spacing-systemlisted

# Spacing System (the scale nobody owns) Every gap uses one `--space-*` scale; relationships create composition, not arbitrary margins. ## The decision order 1. Start with the 4px-base ladder `4/8/12/16/24/32/48/64/96px` and `--space-section: clamp(48px, 32px + 4vw, 96px)` defaults. An alternate bounded scale needs brief and observed-hierarchy evidence. 2. Map attachment, control, task, group, region, and chapter to visibly different steps (roughly ≥1.5× between levels), or document a content-pressure exception. 3. Choose metronomic or intentional syncopated section rhythm from content pressure; explain it. 4. Use `gap` and one-direction logical margins; explain any arbitrary-margin exception. ## Let content set the rhythm Map operational tasks to compact predictability and editorial/narrative content to breathing room; retain one system and explain differing roles. Use the role map first: | Relationship | Shared token | Compact operational rhythm | Long-form editorial rhythm | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | attachment | `--space-1` (4px) | icon/state to its label | inline metadata pair | | control | `--space-2/3` (8/12px) | label-to-control / inside a control | claim-to-citation / tight evidence pair | | task | `--space-4` (16px) | repeated queue item | adjacent paragraph or evidence group | | group | `--space-5` (24px) | task-group break | discrete finding | | region | `--space-6/7/8` (32/48/64px) | console-region break | narrative subsection or causal pivot | |