Max-Width Prose Container

Centred reading-measure column for long-form copy with sane default heading, link, and list styling.

Bento & Layout · Astro · Free · MIT · v1.0.0 · updated 2026-10-15 · Live demo

Install

velocityx add prose-container

Free tier — no licence key needed. MIT: copy it, own it, edit it.

---
import ProseContainer from '../components/velocity/prose-container/ProseContainer.astro';
---
<ProseContainer />

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
as	'article' | 'div' | 'section'	'article'	—
maxWidth	string	'68ch'	—
className	string	''	—

Files written

velocityx drops these into your project:

• components/velocity/prose-container/ProseContainer.astro

Peer dependencies

None.

Theming

Colours come from the primary-* / accent-* Tailwind scales, so this drops into a project that is not Velocity without dragging our brand in. Install the contract once:

velocityx theme

Then set your whole brand in one place — raw RGB channels, not hex (a hex here silently breaks every opacity variant):

:root {
  --vx-brand: custom;
  --vx-primary-600: 220 38 38;
}

There is no component-level font-family anywhere in the library — your font cascade wins.

Licence

MIT. Once installed it is yours — no attribution, no revocation.