Floatask looks more like a notebook than a productivity app. That's no accident. We spend most of the day in front of screens saturated with color, flicker and notifications. The last thing your to-do list needs is to be one more screen like that.
The typography decisions
The body is Newsreader, a variable serif designed
for long-form reading on screen. Labels and numbers use
JetBrains Mono in uppercase with generous
letter-spacing, like the old library card codes.
The color decisions
- Background: slightly creamy paper. Not pure white.
- Text: black ink with a warm touch.
- Zero saturated accents. Lists use ochre, sepia, moss green, plum.
- Red appears in exactly one place: overdue tasks.
Dark mode as a mirror
Dark mode isn't a mechanical inversion. It's the same palette projected onto black ink: dark paper, light ink. The proportions stay the same so your eye doesn't have to readjust every time you switch from one side to the other.
If you work with this four hours a day, visual fatigue is a product feature, not an aesthetic detail.