Aztec Codex is a design system rooted in the painted bark-paper screenfolds (amatl) of the Mexica — sacred manuscripts that recorded tribute, ritual, and the 260-day tonalpohualli calendar. Its palette is literally the mineral-pigment set used by tlacuilo scribes: amatl ochre ground, cinnabar red, indigo blue, malachite green, lampblack outline.
The system is flat, frontal, and cartouched. Thick black strokes enclose every figure, day-sign glyphs repeat in calendrical rings, and Trajan capitals carry colonial-Latin weight. It is meant for narrative, archival, and culturally grounded interfaces — never fiesta kitsch.
「阿兹特克古抄本」是一套源自墨西加（Mexica）文明的设计系统，取材自 1300 至 1577 年间用树皮纸（amatl）绘制的折叠式手抄本——《门多萨抄本》《博尔吉亚抄本》《佛罗伦萨抄本》等，是记录贡赋、祭仪与 260 日历法的神圣典籍。调色盘完全取自抄本原本使用的矿物颜料：树皮纸赭黄底色、朱砂红、靛蓝、孔雀石绿、灯黑轮廓，以及石灰白的留白面板。
整套系统扁平、正面、格状。每个图形都用三至四像素的黑色粗描边框住，日符徽章在长方形匣框中重复排列，标题使用 Trajan 大写字母以呼应殖民时期的拉丁石刻。它适合用于叙事性、档案性、文化厚度较高的界面，而非嘉年华式的浅俗点缀。