Issue #12 · Fresh off the press

BOLD IDEAS.
PRINTED LOUD.

Nimbus is the retro print toolkit for the web — Ben-Day dot textures, hard CMYK offset shadows and loud newsprint type, pressed into any page in minutes.

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The toolkit

EVERYTHING BUT THE INK SMUDGE

Three press-ready superpowers for your next edition.

Ben-Day Dots On Demand

Wrap any section in authentic halftone dot grids. Pick the pitch, tint and ink — registration is handled for you.

CMYK Misregistration Engine

Hard offset shadows in cyan, magenta and gold make every click land like a comic-panel thump. No blur, ever.

Newsprint Speed

Every texture is pure CSS, so pages load like paper. Sixty frames per second, even on a 1962 press.

The press run

FROM SKETCH TO SUNDAY EDITION

Three moves and the ink is dry.

  1. Sketch your layout

    Drag blocks onto the pasteboard. Nimbus snaps everything to a print grid so nothing drifts off-register.

  2. Pick your dots & ink

    Choose dot size, palette and shadow depth from the swatch book, then preview the light and dark editions side by side.

  3. Ship the presses

    Publish with one line of code, or export a poster your print shop will swear came off a Heidelberg.

Letters to the editor

THE CRITICS RAVE

“Our launch page went from beige to blockbuster. Sign-ups tripled the week we went halftone — clients keep asking who our illustrator is.”
Maya Reyes
Creative Director, Dot & Dash Studio
“It looks like it rolled off a 1962 press but ships like modern software. The dark-mode inking alone sold my whole team.”
Jonah Kim
Founder, Pressplay

Newsstand rates

PICK YOUR PRESS PASS

Rookie

For solo scribblers and first issues.

$0 /mo

  • 1 live project
  • Community dot library
  • Nimbus badge on output
Grab the free pass
Most popular

Inker

For working designers and indie studios.

$12 /mo

  • Unlimited projects
  • Full CMYK export pack
  • Custom dot sizes & palettes
  • Badge removal included
Start the Inker plan

Pressroom

For teams running daily editions.

$39 /mo

  • 5 team seats
  • Shared asset vault
  • Priority press queue
  • Dedicated support line
Run the pressroom

Letters desk

SMALL PRINT, BIG ANSWERS

What is the Halftone engine, exactly?

Our CSS-first texture system. Every dot grid, offset shadow and misprint effect is drawn with gradients and borders — no images, no JavaScript, no layout shift. It prints beautifully even on a slow connection.

Can I bring my own fonts and colors?

Yes. Every token is a CSS custom property, so you can re-ink the whole site — palette, dots, radii and shadows — from a single stylesheet. Bangers and Archivo Black ship as defaults.

Can I cancel my press pass anytime?

Anytime, in two clicks, no call to the circulation desk. You keep every edition you've published, and we refund the current month if you ask within 14 days.

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