AD / SPECIMEN 002
The quartet.
Four typefaces. No others are sanctioned. The Deco face carries the monument. The Didone carries philosophy. The geometric sans carries the grid. The monospace carries the artifact.
MONUMENTAL
Poiret One
400
168px/155px
ALI DARWISH
Gate masthead, seals, Deco dividers: monumental display only
MONUMENTAL-LABEL
Poiret One
400
28px/32px
SEED · SPROUT · TRUNK · CANOPY
Stage labels (SEED · SPROUT · TRUNK · CANOPY), card titles
DISPLAY
Bodoni Moda
400
96px/88px
Veritas
Hero statements
DISPLAY-ITALIC
Bodoni Moda
400 Italic
96px/88px
Phos
Emphasis in heroes
HEADLINE
Bodoni Moda
400
56px/60px
The cathedral remains.
Section headers
SUB-HEAD
Jost
300
28px/36px
A knowledge cathedral built for the silence of eternity.
Supporting statements
BODY
Bodoni Moda
400
18px/30px
Every idea starts as a seed. Every seed grows through defined stages. Every stage is preserved, linked, and findable.
Long-form essay text
UI
Jost
400
14px/22px
Built to outlast their builder.
Interface elements
EYEBROW
JetBrains Mono
400
11px/18px
SEED · SPROUT · TRUNK · CANOPY
Labels, nav, timestamps, stage tags
THE FORBIDDEN
- ·Poiret One is for monuments only: Gate, seals, dividers, stage labels. Never for body copy.
- ·Bodoni Moda carries the reading. Never swap it for Poiret in long-form prose.
- ·Monospace is for meta only. Never for body copy.
- ·Bodoni Moda Italic is a scalpel, never for entire paragraphs.
- ·No mixing at the same level. The Deco/Didone/sans/mono distinction must be structurally meaningful.
- ·No typeface outside the quartet. Ever.