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Stoichedon

The mason’s grid: one letter per cell, no word spaces, the reader doing the separating.

Classical masons cut stoichedon: one letter per cell, columns and rows aligning in both directions, no word spaces. The grid is ruled first, then the letters land in it.

Quarry House

Integration

<link rel="stylesheet" href="anthemion.css">
<script type="module" src="anthemion.js"></script>

<anthemion-stoichedon cols="12" rules="grid" spaces="drop" stagger="42">
  Quarry House
</anthemion-stoichedon>

Slot

Short display text — a title, a name, a date.

Budget

  • Never more than four words. Word spaces are dropped, and the reader has to do the work.
  • Not for body copy under any circumstances.

Restraint is the aesthetic, and it does not survive being applied generously. These limits are the specification, not advice.

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