{ "$comment": "The Family Tree (design #9, 7 Sep 2026). The couple at the roots, their children and partners on the boughs, the grandchildren under each. The layout is elastic — one family or eight, the names shrink and grow together — which is the thing the market sells as a bespoke upgrade (research/family-tree-print-market-2026-09-07.md).", "configVersion": 1, "designId": "family-tree-print", "rendererVersion": "family-tree/0.5.0", "service": { "origin": "", "savePath": "/v1/designs", "analyticsPath": "/v1/analytics/events", "previewDebounceMs": 160 }, "sheet": { "width": 1000, "height": 1500 }, "assetVersion": "2026-09-25.5", "preview": { "exampleAsset": "design-family-tree-print-example.jpg", "exampleAlt": "The Thompsons family tree, with botanical green oak leaves, clear family names on warm ivory paper, and Margaret and George at the roots.", "seed": { "title": "The Thompsons", "roots": "Margaret & George", "rootsNote": "married 1982", "signoff": "Together, through every season", "families": [ { "name": "Matthew", "partner": "Sarah", "note": "", "children": "Olivia, Daniel", "years": "" }, { "name": "Rachel", "partner": "", "note": "", "children": "Amelia", "years": "" }, { "name": "Paul", "partner": "Jo", "note": "", "children": "Noah, Rosie, Ivy", "years": "" } ], "style": "oak", "colourway": "ivory", "typeface": "classic", "texture": "fibre", "notes": false, "titleAtFoot": false, "keyline": false, "paper": "", "ink": "", "accents": "", "years": false, "backdrop": "none", "ornament": "none" } }, "fields": { "$comment": "Three required fields; four option sets always visible; the finishing touches folded below.", "requiredLabel": "Your family", "optionsLabel": "The look", "moreLabel": "Finishing touches and your colours", "required": [ { "key": "title", "type": "text", "label": "Title", "maxLength": 28, "affects": "render", "hint": "A name for the piece — The Thompsons, Our lot, Nanny & Grandad. 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Step-parents, both nanas, someone remembered.", "messages": { "add": "Add a branch", "remove": "Remove", "name": "Son or daughter", "partner": "Their partner", "children": "Their children", "note": "A line about them", "count": "{count} of {max}.", "full": "That's the full eight.", "fewest": "", "years": "Their years", "pets": "Their pets" }, "yearsPlaceholder": "1962 & 1960", "yearsWhen": { "key": "years", "equals": true }, "yearsHint": "And the years they were born, if you want them printed — 1962 & 1960, or just one.", "petsPlaceholder": "Biscuit, Luna", "petsWhen": { "key": "pets", "equals": true }, "petsHint": "And their pets — dogs, cats, the lot. 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The pets hang on their family's tag behind a paw print." }, { "key": "titleAtFoot", "type": "toggle", "label": "Title at the foot", "default": false, "affects": "render", "hint": "" }, { "key": "keyline", "type": "toggle", "label": "A keyline border", "default": false, "affects": "render", "hint": "" }, { "key": "backdrop", "paintOwn": true, "type": "thumbnails", "label": "Background", "hint": "", "default": "none", "affects": "render", "options": [ { "value": "none", "label": "Plain", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-none.jpg" }, { "value": "watercolour", "label": "Watercolour", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-watercolour.jpg", "description": "soft wet blooms of blush and sage", "sheet": "light", "swapTo": "ink-bloom" }, { "value": "frost", "label": "Frost", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-frost.jpg", "description": "ice-blue frost feathering in from the corners", "sheet": "light", "swapTo": "snowfall" }, { "value": "holly", "label": "Winter sprigs", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-holly.jpg", "description": "holly, pine and berries in loose watercolour", "sheet": "light", "swapTo": "candlelight" }, { "value": "powder", "label": "Colour burst", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-powder.jpg", "description": "thrown powder paint drifting in from the edges", "sheet": "light", "swapTo": "aurora" }, { "value": "dust", "label": "Colour dust", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-dust.jpg", "description": "a fine scatter of gold and rose", "sheet": "light", "swapTo": "nebula" }, { "value": "candlelight", "label": "Candlelight", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-candlelight.jpg", "description": "warm amber glows at the edges of a dark room", "sheet": "dark", "swapTo": "holly" }, { "value": "snowfall", "label": "Snowfall", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-snowfall.jpg", "description": "soft snow falling through the dark", "sheet": "dark", "swapTo": "frost" }, { "value": "ink-bloom", "label": "Ink bloom", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-ink-bloom.jpg", "description": "ink and a thread of gold blooming in dark