typography - Set type from medium, distance, and content
Derives typeface, size, measure, leading, scale, spacing, pairing, and hierarchy from the medium, reading distance, and content.
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Updated: 2026-09-29Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Derive a type dependency chain
- Set body text anchors
- Calculate readable line lengths
- Derive proportional leading
- Build baseline-aligned type scales
- Adjust tracking by context
- Classify Latin typefaces
- Evaluate typeface rendering
- Pair typefaces by contrast
- Construct typographic hierarchy
- Validate scale rhythm
Inputs
- Audience
- Medium
- Reading distance
- Content
- Page dimensions
- Viewport dimensions
- Existing typeface
- Type scale parameters
Outputs
- Typeface decisions
- Body text settings
- Line-length settings
- Leading settings
- Type scales
- Tracking rules
- Typeface pairings
- Hierarchy rules
- Scale validation results
Requirements
- Design-direction context
- Access to type-scale references
- Access to type-scale validation script