COBALT SYSTEMS

ONE GRID. ONE INK. NO DECORATION.

THIS PAGE IS BUILT FROM design.md — THE COBALT SYSTEMS MODERNISM SPEC — RUN THROUGH THE SAME BRUTAL UX COMPONENTS AS THE REST OF THIS SITE. THE PRIMARY INK BELOW IS THE SAME SWAPPABLE TOKEN AS EVERYWHERE ELSE: FLIP IT (PRESS "C") AND THIS PAGE BECOMES THE ACTUAL TWO-INK SYSTEM, NOT AN ILLUSTRATION OF IT.

TOKENS

SEVEN INVARIANTS

1. 1TWO-COLOUR SYSTEM — INK AND PAPER ONLY.
2. 2ONE DOMINANT SUBJECT PER COMPOSITION.
3. 3HARD GEOMETRY — RECTANGLES, RULES, STEPPED CONTOURS.
4. 4SWISS HIERARCHY — SCALE CONTRAST, VISIBLE GRID.
5. 5FLAT REPRODUCTION — NO LIGHT, NO GLOSS, NO GRADIENT.
6. 6CONTROLLED TEXTURE — LOCALIZED, NEVER A FILTER.
7. 7DISCIPLINED DENSITY — SPARSE STUDY OR DENSE POSTER, NOT BOTH.

MODE A — TECHNICAL POSTER

ONE HERO SUBJECT. OVERSIZED INDEX. RESTRAINED METADATA. LOCALIZED DITHER.

MODE B — OPTICAL LINE STUDY

ONE MOTIF. ONE OPERATION. HERE: A STEPPED, CONSTANT-OFFSET REPEAT.

ANTI-DRIFT CHECKLIST

FULL SPEC: /design.md AT THE REPOSITORY ROOT.