Geometry
Duplex-aware margins
Inner margins protect binding; outer margins create the reading field. Recto and verso mirror consistently.
07 / Application
Documents
& Print.
Printed work follows the same hierarchy, adjusted for trim, binding, pagination, and the physical act of reading.
07.1 / Print default
The page is an object, not a screenshot.
Define trim, safe area, inner and outer margins, baseline rhythm, and duplex alignment before styling individual pages.
Type
Local and licensed
Bundle exact production fonts, prevent synthesis, and test the final PDF—not only the browser preview.
Output
Preflight the artifact
Verify bleed, color, overprint assumptions, pagination, links, accessibility tags, and printer constraints.
07.2 / Duplex specimen
Opposite sides share one invisible grid.
The field card mirrors its trim and safe areas while keeping the same top datum, rule rhythm, and optical margin.
Ontology.
Field note 07
Make the work legible.
- Format
- 105 × 148 mm
- Outer
- 12 mm
- Inner
- 15 mm
A compact artifact preserves hierarchy before it adds detail.
“The reverse is not a second design. It is the same system carrying a different load.”
Ontology print standard
Recto and verso align to the same safe area. The binding edge receives additional room; the outer edge remains optically quiet.
Trim3 mm bleed12 mm outer15 mm bindingBaseline 4 mm
07.3 / Named exception
Literary is a profile, not a competing system.
Use the serif reading voice only when sustained reading is itself the product.
Allowed
Books and Torah
Kuntresim, essays, books, and true long-form documents may invoke the literary profile.
Not allowed
Routine interfaces
Dashboards, landing pages, briefings, and product surfaces stay on the Ontology 2.0 default.
Boundary
Declare the profile
Every literary artifact identifies the profile in its manifest and still uses Ontology geometry, rules, and release gates.