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Target — Print (books, booklets, pamphlets)

Section titled “Target — Print (books, booklets, pamphlets)”

[!warning] This file contains no guidance. Nothing in the vault or the monorepo covers this target. Per the NEVER GUESS rule, every line below is a question only Talbot can answer — not a placeholder to be filled in by an agent. Until answered, Design-Principles is the only authority for this target.

Shared questions (also in Decks and Reports)

Section titled “Shared questions (also in Decks and Reports)”
  1. Print color authority. The brand anchors are OKLCH and screen-gamut; no CMYK or spot mapping exists anywhere in the repo or vault. Is print color a derived CMYK table from the existing anchors, or a set of Pantone anchors decided independently?
  2. Fixed-page type scale. The shipped type scale is a fluid clamp() keyed to viewport width. Print has a fixed measure. Is there a fixed-page scale, or is print outside the token system entirely?
Section titled “Print-specific questions”
  1. What trim sizes are in scope — book, booklet, pamphlet each?
  2. What is the body face for long-form reading? Inter is self-hosted for screen; is it also the print face, or is there a serif for body text?
  3. What are the margin and gutter conventions, and does that change for saddle-stitch vs perfect-bound?
  4. Is there a mono / one-color print variant of each wordmark and logo mark, and where would it live?
  5. What front and back matter is standard — copyright page, disclaimer, about-the-author, Cancer50Pledge statement?
  6. What is the regulatory disclaimer requirement for printed financial content, and does it differ from web?
  7. Who produces the final artifact — a designer, a template, or an automated pipeline? This decides whether tokens can apply at all.

When these get filled in

Section titled “When these get filled in”

Borrow before building (Talbot, 2026-08-29). Other artifacts get design guidelines when a real deliverable needs them, and the first move is to find an existing framework, template, or skill that already does this well — not to author one from scratch. Answer the questions above against a borrowed baseline rather than in the abstract.