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80 entries, 188 steal-notes — 85 by hand, 103 model drafts. Every entry answers: where is it from, what family is it, and what would you steal? 1 results have public source URLs; source correspondence awaits human review.

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NeXTSTEP Interface Guidelines

Warm Retro-OS / Workstation · editorial · via bitsavers.org (mirror)

Steal · component patternNotes by Will
Subtle 2-pixel inner shadow bevel on form inputs giving tactile depth without modern drop-shadow blur.
Steal · typographyNotes by Will
Proportional system serif used for body copy flanked by monospace system status metrics in the margin.

Fonts: Helvetica, CourierOriginal: NeXT Computer, Inc.

Provenance & takedown

Publicly sourced references link to an original; private or concept examples are labelled separately. All referenced work belongs to its creators. What this vault adds — and what it is for — is the commentary: the steal-notes are the content, not the pixels. Notes are written by hand unless their card says otherwise; a model draft is always labelled. Study use only.

Made something shown here and want it removed? Email util.wills@gmail.com with the entry title or a link to this page — it comes down promptly, no questions asked.

Try it in your agent · no key

One command puts these notes inside Claude Code. Without a key the agent sees 5 families and gets 5 calls a day — enough to judge the taste before you rent it. The key opens every family and lifts the meter.

claude mcp add --transport http trova https://trova.design/api/mcp