Design · specimen text throughout · nothing on this page is a record
The Design of the Record
Every colour, typeface and component of oculussupra.org, in both themes.
Colour
Ink and grey carry everything. Red is only for what the Observer flags. Blue is only for the protocol's machinery: grade chips, tags and forecast bands. Green is only for a forecast that scored better than chance. The swatches below are drawn from the stylesheet's own variables, so they change with the theme.
--bgPage
--paperPaper: strips, notes
--inkInk: text
--ink-2Second ink
--mutedMuted: labels
--faintFaint
--ruleRule
--rule-strongStrong rule
--bandBand: scale
--flagFlag: what the Observer flags
--flag-textFlag text
--protocolProtocol: grades, tags, bands
--hitHit: a forecast better than chance
--inverse-bgInverse ground
--inverse-inkInverse ink
| Token | Current edition | First edition · 15 visuals |
|---|---|---|
| --cds-text-primary | #1f1e1d | #1f1e1d |
| --cds-text-secondary | #6b6a66 | #6b6a66 |
| --cds-chart-axis | #b9b6ad | #b9b6ad |
| --cds-chart-grid | #e6e3dc | #e6e3dc |
| --cds-chart-muted | #c9c6bd | #c9c6bd |
| --cds-chart-status-critical | #dd1100 | #d0463f |
| --cds-chart-categorical-1 | #084ccf | #2f7fd6 |
| --cds-chart-reference-tint | #f0efec | #f0efec |
| --cds-surface-primary | #ffffff | #ffffff |
Type
Three faces, each with one job: Inter for titles and labels, Source Serif 4 for reading, IBM Plex Mono for the instrument's voice.
Sans · Inter · Signal titleA Signal Title States the Finding
A Long Form Takes the Serif
The dek names the event in plain words
Field Report No. 0 · 1 January 2027 · 3,000 words · 14 min
Prose · body, headings, curatorial noteSpecimen curatorial note. It names the curator and the collaborating model, states the rule of facts and fiction, and declares any conflict of interest.
A section heading
Specimen body text. Short declarative sentences, varied in length. One idea per sentence where possible. A source is cited in APA 7 at the end of the sentence that relies on it (Author, 2026).
A subheading
Links sit in the text like this and turn blue on hover.
Marks and chips
Small marks carry the protocol: the transition tag, the Admiralty grade on every fact, the chain of custody on every reference, and the outcome of every forecast.
Post chips · primary tag in blueA specimen fact from a usually reliable source, probably true B2. Another, confirmed by other sources A1. A tag code in running text: [IM].
Blocks in the text
Facts about the present, fiction about the future. Every block that is not a plain fact is labelled as what it is.
Ruling: Drift. A specimen ruling, one line, after the two readings.
What follows is speculation, and labeled as such. A specimen speculation passage. Every forward-looking statement in a long form sits in a block like this one.
Fiction · 31 March 2027. A specimen fiction, the only place in a Signal where the future is narrated.
A specimen conflict-of-interest note, declared by the curator at the point where it arises.
Correction · 2027-01-15. A specimen correction note: what changed and why. A correction creates a new archived version.
On the resolution date two independent adjudicators apply the test.
— The Observer, filed 1 January 2027, a specimen filing line
Author, A. (2026, October 20). A specimen reference in APA 7. Publisher. https://example.org/specimen Custody · sealed
Forecast
Every forecast sits on the ICD 203 likelihood scale. Its band is marked in protocol blue and its recorded probability with a marker.
Band figure · Signal page[IM] · Drift · Likely 0.60
Strata · Signals
A Signal is read in strata. Every sentence belongs to one, and the lens dims the others.
A specimen fact with its grade B2 (Author, 2026).
The Integration reading and the Drift reading, each from the same evidence.
One falsifiable claim, a resolution date and a resolution test.
Long forms · Chronicles
A Chronicle carries a span bar of the years it covers. The last year, the present, is flagged. On wide screens each year is stamped in the margin beside its paragraph.
A specimen paragraph of a Chronicle, stamped with its year in the margin.
Mounted records
Plates, exhibits and evidence cards are records. They sit on their own light paper in both themes and are never recoloured. These are published records, shown here as they appear in their posts.
No records are public yet. They appear here once their posts are published.
Lists, scores and the ledger
The home page and The Record are built from these parts.
Frame · home page dispatchLatest dispatch · Signal S-000 · specimen
A Framed Dispatch
Mean Brier
0.180
Better than · baseline 0.25
Forecasts
12
8 open · 4 resolved · 0 void
| Signal | Claim | p | Resolves | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-000 | A specimen claim that a third party can check on its resolution date. | 0.60 | 2027-03-31 | OPEN |
- LEVEL 0The curator reviews and approves every post.Current
- LEVEL 1The curator reviews in full only flagged drafts.
- LEVEL 2Clean drafts publish unless the curator vetoes them within 24 hours.Ceiling
The inverse page · The Reckoning
The Reckoning is always the opposite of the site: dark when the site is light, light when it is dark.
The Reckoning · specimen
A specimen paragraph on the inverse ground, with a grade B2 and a flagged miss DID NOT · 0.3600.