takomi 2.5.1 → 2.5.4

package/assets/.agent/skills/embedded-captions/references/typographic-moves.md

@@ -1,266 +1,266 @@
-# Typographic moves — a palette, not a cage
-
-`cinematic-cream` template locks DNA only (font-family, motion, color
-palette defaults). It does NOT enforce slot structure. The agent writes
-each caption group's typography from scratch via the plan.json `css`
-field.
-
-This doc is a **palette** of tried combinations — pick what fits the
-scene, invent new ones, skip these if the content demands. These are
-recommendations, not rules.
-
-## Size vs text length — DO THIS BEFORE PICKING SIZE
-
-Bigger is NOT better if the word doesn't fit the frame width. Every time
-you pick a font-size, sanity-check against word length:
-
-**Rough rule for Inter 900 uppercase at -0.03em tracking:**
-`max_font_px ≈ frame_width / (longest_word_chars × 0.72)`
-
-The 0.72 multiplier is intentionally conservative — it targets the text
-filling ~90% of the frame width so there's a small side margin. If you
-want edge-to-edge, drop to 0.65, but you lose a bit of safety margin.
-
-720px portrait:
-
-- 3-char word (15%): max ~330px (a single big number like "15%")
-- 5-char word (TAKE): max ~200px
-- 7-char word (AUGMENT / QUANTUM / MATTERS): max ~143px
-- 10-char word (CREATIVITY): max ~100px
-- 13-char word (UNPRECEDENTED): max ~77px
-
-1920px landscape:
-
-- 7-char word: max ~380px
-- 10-char word: max ~267px
-
-For italic/upright 500-700 it's slightly narrower — increase max by ~10%.
-
-**If you want the word bigger than it fits:**
-
-- Split into multiple words per group (natural wrap), OR
-- Add explicit `<br>` between syllables, OR
-- Drop letter-spacing to -0.05em, OR
-- Accept that the matte will cut part of it (Vogue-cover embed effect —
-  only works when the cut area is exactly where the subject is)
-
-Never let the text OVERFLOW the frame edge — that's not cinematic, that's
-just broken. Use the heuristic.
-
-## Sizing discipline (frame-height-relative)
-
-Portrait 9:16 (720×1290) and landscape 16:9 (1920×1080) have very
-different comfort ranges. Use `calc(<pct> * var(--h))` for responsive:
-
-| Feel                   | % of frame height | Example calc            |
-| ---------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- |
-| Whisper / label        | 4-6%              | `calc(0.05 * var(--h))` |
-| Soft opener            | 6-9%              | `calc(0.07 * var(--h))` |
-| Narrative body         | 9-14%             | `calc(0.11 * var(--h))` |
-| Emphasis               | 14-22%            | `calc(0.18 * var(--h))` |
-| Climax / monumental    | 22-35%            | `calc(0.28 * var(--h))` |
-| Title-bigger-than-face | 40%+              | `calc(0.48 * var(--h))` |
-
-Use absolute px only when a specific scale needs to look identical
-across frame sizes (rare). Prefer `calc` + `var(--h)`.
-
-## Named moves — pick per group
-
-**Italic contemplative opener** (memory-wall cap-1 lineage):
-
-```css
-font-weight: 600;
-font-style: italic;
-letter-spacing: -0.01em;
-font-size: calc(0.075 * var(--h));
-```
-
-**Italic continuation / dreamier continuation** (cap-2 lineage):
-
-```css
-font-weight: 500;
-font-style: italic;
-letter-spacing: -0.005em;
-font-size: calc(0.065 * var(--h));
-```
-
-**Upright pivot / statement** (cap-3 lineage — "but suddenly"):
-
-```css
-font-weight: 700;
-letter-spacing: -0.015em;
-font-size: calc(0.07 * var(--h));
-```
-
-**Uppercase climax / monumental** (cap-4 lineage — "EVERYTHING IS SHARP AGAIN"):
-
-```css
-font-weight: 900;
-text-transform: uppercase;
-letter-spacing: -0.03em;
-line-height: 0.95;
-font-size: calc(0.18 * var(--h));
-```
-
-**Chapter card / full-frame Adam Curtis manifesto**:
-
-```css
-font-weight: 700;
-text-transform: uppercase;
-letter-spacing: -0.015em;
-line-height: 0.9;
-font-size: calc(0.14 * var(--h));
-```
-
-**News chyron / broadcast label** (small, locked):
-
-```css
-font-weight: 500;
-letter-spacing: 0.02em;
-font-size: calc(0.038 * var(--h));
-```
-
-**Tiny side note / caption-on-surface**:
-
-```css
-font-weight: 400;
-font-style: italic;
-font-size: calc(0.045 * var(--h));
-```
-
-**Vogue-masthead monumental**:
-
-```css
-font-weight: 900;
-text-transform: uppercase;
-letter-spacing: -0.04em;
-line-height: 0.85;
-font-size: calc(0.32 * var(--h));
-```
-
-## Narrative arcs (suggestions, not required)
-
-**Poem arc** — memory-wall canonical: italic opener → italic continuation
-→ upright pivot → uppercase climax. Four steps.
