EQUIS.INDESIGN SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION
VOL VII · NO 247 · REVERSE-SPEC
DESIGN DOCUMENTATION — EXTRACTED & FORMALIZED

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A complete design system specification, reverse-documented from three reference screens and formalized into tokens, principles, and component rules — in the same publication-style convention the system itself uses.

01TYPE

Typography

Two families, strictly separated by function — never mixed within the same data point.

DISPLAY / UI / PROSE
Switzer · Variable
grotesk
WEIGHTS AVAILABLE
300 / 400 / 500 / 600 / 700
NUMERALS
Geist Mono · Tabular
figures, 400/500
02COLOR

Color System

Every hex value observed across all screens, structurally categorized.

2.1 — Surface & Text

PAPER
#F6F4EE
page surface, uncoated stock
INK
#15140F
primary text, near-black
INK SOFT
#3A3830
secondary text
INK MUTE
#847F6F
tertiary, timestamps, eyebrows

2.2 — Reserved / Sparing Use

BRAND
#C8102E
Pantone 485, the seal
ATTENTION
#A87515
muted ochre, flagged
ACCENT
#1B3A6B
ink blue, primary action
04PRINCIPLES

Governing Principles

i.

Set in type, like a periodical.

The product is typeset, not decorated — headers, volume/issue numbers, and dates behave like a masthead, not app chrome.

ii.

Time, not cards, is the primary axis.

Content organizes chronologically (ledger entries, cash flow) rather than as a grid of disconnected cards.

iii.

Color carries category.

Direction is shown by sign and weight. Hue never encodes positive/negative; parentheses and typographic weight do that job instead.

iv.

Hairlines, not borders. Air, not shadow.

0.6px rules replace box-shadow and heavy borders system-wide.

06APPLICATION RULES

What Never Happens In This System

NEVER
INSTEAD
Box-shadow on any container
0.6px hairline border/divider
Red text for negative amounts
Parentheses, same ink color, no hue change
Green text for positive amounts
Leading + sign, same ink color
Rounded pill buttons > 4px radius
Near-sharp rectangular controls
Numbers in the UI sans-serif
All figures in Geist Mono, tabular, right-aligned

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