Figure
Enhanced image display with caption, sizing, and alignment controls.
With caption attribute
Set the caption directly on the rune.
{% figure caption="A coral reef teeming with life beneath turquoise waters" size="large" align="center" %}
{% /figure %}<figure data-rune="figure" typeof="ImageObject" data-rune-fields="{"size":"large","align":"center"}">
<img src="https://assets.refrakt.md/figure-coral-reef.jpg" alt="Coral reef" property="contentUrl">
<figcaption data-name="caption" property="caption">A coral reef teeming with life beneath turquoise waters</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure typeof="ImageObject" class="rf-figure rf-figure--large rf-figure--center" data-size="large" data-align="center" data-elevation="flat" data-rune="figure" data-density="compact">
<img src="https://assets.refrakt.md/figure-coral-reef.jpg" alt="Coral reef" property="contentUrl" />
<figcaption data-name="caption" property="caption" class="rf-figure__caption" data-section="description">A coral reef teeming with life beneath turquoise waters</figcaption>
</figure>With paragraph caption
If no caption attribute is provided, the first paragraph inside the rune is used as the caption.
{% figure size="medium" %}
Steam rising from volcanic hot springs in the Icelandic highlands.
{% /figure %}<figure data-rune="figure" typeof="ImageObject" data-rune-fields="{"size":"medium"}">
<img src="https://assets.refrakt.md/figure-hot-springs.jpg" alt="Hot springs" property="contentUrl">
<figcaption data-name="caption" property="caption">
<p>Steam rising from volcanic hot springs in the Icelandic highlands.</p>
</figcaption>
</figure>
Steam rising from volcanic hot springs in the Icelandic highlands.
<figure typeof="ImageObject" class="rf-figure rf-figure--medium rf-figure--center" data-size="medium" data-align="center" data-elevation="flat" data-rune="figure" data-density="compact">
<img src="https://assets.refrakt.md/figure-hot-springs.jpg" alt="Hot springs" property="contentUrl" />
<figcaption data-name="caption" property="caption" class="rf-figure__caption" data-section="description">
<p>Steam rising from volcanic hot springs in the Icelandic highlands.</p>
</figcaption>
</figure>Elevation & frame
A figure is a frame around its image, so it sets frameTarget: "self" (surface model): frame chrome lands on the figure itself. elevation floats the figure as a box (box-shadow); frame-shadow is the image's silhouette drop-shadow; frame-aspect crops it to a ratio.
{% figure elevation="floating" frame-aspect="4/3" caption="Framed at 4/3 with a lifted figure" %}
{% /figure %}<figure data-rune="figure" typeof="ImageObject" elevation="floating">
<img src="https://assets.refrakt.md/figure-coral-reef.jpg" alt="Coral reef" property="contentUrl">
<figcaption data-name="caption" property="caption">Framed at 4/3 with a lifted figure</figcaption>
<meta data-field="frame-aspect" content="4/3">
</figure><figure typeof="ImageObject" class="rf-figure rf-figure--default rf-figure--center" data-size="default" data-align="center" data-elevation="floating" data-rune="figure" data-density="compact" style="--frame-aspect: 4/3">
<img src="https://assets.refrakt.md/figure-coral-reef.jpg" alt="Coral reef" property="contentUrl" />
<figcaption data-name="caption" property="caption" class="rf-figure__caption" data-section="description">Framed at 4/3 with a lifted figure</figcaption>
</figure>Attributes
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
size | "small" | "medium" | "large" | "full" | — | Display width of the figure |
align | "left" | "center" | "right" | — | Horizontal alignment of the figure |
caption | string | — | Caption text displayed below the figure |
Universal attributes
bg
The background layer (SPEC-088): image, video, gradient, flat overlay wash and legibility scrim, in a single injected layer behind the rune's content.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
bg | string | — | Background preset applied to this block |
bg-from | string | — | Gradient start colour — a semantic token name (→ var(--rf-color-*)) |
bg-gradient | "to-t" | "to-b" | "to-l" | "to-r" | "to-tr" | "to-br" | "to-bl" | "to-tl" | — | Gradient direction (bounded named set) |
bg-gradient-type | "linear" | "radial" | "conic" | — | Gradient type |
bg-to | string | — | Gradient end colour — a semantic token name |
bg-via | string | — | Optional middle gradient stop — a semantic token name |
scrim | "top" | "bottom" | "left" | "right" | "none" | — | Scrim direction (heaviest edge); presence turns the scrim on, "none" opts out of the default cover scrim |
scrim-blur | "none" | "sm" | "md" | "lg" | — | Frost scrim blur amount |
scrim-strength | "sm" | "md" | "lg" | — | Gradient scrim strength |
