Arcella documentation

Typography and colors

Typography (Theme settings > Typography)

  • Headings: Font, Size scale, Letter case (As written or Uppercase).
  • Body: Font, Size scale.
  • Fonts come from Shopify’s font library, so they’re licensed for your store and load from Shopify’s servers. Bold and italic styles are loaded when the font has them.
  • Rich text fields use italic as an editorial accent in headings (for example, “Quiet *architecture*”).
  • Size scale changes all heading or body sizes proportionally. If you enlarge the body text, check long product titles and menus on a phone.

Colors (Theme settings > Colors)

The theme uses color schemes. Every section has its own Color scheme setting, so you can alternate backgrounds down a page. You can edit the four included schemes and add more. Each scheme has these fields:

FieldUsed for
BackgroundSection background
TextHeadings and body text
Secondary textCaptions, eyebrows, helper text
Accent and linksLinks, sale prices, active states
Button background / Button labelSolid buttons
Outline buttonText and border of outline buttons

Included schemes:

  • Scheme 1 (ivory): the default.
  • Scheme 2 (stone): statements and the password page.
  • Scheme 3 (ink): the footer and promo tiles.
  • Scheme 4 (oxblood): an accent.

Contrast: keep normal text at a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 against its background. Check it with any contrast checker whenever you change a scheme.

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