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          "font-text": "\"Sorts Mill Goudy AN\", \"Goudy Bookletter 1911\", Georgia, serif"
        },
        "rules": [
          {
            "rule": "Lettering is hand-drawn and curved to the image.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:typography-4"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "No typeset lettering in the composition: figure, lettering and frame are one drawing.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:failure-1",
              "claim:gestalt"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "On screen, set the title on an arc over its image (SVG textPath) and keep a display face for headings.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:typography-4",
              "claim:typography-block"
            ],
            "because": "Drawn lettering cannot be live text; curving it to the image keeps the method, and Federo keeps the curvilinear display."
          },
          {
            "rule": "Use Sorts Mill Goudy for reading text.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:typography-4"
            ],
            "because": "The room's own book face; reading text is where a web page must be typeset."
          }
        ]
      },
      "gridLayout": {
        "summary": "Not a column grid: one tall arched sheet, a single centred subject, the border and the line holding the composition.",
        "tokens": {
          "sheet-max": "1080px",
          "arch": "min(420px, 39cqw)",
          "rail-inset": "118px"
        },
        "rules": [
          {
            "rule": "Vertical format, a centred figure, an integral border.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:layout-3"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Rank by enclosure: the most important element is the one the border and the whiplash lead to.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:hierarchy-13"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Work the ground: a patterned field behind the figure, and a decorative border on the edges of the sheet.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:kcc:w2-density-1",
              "claim:kcc:w2-density-2"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Let the page be one tall sheet with an arched head, the sections joined without a seam.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "claim:failure-5",
              "token_rule:layout-3"
            ],
            "because": "No horizontal format for the primary composition; the border is part of the drawing."
          }
        ]
      },
      "shapeGeometry": {
        "tokens": {
          "radius": "200px 200px 6px 6px / 120px 120px 6px 6px",
          "line-width": "3px",
          "ring": "1px solid #B08D4A"
        },
        "rules": [
          {
            "rule": "One continuous sinuous line runs through figure, plant form, border and lettering alike.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:an-r1"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "The whiplash line is the motif.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:surface-8.motif",
              "claim:kcc:motion-1"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "No modelled depth or cast shadow.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:failure-3"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Draw borders and enclosures as SVG paths that continue into each other, not CSS boxes.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:an-r1",
              "claim:failure-2"
            ],
            "because": "A border that could be deleted without loss makes it Victorian."
          }
        ]
      },
      "imagery": {
        "rules": [
          {
            "rule": "Stylised botanical, figure-centred.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:imagery-7"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Nature stylised into structural line, never depicted literally.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:failure-4",
              "claim:intent-negation"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Treat hair as pattern that repeats the curves of the lettering.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:kcc:w2-density-3"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "The sources describe the figure, but no licensed period lithograph is held to show.",
            "basis": "not_recorded",
            "cites": [],
            "guidance": "Label any generated figure as generated; never present it as period work or evidence.",
            "silence": "source"
          }
        ]
      },
      "components": {
        "button": {
          "name": "Button",
          "becomes": "A small arched cartouche in the line colour, its label in the display face, an inner hairline drawn inside its edge.",
          "anatomy": [
            "arched top, near-square foot",
            "teal field",
            "inner paper hairline 3px inside the edge",
            "label in the display face"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "background": "#2F5D50",
            "color": "#F2EAD8",
            "radius": "1.4em 1.4em 3px 3px",
            "inner": "inset 0 0 0 3px #2F5D50, inset 0 0 0 4px #F2EAD8"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Teal cartouche, inner hairline.",
            "hover": "The field turns plum; the hairline stays.",
            "focus": "2px plum outline, 3px outside, following the arch.",
            "active": "The inner hairline closes to the edge.",
            "disabled": "Paper field, dashed teal edge."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "Label on teal at 6.3:1.",
            "At least 44px tall.",
            "The arch is shape only; nothing is read from it."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Give the button an arched head and a drawn inner line.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "claim:gestalt",
                "token_rule:layout-3"
              ],
              "because": "The border is part of the drawing, not a rule around it; the arch is the room's title device."
            },
            {
              "rule": "Set the label in the display face.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:typography-4"
              ],
              "because": "Lettering belongs to the same hand as the image; on screen the display face stands in for drawn letters."
            }
          ]
        },
        "card": {
          "name": "Card",
          "becomes": "A tall arched stone: a vertical panel with the heading enclosed by a drawn line, the border part of the panel rather than a box around it.",
          "anatomy": [
            "vertical arched panel on a flat tint",
            "3px line border that is the panel's edge",
            "heading enclosed by a loop",
            "text in the book face"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "background": "#C9D2B1",
            "border": "3px solid #2F5D50",
            "radius": "200px 200px 6px 6px / 120px 120px 6px 6px",
            "ratio": "taller than wide"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Tint panel, line edge.",
            "hover": "The loop round the heading closes.",
            "focus": "2px plum outline following the arch."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "The heading is the link.",
            "Text on the sage tint in ink, above 4.5:1."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Compose vertically, around one centred subject, with an integral border.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:layout-3"
              ],
              "because": "The cited rule belongs to the Aesthetic's own medium; applying it to a screen component or motion is our translation."
            },
            {
              "rule": "Rank by enclosure and line continuity, not by scale or weight.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:hierarchy-13"
              ],
              "because": "The cited rule belongs to the Aesthetic's own medium; applying it to a screen component or motion is our translation."