-
-**Question-answer arc**: italic question small → uppercase answer big.
-Two steps.
-
-**List-of-three arc**: three equal-weight narration segments, one
-climactic uppercase. Four steps.
-
-**Single-statement arc**: one monumental uppercase held long. One step.
-
-**Whisper-hook arc** (short-form): tiny italic hook → massive uppercase
-reveal. Two steps.
-
-The **number** of groups comes from the **content**. A 25s Pausch talk
-has ~8 beats. A 7s TikTok hook has 2-3 beats. Don't force 4 or 5 or 7 —
-read the transcript and mark breath-groups.
-
-## Position + layer vocabulary
-
-**Position** is where the caption lives in frame. Use:
-
-- `top / left / right / bottom` (percentages or px) for anchor
-- `transform: translateX/Y` for fine offsets
-- `text-align: center / left / right` for alignment
-
-**Layer** per group:
-
-- `bg` (default) — behind subject. Matte occludes. Cinematic embed. Works
-  on clean zones (sky, walls) OR intentionally crosses subject for the
-  Vogue-masthead effect.
-- `fg` — on top of subject. Announcement. Use for climax breakthroughs or
-  when bg would be 100% occluded by body.
-
-**Tone** per group:
-
-- `soft` — gentle per-word opacity+y drift (0.45s power2.out). Use for
-  introspective, dreamy, or narrative content.
-- `present` — snappy per-word opacity+y+scale pop (0.22s power3.out). Use
-  for emphatic or declarative beats.
-
-## Anti-patterns the DNA protects against
-
-The DNA defaults prevent most ugly outcomes. But avoid in per-group CSS:
-
-- Multiple different `font-family` within one video (DNA is one family)
-- Multiple saturated colors (one accent at most; DNA defaults cream or
-  deep warm)
-- `letter-spacing` above ±0.05em unless there's a specific reason
-- `font-weight` 300 or below — too light for screen
-- `font-style: italic` on emphasis — italic is for lyricism, not stress
-
-## When cinematic-cream is wrong
-
-This DNA assumes mid-to-dark backgrounds (luminance 60-180). For:
-
-- Bright white studios → cinematic-cream's cream + `screen` washes out, and the DNA is
-  **locked** (you cannot recolour it) → use **Standard mode** (opaque rail) instead
-- Documentary formal → Standard mode (documentary-dignified direction; see references/direction-catalog.md §1)
-- Energetic vlog hooks → future `kinetic-vlog` DNA (not yet shipped)
-
-## Example: memory-wall original, expressed in freeform
-
-Same output as the canonical memory-wall.html, but using slot-free plan:
-
-```json
-{
-  "template": "cinematic-cream",
-  "caption_layer": "bg",
-  "groups": [
-    {
-      "id": "cg-0",
-      "tone": "soft",
-      "in": 0.2,
-      "out": 4.85,
-      "css": "top: 14%; right: 6%; left: auto; text-align: right; font-size: calc(0.09 * var(--h)); font-weight: 600; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -0.01em;",
-      "words": [
-        { "text": "Some", "start": 0.24, "end": 0.44 },
-        { "text": "memories", "start": 0.48, "end": 0.82 },
-        { "text": "feel", "start": 0.92, "end": 1.14 },
-        { "text": "soft", "start": 1.2, "end": 1.64 }
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "id": "cg-1",
-      "tone": "soft",
-      "in": 2.55,
-      "out": 4.85,
-      "css": "top: 26%; right: 10%; left: auto; text-align: right; font-size: calc(0.075 * var(--h)); font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;",
-      "words": [
-        { "text": "like", "start": 2.66, "end": 2.78 },
-        { "text": "old", "start": 2.88, "end": 3.02 },
-        { "text": "film", "start": 3.16, "end": 3.46 }
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "id": "cg-2",
-      "tone": "present",
-      "in": 4.9,
-      "out": 8.04,
-      "css": "top: 18%; right: 6%; left: auto; text-align: right; font-size: calc(0.085 * var(--h)); font-weight: 700;",
-      "words": [
-        { "text": "but", "start": 5.04, "end": 5.18 },
-        { "text": "suddenly", "start": 5.24, "end": 5.76 }
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "id": "cg-3",
-      "tone": "present",
-      "in": 6.7,
-      "out": 8.04,
-      "css": "top: 32%; right: 6%; left: auto; text-align: right; font-size: calc(0.11 * var(--h)); font-weight: 900; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 0.95;",
-      "words": [
-        { "text": "everything", "start": 6.82, "end": 7.14 },
-        { "text": "is", "start": 7.18, "end": 7.28 },
-        { "text": "sharp", "start": 7.32, "end": 7.52 },
-        { "text": "again", "start": 7.58, "end": 7.92 }
-      ]
-    }
-  ]
-}
-```
-
-Same visual, no slot constraint. Each group owns its typography.
