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Arts & Crafts Pattern Repeats

The Acanthus Scroll

Two rows of Arts-and-Crafts acanthus leaf motifs scroll continuously on a cream ground; a gold pen traces the path as if self-drawing.

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When to use it

Arts-and-crafts themed headers, heritage brand backgrounds, ambient decorative borders needing a handcrafted feel.

When not to

Light minimal UIs or contexts where continuous horizontal motion competes with reading. Avoid on low-power devices with large viewports.

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Change scroll speed from 26 to 14 by editing `scroll=(scroll+dt*26)`, swap PAL.olive to '#8b6914' for a golden-brown stem, and increase unit from 170 to 220 for wider spacing. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.

Safe to edit

  • scroll speed (dt*26)
  • unit width (unit=170)
  • color palette (PAL object)
  • pen travel speed (dt*0.6)
  • border line offsets (y=12 / S.h-12)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • DPR-aware fitCanvas with setTransform
  • visibilitychange stop/start guard
  • prefers-reduced-motion static fallback
  • IIFE wrapper
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Background color is hardcoded in CSS (#efe7d2) and PAL.cream must match
  • No touch/pointer interactivity — purely decorative
  • Pen tracer disabled when reduced-motion is on

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