water", "sheet": "dark", "swapTo": "watercolour" }, { "value": "nebula", "label": "Nebula", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-nebula.jpg", "description": "dusty rose and indigo, a few faint stars", "sheet": "dark", "swapTo": "dust" }, { "value": "aurora", "label": "Northern lights", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-backdrop-aurora.jpg", "description": "curtains of teal and violet light", "sheet": "dark", "swapTo": "powder" } ], "$comment": "Folded under Finishing touches since round 9 (23 Sep 2026: six sets and 36 chips before the words); light grounds first; the default is the seed's plain sheet." }, { "key": "texture", "type": "thumbnails", "label": "Paper look (printed)", "hint": "", "default": "fibre", "affects": "render", "options": [ { "value": "none", "label": "Smooth", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-texture-none.jpg" }, { "value": "grain", "label": "Fine grain", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-texture-grain.jpg" }, { "value": "fibre", "label": "Handmade", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-texture-fibre.jpg" }, { "value": "cardstock", "label": "Cardstock", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-texture-cardstock.jpg" }, { "value": "linen", "label": "Linen", "thumbnail": "design-family-tree-print-texture-linen.jpg" } ] }, { "key": "paper", "type": "thumbnails", "label": "Your paper", "hint": "", "default": "", "affects": "render", "options": [ { "value": "", "label": "As the colourway" }, { "value": "ivory", "label": "Ivory", "sheet": "light" }, { "value": "white", "label": "White", "sheet": "light" }, { "value": "sand", "label": "Sand", "sheet": "light" }, { "value": "blush", "label": "Blush", "sheet": "light" }, { "value": "sage", "label": "Sage", "sheet": "light" }, { "value": "sky", "label": "Sky", "sheet": "light" }, { "value": "stone", "label": "Stone", "sheet": "light" }, { "value": "slate", "label": "Slate", "sheet": "dark" }, { "value": "ink", "label": "Ink black", "sheet": "dark" }, { "value": "midnight", "label": "Midnight", "sheet": "dark" } ] }, { "key": "ink", "type": "thumbnails", "label": "Your ink", "hint": "An ink that would sink into the paper is swapped for one that reads. Gold looks are printed in gold-tone ink, not foil.", "default": "", "affects": "render", "options": [ { "value": "", "label": "As the colourway" }, { "value": "black", "label": "Black" }, { "value": "charcoal", "label": "Charcoal" }, { "value": "navy", "label": "Navy" }, { "value": "forest", "label": "Forest" }, { "value": "burgundy", "label": "Burgundy" }, { "value": "terracotta", "label": "Terracotta" }, { "value": "mustard", "label": "Mustard" }, { "value": "plum", "label": "Plum" }, { "value": "teal", "label": "Teal" }, { "value": "rust", "label": "Rust" }, { "value": "gold", "label": "Gold tone" } ] }, { "key": "accents", "type": "thumbnails", "label": "Your colours for the leaves", "hint": "Gold looks are printed in gold-tone ink, not foil.", "default": "", "affects": "render", "options": [ { "value": "", "label": "As the colourway" }, { "value": "seaglass", "label": "Sea glass" }, { "value": "sorbet", "label": "Sorbet" }, { "value": "harvest", "label": "Harvest" }, { "value": 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Look keys only, never words or people: the page composes the customer's own design under each and a tap takes it. Round 9 (23 Sep 2026): the first recipe had been the seed itself; it is now the painted blossom tree, which no preset showed.", "items": [ { "id": "ivory-classic", "label": "Apple blossom", "note": "A painted tree in full blossom.", "look": { "style": "blossom", "colourway": "blush", "typeface": "classic", "texture": "fibre", "backdrop": "none", "ornament": "none" } }, { "id": "meadow-modern", "label": "Meadow wreath", "note": "The painted flower ring on botanical green, clean lettering.", "look": { "style": "painted", "colourway": "meadow", "typeface": "modern", "texture": "grain", "backdrop": "none", "ornament": "none" } }, { "id": "midnight-soft", "label": "Family page in script", "note": "No tree: a page from the family bible on blush, the names in script.", "look": { "style": "chart", "colourway": "blush", "typeface": "script", "texture": "fibre", "backdrop": "none", "ornament": "none" } } ] }, "surprise": { "$comment": "Surprise me rolls one of these curated looks and one style, never a random pairing of sets.", "layoutKey": "style", "looks": [ { "colourway": "ivory", "typeface": "classic", "texture": "grain" }, { "colourway": "meadow", "typeface": "modern", "texture": "grain" }, { "colourway": "blush", "typeface": "script", "texture": "fibre" }, { "colourway": "ink", "typeface": "editorial", "texture": "cardstock" }, { "colourway": "midnight", "typeface": "soft-serif", "texture": "linen" }, { "colourway": "clay", "typeface": "soft-serif", "texture": "grain" } ], "layouts": [ "oak", "painted", "blossom", "chart" ] }, "cart": { "summary": "{title} · {families.count} branches · {style.label} · {colourway.label} · {typeface.label}" } }