+# Typographic moves — a palette, not a cage
+
+`cinematic-cream` template locks DNA only (font-family, motion, color
+palette defaults). It does NOT enforce slot structure. The agent writes
+each caption group's typography from scratch via the plan.json `css`
+field.
+
+This doc is a **palette** of tried combinations — pick what fits the
+scene, invent new ones, skip these if the content demands. These are
+recommendations, not rules.
+
+## Size vs text length — DO THIS BEFORE PICKING SIZE
+
+Bigger is NOT better if the word doesn't fit the frame width. Every time
+you pick a font-size, sanity-check against word length:
+
+**Rough rule for Inter 900 uppercase at -0.03em tracking:**
+`max_font_px ≈ frame_width / (longest_word_chars × 0.72)`
+
+The 0.72 multiplier is intentionally conservative — it targets the text
+filling ~90% of the frame width so there's a small side margin. If you
+want edge-to-edge, drop to 0.65, but you lose a bit of safety margin.
+
+720px portrait:
+
+- 3-char word (15%): max ~330px (a single big number like "15%")
+- 5-char word (TAKE): max ~200px
+- 7-char word (AUGMENT / QUANTUM / MATTERS): max ~143px
+- 10-char word (CREATIVITY): max ~100px
+- 13-char word (UNPRECEDENTED): max ~77px
+
+1920px landscape:
+
+- 7-char word: max ~380px
+- 10-char word: max ~267px
+
+For italic/upright 500-700 it's slightly narrower — increase max by ~10%.
+
+**If you want the word bigger than it fits:**
+
+- Split into multiple words per group (natural wrap), OR
+- Add explicit `<br>` between syllables, OR
+- Drop letter-spacing to -0.05em, OR
+- Accept that the matte will cut part of it (Vogue-cover embed effect —
+  only works when the cut area is exactly where the subject is)
+
+Never let the text OVERFLOW the frame edge — that's not cinematic, that's
+just broken. Use the heuristic.
+
+## Sizing discipline (frame-height-relative)
+
+Portrait 9:16 (720×1290) and landscape 16:9 (1920×1080) have very
+different comfort ranges. Use `calc(<pct> * var(--h))` for responsive:
+
+| Feel                   | % of frame height | Example calc            |
+| ---------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- |
+| Whisper / label        | 4-6%              | `calc(0.05 * var(--h))` |
+| Soft opener            | 6-9%              | `calc(0.07 * var(--h))` |
+| Narrative body         | 9-14%             | `calc(0.11 * var(--h))` |
+| Emphasis               | 14-22%            | `calc(0.18 * var(--h))` |
+| Climax / monumental    | 22-35%            | `calc(0.28 * var(--h))` |
+| Title-bigger-than-face | 40%+              | `calc(0.48 * var(--h))` |
+
+Use absolute px only when a specific scale needs to look identical
+across frame sizes (rare). Prefer `calc` + `var(--h)`.
