Specimen
A live type tester — set text, size, weight, tracking and serif voice while the specimen redraws.
Live — this one is real
font: 800 84px/0.95 Archivo Variable; · letter-spacing: -2px; · stretch: 100%
Usage
import { Specimen } from "mizu-ui";
export function Tester() {
return <Specimen />;
}
Source & setup
Add this component to your project with the shadcn CLI. The command copies its source into your configured UI directory, with base.css, Mizu’s tokens, and the stylesheets that hold its rules. Each rule lives in one stylesheet, so components you add together never repeat CSS. In a project without a components.json, run npx shadcn@latest init 0xuser64bit/mizu/preset first: plain init installs shadcn’s theme into your global CSS. Then load the fonts.
npx shadcn@latest add 0xuser64bit/mizu/specimenEvery component imports from its own path, its name in kebab case. To paste the example, replace its mizu-ui import with:
import { Specimen } from "@/components/ui/mizu/specimen";For npm imports, import mizu-ui/styles.css once. Fonts are optional via mizu-ui/fonts.css. Override --mizu-* tokens or use className for local styling. Uses native React and CSS; install the package peers for root imports. A Client Component: its source starts with “use client”.
Inspect type/Specimen.tsx
Source is included in the npm package under src/type/Specimen.tsx.
Props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| text / onTextChange | string / fn | "Mizu" | Specimen text, up to 14 characters. |
| size / onSizeChange | number / fn | 84 | Font size in px (24–140). |
| weight / onWeightChange | number / fn | 800 | Archivo weight (100–900, step 25). Disabled in serif mode. |
| tracking / onTrackingChange | number / fn | -2 | Letter spacing in px (-8–24). |
| serif / onSerifChange | boolean / fn | false | Switch to Instrument Serif italic. |
Accessibility
All controls are labelled native inputs. The specimen stage is presentational.
Motion
Size and tracking transition over 150ms as you drag the sliders.