TELOS
Every page serves a purpose.
Purpose and resolution. Related traditions: Resolution, Sententia.
Design laws
- Answer first
- Support with evidence
- Remove unnecessary detail
- Emphasize action
- End with clarity
Constitution
The deterministic communication contract: these values are schema-enforced and validator-checked, not styling suggestions.
| narrative style | recommendation-first |
| density | executive |
| annotation policy | minimal |
| legend policy | direct-labels-only |
| highlight policy | single |
| decision style | recommendation-with-owner |
| reading time | minute |
| charts per page | 2 |
Occasions
results decksdue-diligence readoutsperformance reviews
Chrome
no kicker, no eyebrow; the title stands alone.
Palette
| Role | Hex |
|---|---|
| background | #FFFFFF |
| ink | #1A1A1A |
| body | #444444 |
| hairline | #D9D6D2 |
| gridline | #E8E6E2 |
| primary | #C4001A |
| muted | #B5B1AB |
| benchmark | #8C8880 |
| positive | #2E6E4E |
| negative | #C4001A |
Fonts
Display: 'Segoe UI',Arial,sans-serif, weight
700.
Body: 'Segoe UI',Arial,sans-serif, weight
400.
Voice
How a page in this language reads. The universal prose laws (FN-07) apply first, then this register. The validator checks that the block below obeys its own caps.
The closer's voice. A TELOS page exists to close a question. The first sentence answers it, the last sentence assigns the action, and everything between defends the answer. Suspense structure is the cardinal sin here: background, then analysis, then conclusion makes the reader earn what they already paid for.
- Answer in the first line: yes, no, or the figure.Answer first is the founding law of this language.
- Give three supports at most.A fourth reason signals that the first three were weak.
- End with the action and its owner.Ending with clarity means the reader knows what happens next and who does it.
- No suspense structure.Background-first writing is deference, and this page was paid for an answer.
- No both-sides padding when the evidence points one way.False balance reads as not having done the work.
- Turn every qualifier into a condition."May be achievable" becomes: holds if trenching restarts by 1 October.
After careful analysis of multiple factors, we believe the target may potentially be achievable under certain conditions.
The Q4 target holds, on one condition: trenching restarts by 1 October. Slip past that and start-up moves to February.
The language in use
Six chart objects rendered from the same golden data as every other language. Only the token file differs.