+
+## Named moves — pick per group
+
+**Italic contemplative opener** (memory-wall cap-1 lineage):
+
+```css
+font-weight: 600;
+font-style: italic;
+letter-spacing: -0.01em;
+font-size: calc(0.075 * var(--h));
+```
+
+**Italic continuation / dreamier continuation** (cap-2 lineage):
+
+```css
+font-weight: 500;
+font-style: italic;
+letter-spacing: -0.005em;
+font-size: calc(0.065 * var(--h));
+```
+
+**Upright pivot / statement** (cap-3 lineage — "but suddenly"):
+
+```css
+font-weight: 700;
+letter-spacing: -0.015em;
+font-size: calc(0.07 * var(--h));
+```
+
+**Uppercase climax / monumental** (cap-4 lineage — "EVERYTHING IS SHARP AGAIN"):
+
+```css
+font-weight: 900;
+text-transform: uppercase;
+letter-spacing: -0.03em;
+line-height: 0.95;
+font-size: calc(0.18 * var(--h));
+```
+
+**Chapter card / full-frame Adam Curtis manifesto**:
+
+```css
+font-weight: 700;
+text-transform: uppercase;
+letter-spacing: -0.015em;
+line-height: 0.9;
+font-size: calc(0.14 * var(--h));
+```
+
+**News chyron / broadcast label** (small, locked):
+
+```css
+font-weight: 500;
+letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+font-size: calc(0.038 * var(--h));
+```
+
+**Tiny side note / caption-on-surface**:
+
+```css
+font-weight: 400;
+font-style: italic;
+font-size: calc(0.045 * var(--h));
+```
+
+**Vogue-masthead monumental**:
+
+```css
+font-weight: 900;
+text-transform: uppercase;
+letter-spacing: -0.04em;
+line-height: 0.85;
+font-size: calc(0.32 * var(--h));
+```
+
+## Narrative arcs (suggestions, not required)
+
+**Poem arc** — memory-wall canonical: italic opener → italic continuation
+→ upright pivot → uppercase climax. Four steps.
+
+**Question-answer arc**: italic question small → uppercase answer big.
+Two steps.
+
+**List-of-three arc**: three equal-weight narration segments, one
+climactic uppercase. Four steps.
+
+**Single-statement arc**: one monumental uppercase held long. One step.
+
+**Whisper-hook arc** (short-form): tiny italic hook → massive uppercase
+reveal. Two steps.
+
+The **number** of groups comes from the **content**. A 25s Pausch talk
+has ~8 beats. A 7s TikTok hook has 2-3 beats. Don't force 4 or 5 or 7 —
+read the transcript and mark breath-groups.
+
+## Position + layer vocabulary
+
+**Position** is where the caption lives in frame. Use:
+
+- `top / left / right / bottom` (percentages or px) for anchor
+- `transform: translateX/Y` for fine offsets
+- `text-align: center / left / right` for alignment
+
+**Layer** per group:
+
+- `bg` (default) — behind subject. Matte occludes. Cinematic embed. Works
+  on clean zones (sky, walls) OR intentionally crosses subject for the
+  Vogue-masthead effect.
+- `fg` — on top of subject. Announcement. Use for climax breakthroughs or
+  when bg would be 100% occluded by body.
+
+**Tone** per group:
+
+- `soft` — gentle per-word opacity+y drift (0.45s power2.out). Use for
+  introspective, dreamy, or narrative content.
+- `present` — snappy per-word opacity+y+scale pop (0.22s power3.out). Use
+  for emphatic or declarative beats.
