:root{
  /* 8px base, named for parts of a manuscript rather than numbered */
  --space-hairline:    4px;   /* rules, borders */
  --space-inline:      8px;   /* icon <-> label gaps */
  --space-stack:      12px;   /* between related lines */
  --space-base:       16px;   /* default component padding */
  --space-comfortable: 24px;  /* card interiors */
  --space-loose:      32px;   /* between components */
  --space-section:    48px;   /* inside a plate */
  --space-plate:      64px;   /* between minor plates */
  --space-chapter:    96px;   /* between numbered sections */

  /* layout */
  --content-w: 1180px; /* @kind spacing */
  --gutter: 32px; /* @kind spacing */
  --bp-collapse: 880px; /* @kind other */

  /* radii — corners stay sharp; ornament carries the softness */
  --radius-none: 0px;
  --radius-hair: 2px;
  --radius-round: 50%;

  /* hairline weight */
  --border-w: 1px; /* @kind spacing */
}