scrim-tone | "dark" | "light" | — | Whether the scrim darkens (for light text) or lightens (for dark text) |
scrim-type | "gradient" | "frost" | — | Scrim treatment: gradient (default) or frost (backdrop blur) |
elevation
The chrome/depth ladder (SPEC-107). The skin maps each rung to a chrome bundle by attribute, so there is no BEM class.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
elevation | "sunken" | "flush" | "flat" | "raised" | "floating" | "overlay" | "none" | "sm" | "md" | "lg" | — | Surface depth on the SPEC-107 ladder (sunken→overlay); none/sm/md/lg are deprecated aliases |
frame
Surface chrome (SPEC-086): a named preset from the theme registry with inline `frame-*` overrides layered on top.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
frame | string | — | Named frame preset presenting this block's media surface |
frame-anchor | string | — | Crop focal point when the guest is cut (object-position) |
frame-aspect | string | — | Aspect ratio of the framed media, e.g. "16/9" |
frame-displace | "top" | "bottom" | "end" | "bottom-end" | "top-end" | — | Edge/corner the framed guest moves toward |
frame-displace-mode | "peek" | "bleed" | — | How displacement renders: `peek` (default) translates the guest visually inside its frame target; `bleed` uses negative margin on the media zone so following layout pulls up — extends past a section like a hero without leaving a gap above |
frame-offset | "none" | "sm" | "md" | "lg" | "xl" | "2xl" | "3xl" | "4xl" | — | Displacement distance (non-linear named scale: sm…xl ride the block-spacing tokens, 2xl/3xl/4xl step up to section-spacing for bleed-mode displacements that clear a section edge) |
frame-overflow | "clip" | "bleed" | — | How the frame handles a guest whose content is wider than it: `clip` (default) keeps it inside the rounded frame; `bleed` runs an overflowing guest out to the layout edge on a narrow viewport so it reads as cropped by the screen (a bleed host only — hero/feature) |
frame-oversize | string | — | How far the guest exceeds its slot (scale factor) |
frame-place | string | — | Guest-box alignment in the slot (e.g. "left top") |
frame-shadow | "none" | "sm" | "md" | "lg" | — | Silhouette drop-shadow strength for the framed media |
inset
Internal padding override.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
inset | "flush" | "tight" | "default" | "loose" | "breathe" | — | Inner padding of this block |
motion
Scroll-reveal entrance (SPEC-105). The author declares the character, the theme owns the choreography, a behaviour owns the timing.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
reveal | "none" | "fade" | "slide" | "scale" | "blur" | — | Scroll-reveal entrance character (none|fade|slide|scale|blur); the theme owns the choreography |
stagger | boolean | — | Cascade this block's items in as it reveals (no-op on single-child runes) |
prominence
Header emphasis (SPEC-107). Scales a rune's page-section header; the skin maps it to a type register by attribute, so there is no BEM class.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
prominence | "quiet" | "normal" | "prominent" | "display" | — | Section-header emphasis (only on page-section-header family runes) |
spacing
Block-level rhythm override.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
spacing | "flush" | "tight" | "default" | "loose" | "breathe" | — | Vertical spacing above and below this block |
substrate
Generated pattern fills (SPEC-087). Markers only — the engine sets the attributes and cell/opacity custom properties, CSS draws the pattern.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
substrate | "dots" | "grid" | "lines" | "cross" | "checker" | "none" | — | Generated surface pattern |
substrate-fill | "inherit" | "inset" | — | Surface fill the pattern sits on (full colour stays with tint) |
substrate-opacity | "sm" | "md" | "lg" | — | Pattern ink strength |
substrate-size | "sm" | "md" | "lg" | — | Pattern cell size |
substrate-target | "self" | "media" | — | Which surface the pattern fills (overrides the rune/theme default) |
tint
Per-rune colour override (SPEC-053): a named tint from the theme registry, with inline per-token overrides layered on top.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
tint | string | — | Color tint preset applied to this block |
tint-mode | "auto" | "dark" | "light" | — | Whether the tint adapts to auto, dark, or light mode |
width
The track a block rune occupies.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
width | "compact" | "narrow" | "content" | "wide" | "full" | — | Maximum width constraint for this block |
| Not available | Why |
|---|---|
| dropcap, reading | this rune declares no prose body |