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Open book

A reading-room FAQ with every answer already open: a small tracked label, a centred display title and a short introduction stand over a two-column grid of four questions, each hung from a hairline with a topic label, the question at heading size, the answer at reading size and a quiet ruled aside beneath it.

A band inverted to your contrast closes the section with one line and a button. The grid drops to one column on a phone. States no colour and no font of its own.

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The signature moment

Every answer is already open, hung from a hairline with a ruled aside

Each question hangs from a full-width hairline: a tracked topic label, the question at heading size, the answer at reading size, then a short note set off by a vertical rule on its left. The two columns read like facing pages; the aside is the second voice, the thing a publisher would pencil in the margin.

Full pattern notes

Why it works, and how it is built

Open a topic for the complete design reasoning, editing guidance and implementation notes.

Design rationaleComposition, intent and nearest alternatives

Overview

A reading-room FAQ in which nothing is folded away. A centred masthead (tracked label, display title, short introduction) stands over a two-column grid of four questions, and a band inverted to your contrast closes the section with one line and a button.

The signature moment: every answer is already open, hung from a hairline with a ruled aside

Each question hangs from a full-width hairline: a tracked topic label, the question at heading size, the answer at reading size, then a short note set off by a vertical rule on its left. The two columns read like facing pages; the aside is the second voice, the thing a publisher would pencil in the margin.

Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first

The variations

  • Open book (base): your base and contrast, hairlines in currentColor.
  • Margin press: states its own colours, forest green on warm paper with sage hairlines and a green band. Like the Designed original, the body uses Arial and the title and questions use Georgia.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast

Contrast

Text is contrast on base (4.5:1 in any theme honouring the pair), the band the inverse. Margin press is #294337 on #f3f0e7 and the reverse, above 9:1.

Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints

Mechanics worth knowing

  • The grid is core/group in grid layout, two columns with a 17rem minimum, so it holds two columns at tablet width and drops to one on a phone.
  • The display title is off the ladder on purpose (a bare clamp()), because its size is the composition; the questions sit on x-large, the answers on medium.
  • The closing band inverts to your contrast and its button inverts back to your base, so it reads in every theme.

Questions

Open book: common questions

Does Open book need a plugin?

No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (button, buttons, group, heading and paragraph), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install.

Will Open book match my theme?

Choose by variation. Open book takes your theme’s palette; Margin press brings its own colours.

How many variations does Open book have?

2: Open book and Margin press. Each is its own markup; choose one in the toolbar above the preview before you copy.

Is Open book free?

It is included with a subscription, with every Core Pattern and variation. 50 Core Patterns are free to copy without one.

Which WordPress version does it need?

Requires a block theme on WordPress 7.0. Classic themes and page builders are outside our supported setup. Adaptive patterns use the block theme’s colour, spacing and typography presets; styled variations declare their own colours or type.

The markup

14KB of core-block markup, 5 blocks (button, buttons, group, heading, paragraph), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme.

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