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          "category": "typography",
          "what": "A typeface",
          "why": "Typography is declared free; publishers disagree on figure lettering."
        },
        {
          "category": "gridLayout",
          "what": "A column system beyond the column-width figure unit",
          "why": "Not specified by the source."
        },
        {
          "category": "components",
          "what": "Interface conventions",
          "why": "The sources do not specify them. The four components are contemporary translations of documented rules."
        },
        {
          "category": "motion",
          "what": "Any position on screen motion",
          "why": "A paper does not animate. Choosing none is this grammar's translation."
        }
      ],
      "silence": {
        "color": "source",
        "typography": "source",
        "gridLayout": "source",
        "shapeGeometry": "source",
        "imagery": "source",
        "components": "source",
        "motion": "source"
      },
      "uiNote": "The sources do not specify interface conventions for Scientific. These four are contemporary translations of its visual rules."
    }
  }
}