            },
            {
              "rule": "Make every card a tall panel with its border drawn as part of it.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "claim:failure-5",
                "token_rule:an-r1"
              ],
              "because": "No horizontal format for the primary composition; ornament that could be removed without a hole is not this language."
            }
          ]
        },
        "input": {
          "name": "Input",
          "becomes": "A paper field with a teal line along the foot that curls up at each end, the label in the book face above it.",
          "anatomy": [
            "paper field",
            "2px teal foot line, curled at the ends",
            "label above in the book face, italic"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "border": "0 0 2px 0 solid #2F5D50",
            "background": "#F2EAD8",
            "radius": "0 0 12px 12px",
            "height": "2.75rem"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Teal foot line.",
            "focus": "The line runs up both sides: the field is enclosed.",
            "error": "Message in plum (5.7:1), beginning \"Error:\".",
            "disabled": "Dashed foot line."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "The label is real text.",
            "Focus is a change of enclosure and an outline, not colour alone."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Enclose the field on focus.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:hierarchy-13"
              ],
              "because": "Rank by enclosure: the element the line leads to is the one that matters now."
            },
            {
              "rule": "The sources describe no form fields.",
              "basis": "not_recorded",
              "cites": [],
              "guidance": "Keep the field plain; do not draw botanical ornament round it.",
              "silence": "source"
            }
          ]
        },
        "navigation": {
          "name": "Navigation",
          "becomes": "Names in the display face on the paper, all the same size; the current page is enclosed by a drawn loop.",
          "anatomy": [
            "names in the display face, one size",
            "current page enclosed by a teal loop"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "color": "#2F5D50",
            "loop": "2px solid #2F5D50",
            "loop-radius": "50% / 60%"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Teal names on paper, the same size.",
            "hover": "Underline in plum.",
            "focus": "2px plum outline.",
            "current": "Enclosed by the loop. Never larger or bolder."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "aria-current on the current page.",
            "Names at 6.3:1.",
            "Each link at least 44px tall."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Mark the current page by enclosing it, not by size or weight.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:hierarchy-13"
              ],
              "because": "Rank is carried by enclosure and line continuity, not by scale or weight."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "motion": {
        "spec": {
          "durations": {
            "draw": "2400ms"
          },
          "easing": {
            "draw": "cubic-bezier(.45, 0, .25, 1)"
          },
          "transforms": "stroke-dashoffset only",
          "entrance": "A border draws itself along its own path as the reader reaches it, at the pace of a hand.",
          "hover": "A loop closes round the hovered heading.",
          "reducedMotion": "The line is simply there, fully drawn."
        },
        "rules": [
          {
            "rule": "Motion reveals the line's continuity: a border that draws itself along its own path. Not fade-and-rise.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:motion-14"
            ],
            "because": "The cited rule belongs to the Aesthetic's own medium; applying it to a screen component or motion is our translation."
          },
          {
            "rule": "Movement is depicted in still form: the energy is in the line, and the figure is still.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "claim:kcc:motion-1",
              "claim:kcc:motion-2"
            ],
            "because": "The cited rule belongs to the Aesthetic's own medium; applying it to a screen component or motion is our translation."
          },
          {
            "rule": "Animate only strokes; never move a figure or a panel.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "claim:kcc:motion-2",
              "token_rule:motion-14"
            ],
            "because": "The motion is in the line, not the figure."
          }
        ]
      },
      "dimensions": [
        {
          "key": "fill",
          "label": "Ornament fills the sheet",
          "summary": "The ground and the edges are worked: pattern behind the figure, a border round it, lettering repeated inside the pattern.",
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "The ground behind the figure is worked rather than empty.",
              "basis": "record",
              "cites": [
                "claim:kcc:w2-density-1"
              ]
            },
            {
              "rule": "Decorative borders frame the figure, so ornament holds the edges of the sheet.",
              "basis": "record",
              "cites": [
                "claim:kcc:w2-density-2"
              ]
            },
            {
              "rule": "The name can recur inside the background pattern, so lettering is part of the fill.",
              "basis": "record",
              "cites": [
                "claim:kcc:w2-density-4"
              ]
            },
            {
              "rule": "Build the worked ground as an SVG pattern of the name's monogram, behind an arched panel.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "claim:kcc:w2-density-4",
                "claim:kcc:w2-density-1"
              ],
              "because": "Lettering in the fill, as on Mucha's Job poster; a pattern keeps it flat and scalable."
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "notRecorded": [
        {
          "category": "color",
          "what": "A period palette",
          "why": "Sources read for colour name none. The hexes are the room's."
        },
        {
          "category": "imagery",
          "what": "A licensed period figure",
          "why": "None is held. The room's figure is AI-generated and labelled as such."
        },
        {
          "category": "components",
          "what": "Interface conventions",
          "why": "The research record does not establish them. The four components are contemporary translations of documented rules."
        },
        {
          "category": "gridLayout",
          "what": "A column system",
          "why": "The record holds a poster composition, not a grid."
        }
      ],
      "silence": {
        "color": "source",
        "typography": "source",
        "gridLayout": "source",
        "shapeGeometry": "source",
        "imagery": "source",
        "components": "source",
        "motion": "source"
      },
      "uiNote": "The sources do not specify interface conventions for Art Nouveau. These four are contemporary translations of its visual rules."
    }
  }
}