The font picker UI was removed back on 2026-09-22, but the toggle plumbing
stayed around — Fraunces + DM Sans in the Google Fonts URL, the Fraunces/
DM Sans CSS variables, the html[data-font-cmp="ubuntu"] override block,
the .font-picker pill styles, and the .topnav .font-picker media-query
rule on mobile. All of that is dead weight when Ubuntu is the only font
that ever renders.
- Google Fonts URL slimmed to Ubuntu + JetBrains Mono (saves two font
families' worth of downloads on first paint).
- --serif variable gone; --sans is now Ubuntu, --mono still JetBrains.
- h1/h2/h3/h4 use --sans (Ubuntu bold reads clean at display sizes; no
need for a serif split).
- Removed the full font-picker CSS block and every html[data-font-cmp=
"ubuntu"] rule from both home and docs — the attribute is a no-op now.
- Footer brand switched from --serif to --sans with a 600 weight so it
still carries editorial weight without the Fraunces load.
- js/theme.js kept as a no-op (both pages still <script src> it); its
attribute setter was dropped. Safe to remove the script tag later;
leaving it means pages that aren't touched this pass stay valid.
Same cleanup Sirius.X got last month, applied to Hephaestus for family
consistency.
Fraunces/Ubuntu font picker is gone. theme.js used to persist the
choice in localStorage and paint a pill in the corner; now it just
sets data-font-cmp="ubuntu" on <html> so every page that already
carries the html[data-font-cmp="ubuntu"] rules in its stylesheet
switches to Ubuntu — the Bitcoin Cash brand face — on load. Same
one-line runtime on both sirius-x and hephaestus.x theme.js.
Mobile bottom nav rail was rgba(11,14,20,.52) with no blur, so
whatever body text was scrolled behind it bled straight through the
half-transparent bar — first sentence of How it works ended up
visually merged with the sidebar icons on hephaestus.x, section
headings ran under the Sirius.x rail. Bumped to rgba(...,.94) and
added backdrop-filter:blur(12px); content underneath is now covered
instead of showing through. Same tweak on all six Sirius.X pages
plus Hephaestus.X home.
Answers a community question ("how would one run this if it's not on GitHub?")
by putting the source repo front and centre, plus a runnable docker-compose
recipe for self-hosting.
- Palette + typography (Fraunces / DM Sans / JetBrains Mono / Ubuntu) and
layout (topnav, radial-stack background, .card, .steps, .verify, .note)
aligned with site-sirius-x. Adds js/theme.js (copied from sirius-x) for
the Fraunces↔Ubuntu font toggle.
- Sticky topnav: brand, section links, Explore repos, wallet dropdown at right.
- Hero: "The forge on Bitcoin Cash" — BCH-green accent, matched serif hierarchy.
- New "See the source. Verify the deploy." section — three cards for the repo,
auth-proxy, and PROTOCOL.md; below that a docker-compose run-your-own recipe
with git clone + cp .env.example + docker compose up.
- Pantheon and Verify-against-the-chain sections mirror Sirius.X's structure so
the seven .x pillars feel like one product.
- Browse repos link fixed to be absolute (https://code.silentmode.st/explore/repos)
so it works through navigate.st gateway too, not just BCNR-aware browsers.
