Codex Archive System V3.6 Reading Surface Notes

v3.6 extends Codex Archive System v3.5 Control Surface Notes. Use v3.5 for control-surface behavior and v3.6 for current reading rhythm and measure.

v3.6 is the reading-surface typography release.

Operator value prop:

• Page heads, object titles, and longform paragraphs now read with clearer measure and steadier cadence across feed, orientation, graph, nexus, and object pages.

Work chunks and wins:

1. Main-page hero headings now carry explicit rhythm Value prop: Feed, orientation, and graph no longer drift because they are not depending on shared inherited line-height alone.

   • Set explicit hero heading leading on feed, orientation, and graph.
   • Pull orientation hero upward so its opening line starts in the same visual band as the other main pages.
   • Keep the size contrast strong without letting the line breaks feel brittle.

2. Nexus titles now behave as intentional reading surfaces Value prop: Nexus stream cards and nexus issue heads now read like designed titles instead of incidental inherited display text.

   • Set explicit leading on nexus stream h2 titles.
   • Set explicit leading on nexus issue h1 titles.

3. Feed cards now hold two columns longer Value prop: The archive preserves the copy/preview relationship deeper into medium widths before collapsing to one column.

   • Delay the single-column break.
   • Slim the intermediate image-column ratios and gaps instead of collapsing early.

4. Longform object titles and paragraphs now keep tighter measure Value prop: Scrolls, field logs, and codex pages now sustain deeper reading on desktop with less horizontal drift.

   • Add explicit leading and width caps to longform object titles.
   • Narrow longform paragraph measure on desktop.
   • Keep mobile and narrower screens at full width where needed.

5. Section heads now leave more room below Value prop: h2 markers can land with more authority before body copy resumes.

   • Increase object-page h2 bottom margin on the reading surface.
   • Keep the smaller-screen version proportionally looser too.

No schema expansion is proposed in v3.6. No new object type is proposed in v3.6.