LoveVilnius
Style Guide № 030 · 54.6872° N, 25.2797° E

A city
drawn in amber.

The visual language of LoveVilnius — an archival, cartographic system rendered on aged paper, in terracotta and brass, charting the streets, courtyards and hills of the old town.

VILNIUS

LT‑01001
Plate I Senamiestis 1:7500
01

The pigments

Inks ground from paper, clay and brass

Paper#F3E7CF
Edge#E3CDA1
Terracotta#C0492B
Amber#D98A25
Moss#5C6B3C
Ink#2B2016
Primary action Highlight Success / open Neutral chip
02

The lettering

Fraunces · Archivo · Spline Sans Mono

Display
Fraunces 300 / italic
Užupis & old town
Heading
Fraunces 500
Courtyards of the cathedral quarter
Subhead
Fraunces italic 400
A field guide to amber light and cobblestone.
Body
Archivo 400
Vilnius is a city of layered maps — baroque domes drawn over medieval lanes, drawn over the Neris bending past Gediminas hill. This system keeps every plate legible: warm ground, dark ink, and a single confident accent.
Label
Mono 500
Plate · Scale · Coordinates · 1:7500
03

The graticule

An 8‑point measure grid

4
8
12
20
32
48
64
04

The cartouches

Cards, buttons & markers

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Café
Open · Pilies g. 12

Kavinė Senamiestis

Honey cakes, dark roast and a courtyard that has poured coffee since 1911.

€4/cup Visit →
Walk
Self‑guided · 2.4 km

Gediminas Hill loop

Trace the contour path to the red‑brick tower for the city's widest view.

Free / 90 min Route →
Stay
Boutique · Užupis

Hotel Republika

Eleven rooms above the river in the artists' quarter, breakfast on the terrace.

€96/night Book →
05

The legend

Hand‑engraved map symbols · 1.5px stroke

Tower
Church
River
Marker
Compass
Coffee
Mail
Hill
Place
Search
Events
Hours
06

The requisition

Inputs, selects & switches

Send me the weekly amber dispatch
07

In context

A section, fully composed

Featured route · Plate VII

Forty‑eight hours in the amber quarter

From the bell tower at dawn to candlelit cellars in Užupis — a curated two‑day map of the places that make Vilnius glow. Cafés, courtyards, river crossings and the steepest staircase in the old town.

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“Every street here is a line on an older map — you don't visit Vilnius so much as read it.” — LoveVilnius field notes