Dossier foundation QA: readability & spatial rhetoric

This entry is a published verification surface for the editorial dossier foundation. Read it in both Midnight and Clinical. Scan first for measure and hierarchy, then for component behavior.

What you should see

Sans on titles and UI chrome (IBM Plex Sans)
Serif on long-form paragraphs (Source Serif 4)
Mono on dates, tags, chart ticks, and label-caps metadata (JetBrains Mono)
Prose capped near max-w-prose; grids and charts allowed to span the dossier shell
Sharp architecture only: hairline borders, rounded-none, no drop shadows

Callout variants

Each variant maps to a semantic accent token. Labels stay mono uppercase; body copy stays serif.

Two-column grid (text + chart)

Markdown paragraphs inside column <div>s are required. JSX <p> wrappers nest into invalid <p><p> under MDX and collapse the grid.

Column A — analytic move

This column should sit at roughly half the shell width on desktop. Body text here is serif. The heading above is sans. If this column looks crushed into a few characters, the grid track is still broken.

Column B — evidence

Three-column grid

Equal tracks, mono labels, hairline frames only via surrounding components.

Scan

One claim. One sentence. No card chrome.

Pressure

Where the series diverge, brief the gap — not the average.

Action

Ask for the coalition cut before the next steer-co.

Standalone bleed chart

Outside a grid, DataChart should span the dossier shell (wider than the serif prose column above and below).

Prose resumes at measure after the chart. This paragraph should not stretch edge-to-edge with the shell; it should re-enter the reading column.

Methodology accordion

Method note — QA series construction

Both charts use invented indices for layout verification. Replace with vault datasets before any advisory use. Expand/collapse chrome is hairline only; labels are mono caps.

Diagram + caption

Rhetoric, institutions, and coalitions feeding one dossier surface — Figure QA. Diagram should be shell-wide; caption stays mono and muted.

Explicit Bleed

Authors can force shell width around arbitrary blocks:

bleed probe

This framed strip should match chart/grid width, not the prose measure.

Readability checklist

Toggle Midnight ↔ Clinical; callouts, charts, and diagram remain legible.
Confirm two-column grid is equal tracks (not asymmetric overflow).
Confirm standalone chart is wider than adjacent paragraphs.
Confirm no soft shadows, pill buttons, or blurred header.
Confirm dates/tags in the page chrome render in monospace.

If all five pass, the foundation is green for further E2 advisory components.