voices package. Preserve my manuscript and use \bookchapter{Person}{Title}{Quotation}{Year} for numbered openings, \bookspeech{Person}{Title}{Date}{Location} for excerpts, and \booknote{Source} for notes. Update book-config.tex, compile with ./build.sh --render, inspect actual pages, and fix layout flaws before delivery.

Design & Typography Features

Fifteen complete specimen chapters in three parts, plus prologue and epilogue
Raised initials and speech headings with date and location labels
Two-page contents with italic titles, dot leaders, and automatic page numbers
Chapter-grouped endnotes, hanging bibliography, acknowledgments, and colophon pages
Four bundled Crimson Pro font styles with open font licenses
Automatic even-page padding, actual-page-count spine, and screenshot rendering

What's in the Package

main.tex — Modular book assembly
book-config.tex — Metadata, trim, typography, and cover settings
voicesbook.sty + voicesfonts.sty — Complete layout and local font setup
chapters/, frontmatter/, backmatter/ — Editable fictional specimen
cover/cover.tex — Cream-and-blue paperback wraparound cover
build.sh + scripts/build.py — Build, validation, and optional page screenshots
README.md, SKILL.md, AGENT_PROMPT.md, licenses, and design review
main.pdf + cover.pdf — Complete compiled specimen