No. 022 / Underground Edition Printed by hand · Vilnius 54°41′N 25°16′E

A love letter to Vilnius.com

Riso  amber & oxblood Stock  aged newsprint Voice  tender · defiant · printed Guide  visual language v.22
Manifesto № 1

A city you read
like a banned
manuscript.

Vilnius was always a city of words smuggled in coat linings — printed at midnight, passed hand to hand, loved out loud despite everything. LoveVilnius borrows that ink-stained spirit: baroque alleys set in slab serif, courtyards stamped with registration marks, a whole metropolis run off the same beautiful, stubborn press.

01

The Ink Drawer

Two passes through the press
Newsprint
#EFE6D2
the page itself
Press Ink
#241C14
text & rules
Oxblood
#8F2417
first pass / love
Riso Amber
#D98012
second pass / heat
Cold Teal
#1F5B54
captions & links
Bone
#F6EFE0
card stock
Amber Light
#E8A13A
highlight strike
Bright Resist
#C0392B
alarm / accent
02

Set By Hand

Bodoni · Zilla Slab · Space Mono
Display — Bodoni Moda
Aa Bb 24
Headline / Body — Zilla Slab
Aa Bb 24
Captions — Space Mono
Aa Bb 24
DisplayBodoni 900
60 / 0.95
Vilnius, my soft riot
H1Zilla 700
42 / 1.0
Courtyards full of whispered headlines
H2Zilla Italic 600
30
A river, a hill, three ghosts and a bakery
BodyZilla 400
18 / 1.6
Every neighbourhood is a page torn from something older — Užupis declares its own constitution, the cathedral keeps time in stone, and the whole place smells faintly of fresh print and linden trees.
CaptionSpace Mono
14 / .06em
FIG. 03 — REGISTRATION MARK, ALIGNED BY EYE, OFF BY A HAIR.
03

Column Gauge

8px baseline · printer’s rhythm
08
tight
16
inset
24
gutter
40
block
64
section
96
spread
04

Controls & Stamps

Buttons · inputs · chips
Subscribe Pin a place Add a story Outline Ghost link
Small solid Small outline Small amber
Reader Mail
Courtyards Coffee Old bookshops Rooftops Linden trees
Run the press
05

Dispatch Cards

Halftone plates · stamped tags
U
District
Neighbourhood

The Republic of Užupis

Bohemian quarter with its own constitution, river angel, and a stubborn streak of joy.

03 MIN READRead →
Ritual
Where to sit

Coffee & Cold Mornings

Twelve counters where steam fogs the window and the cinnamon buns sell out by ten.

GUIDE / 12Read →
After dark
Night issue

Rooftops & River Light

Climb above the baroque skyline as the Neris turns the colour of weak tea.

05 MIN READRead →
06

Stamp Set

1.75px stroke · hand-cut feel
Love
Place
Read
Issue
City
Discover
Hours
Mail
Favourite
Café
View
Register
07

In The Press

The system, assembled
Cover story · Spring edition

Some cities you visit. Vilnius you fall for — and then you can’t stop printing about it.

Built on warm newsprint, two ink passes, and a stubborn belief that a guidebook can also be a love letter.