Overview
Use Nova Facades to give your site a distinct visual identity. Each facade is an opinionated preset that ships ready to use — no manual theming, no CSS overrides, no design decisions.
Purpose and Scope
What Is a Facade?
A facade is an opinionated visual identity layer applied on top of a framework. It is not a design system or a starter template.
There are no tokens to hand-pick or components to compose from. The structure and content are yours.
A facade gives your site a complete look that ships ready to use. You pick a preset, override what you want, and build your content.
The facade handles colors, typography, shape, depth, motion, navbar, footer, and code highlighting.
Available Facades
Docusaurus Preset
The @cbnventures/docusaurus-preset-nova package provides four visual presets for Docusaurus v3 sites. Each preset defines a full visual identity: colors, fonts, shape language, depth treatment, motion behavior, navbar variant, and footer variant.
| Preset | Identity |
|---|---|
| Foundry | Warm orange and amber with rounded shapes and elevated cards. |
| Sentinel | Teal and indigo with rounded shapes and flat cards. |
| Signal | Rose and amber with sharp shapes and compact density. |
| Envoy | Purple and cyan with rounded shapes and elevated cards. |
Philosophy
Nova Facades are designed so you should not need to customize beyond the configuration. Every visual decision is controlled through the preset.
If the preset does not cover your use case, open an issue so the configuration can be expanded rather than requiring a manual override.