◊ FallPage · sovereign multi-page layout

The InDesign wedge. Multi-page documents · brochures · reports · invoices · product sheets → printable PDF. Single HTML, no server, not subscription-based.

v1 · prime 1433 · MIT

Live: sjgant80-hub.github.io/fallpage Source: github.com/sjgant80-hub/fallpage

Phase-2 tool of the FallStudio plan — the sovereign Adobe Creative Cloud alternative being shipped one HTML file at a time. FallPDF (449) writes single-file PDFs from markdown; FallPage (457) lays out multi-page documents with columns, master styles, and page numbers, then hands off to the browser print engine for the PDF.

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What it does

Three-pane workspace: page thumbnails on the left, the live page in the middle (scaled, paper-shadow on dark workspace), block list + page setup + master styles on the right. Build the document block by block — heading, paragraph, image, pull quote, column break, spacer, divider, table-of-contents. Switch pages with one click. ↓ pdf opens the print dialog with a stylesheet that hides the editor chrome and emits each page at its exact mm size.

Block types

Type	What it does
heading	H1 / H2 / H3, brass by default — feeds the auto-TOC
paragraph	Rich text from markdown (**bold**, *italic*, `code`, links, lists, tables)
image	File upload, embedded as base64. Width in mm (or auto)
pull quote	Large brass-bordered quote
columns split	Force-break to the next column on multi-column pages
spacer	mm of vertical space
divider	Horizontal rule
table of contents	Auto-generated from every heading in the doc

Page setup

• Size: A4 · A5 · Letter · Legal · business card · custom (mm)
• Orientation: portrait / landscape
• Columns: 1 / 2 / 3 (CSS multi-column, 6mm gutter)
• Margins: top / bottom / left / right (mm)

Master styles

• Body font: Helvetica · Georgia · Times · system serif · system sans
• Body size (pt) and line-height
• Heading colour (default brass #b8974a)
• Page numbers: none · centre · outer (alternates left/right by parity)
• Running header / footer with {{page}}, {{title}}, {{total}} placeholders

Templates (Ω palette · T0)

brochure (3 pages · 2-col A4) · one-pager (single A4) · report (cover + TOC + body + appendix) · invoice (single page · markdown table) · product sheet (image left + spec right · 2-col).

Ω autopilot (Ctrl+K)

• "brochure" / "invoice" / "report" / "one-pager" → loads the template
• "add page" / "duplicate" / "export pdf" → action
• T3 (BYOK Anthropic / Gemini free / OpenAI / OpenRouter): "draft a 2-page company overview for an SME audience" → Ω returns a JSON page graph, FallPage builds the doc

Save / load / interchange

• Auto-save to IndexedDB on every change (debounced 800ms)
• ⌂ save / Ctrl+S — force save now
• ⇪ load — modal lists every saved doc with title · pages · size · timestamp
• ↓ json / ⇪ json — full doc as .fallpage.json for backup or moving between machines

Export

• ↓ pdf (Ctrl+E) — injects @page { size: WxH mm; margin: 0 } for the current doc, builds the print root, calls window.print(). The browser's PDF engine produces the file. Editor chrome is hidden by @media print.

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Use it

1. Open index.html from file:// or visit the live URL
2. Pick a template (Ctrl+K → brochure) or start blank
3. Add blocks on the right, switch pages on the left
4. Adjust page setup + master styles
5. ↓ pdf — choose Save as PDF in the print dialog

Auto-saves on every change. A friendly starter page appears on first launch.

Keyboard

• Ctrl+K / ⌘K — Ω autopilot
• Ctrl+S / ⌘S — save
• Ctrl+E / ⌘E — export PDF (print)
• Esc — close palette / modal
• ↑ / ↓ / Enter in the palette

Sovereignty stack

Layer	Status
UI	runs from file://
Compute	T0 lays out + prints in-browser · T3 your direct API call (Ω drafting only)
Storage	IndexedDB for docs + settings · PDF downloads via your browser's print engine
Mesh	BroadcastChannel('fall-signal') · responds to ping · postMessage API: ping, addPage, getDocJson, loadTemplate, exportPdf

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What this v1 does NOT do — and what's planned

v1 scope: layout editor + browser print export. Real PDF tooling (page imposition, bleed marks, CMYK) is v2.

Feature	Reason	Plan
Bleed / crop marks	print engine has no direct hook	v2 — render to canvas then to PDF via pdf-lib
CMYK colour	browsers are sRGB-only	v2 — pair with FallPDF's writer
Master pages (true)	v1 ships master styles (header/footer/numbers); true master layouts require a second editor surface	v1.1
Per-block text formatting (inline colour, font swap mid-paragraph)	markdown is the wire format	v1.1 — extend the markdown
Linked text frames across pages	flow engine is non-trivial	v2
Image cropping / masking	needs a crop UI	v1.1

The 80% that people use InDesign for is page setup → blocks → multi-page → print. That's v1.

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For developers

index.html      one file · ~30KB · vanilla JS · no deps · zero CDN
README.md       this
LICENSE         MIT
.nojekyll       Pages legacy deploy

Document model

{
  id, title, created, modified,
  pageSize: 'A4'|'A5'|'Letter'|'Legal'|'card'|'custom',
  customW, customH,                  // mm, when pageSize==='custom'
  orientation: 'P'|'L',
  columns: 1|2|3,
  margins: { t, b, l, r },           // mm
  masterStyles: {
    font, size, lineHeight, headingColor,
    pageNumbers: 'none'|'center'|'outer',
    header, footer                   // {{page}} {{total}} {{title}}
  },
  pages: [{ id, blocks: [{ id, type, ...payload }] }]
}

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