Visual system · The specifications · Element
The construction
Sizes, clear space, proportions and how elements are placed relative to each other.
The part
What it is
Expressed in relative units where possible, so the specification survives being applied at sizes nobody anticipated.
Minimum size and clear space are the two rules broken most often and the two that most affect recognition.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
The other elements in the specifications
The colour
The palette, in exact values for every medium it is used in.
LearnThe typography
Typefaces, weights, sizes and spacing.
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