+
+## Anti-patterns the DNA protects against
+
+The DNA defaults prevent most ugly outcomes. But avoid in per-group CSS:
+
+- Multiple different `font-family` within one video (DNA is one family)
+- Multiple saturated colors (one accent at most; DNA defaults cream or
+  deep warm)
+- `letter-spacing` above ±0.05em unless there's a specific reason
+- `font-weight` 300 or below — too light for screen
+- `font-style: italic` on emphasis — italic is for lyricism, not stress
+
+## When cinematic-cream is wrong
+
+This DNA assumes mid-to-dark backgrounds (luminance 60-180). For:
+
+- Bright white studios → cinematic-cream's cream + `screen` washes out, and the DNA is
+  **locked** (you cannot recolour it) → use **Standard mode** (opaque rail) instead
+- Documentary formal → Standard mode (documentary-dignified direction; see references/direction-catalog.md §1)
+- Energetic vlog hooks → future `kinetic-vlog` DNA (not yet shipped)
+
+## Example: memory-wall original, expressed in freeform
+
+Same output as the canonical memory-wall.html, but using slot-free plan:
+
+```json
+{
+  "template": "cinematic-cream",
+  "caption_layer": "bg",
+  "groups": [
+    {
+      "id": "cg-0",
+      "tone": "soft",
+      "in": 0.2,
+      "out": 4.85,
+      "css": "top: 14%; right: 6%; left: auto; text-align: right; font-size: calc(0.09 * var(--h)); font-weight: 600; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -0.01em;",
+      "words": [
+        { "text": "Some", "start": 0.24, "end": 0.44 },
+        { "text": "memories", "start": 0.48, "end": 0.82 },
+        { "text": "feel", "start": 0.92, "end": 1.14 },
+        { "text": "soft", "start": 1.2, "end": 1.64 }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "cg-1",
+      "tone": "soft",
+      "in": 2.55,
+      "out": 4.85,
+      "css": "top: 26%; right: 10%; left: auto; text-align: right; font-size: calc(0.075 * var(--h)); font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;",
+      "words": [
+        { "text": "like", "start": 2.66, "end": 2.78 },
+        { "text": "old", "start": 2.88, "end": 3.02 },
+        { "text": "film", "start": 3.16, "end": 3.46 }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "cg-2",
+      "tone": "present",
+      "in": 4.9,
+      "out": 8.04,
+      "css": "top: 18%; right: 6%; left: auto; text-align: right; font-size: calc(0.085 * var(--h)); font-weight: 700;",
+      "words": [
+        { "text": "but", "start": 5.04, "end": 5.18 },
+        { "text": "suddenly", "start": 5.24, "end": 5.76 }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "cg-3",
+      "tone": "present",
+      "in": 6.7,
+      "out": 8.04,
+      "css": "top: 32%; right: 6%; left: auto; text-align: right; font-size: calc(0.11 * var(--h)); font-weight: 900; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 0.95;",
+      "words": [
+        { "text": "everything", "start": 6.82, "end": 7.14 },
+        { "text": "is", "start": 7.18, "end": 7.28 },
+        { "text": "sharp", "start": 7.32, "end": 7.52 },
+        { "text": "again", "start": 7.58, "end": 7.92 }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+Same visual, no slot constraint. Each group owns its typography.

package/assets/.agent/skills/embedded-captions/references/typography-presets.md

@@ -1,63 +1,63 @@
-# Typography Presets
-
-Five named styles corresponding to the `cap-*` CSS classes. Pick one per caption group in `plan.json` based on the line's semantic role.
-
-| style    | CSS                         | Use when                                                                                                                  |
-| -------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `intro`  | 66px italic 500             | First line, filler ("You know…", "So…"), contemplative openings. Low visual weight.                                       |
-| `phrase` | 78px upright 600            | Main statement clauses. Default for most lines.                                                                           |
-| `emph`   | 92px upright 800            | Lines with emotional peak or key achievement ("I've achieved incredible things").                                         |
-| `dream`  | 82px italic 700             | Aspirational / "was dreaming of…" style lines. Italic signals memory/imagination.                                         |
-| `crown`  | 140px upright 900 uppercase | **Only for the climax line.** Used in center-stage `crown-plane`. Maximum one per composition — ideally the last caption. |
-
-## Tone field
-
-Independent of style, each group has `tone`: `soft` or `present`.
-
-- **soft** — gentle fade + 8px y-drift entrance, `power2.out` ease. Feels floaty, nostalgic. Use for memory, intro, dream.
-- **present** — snappy 6px y + 1.04 scale pop, `power3.out`, transformOrigin center. Feels assertive, in-the-moment. Use for emphasis and crown.
-
-## Picking automatically
-
-Scan each group's words:
-
-1. Does it contain superlatives (incredible, best, only, never, always) or brand/proper nouns? → `emph` + `present`
-2. Does it start with discourse markers (you know, so, well, look) or is it short (≤3 words)? → `intro` + `soft`
-3. Does it reference dreams, hopes, memory, past tense verbs like "was dreaming"? → `dream` + `soft`
-4. Is it the final sentence-clinching line and feels like a title/headline? → `crown` + `present` (only one per video)
-5. Otherwise → `phrase` + (match the group's neighbors' tone; default `soft`)
-
-## Font-size scales with column width
-
-The `.cap-*` defaults in each template are tuned for a **~560px column** (the original champion composition). When the caption plane is wider than that, the fonts feel underweight — too much negative space around text. Scale up accordingly.
-
-| Plane width         | intro | phrase | emph | dream | crown (centered, full-frame) | crown (clean-zone only) |
-| ------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |
-| 460-580 px (tight)  | 66    | 78     | 92   | 82    | 140                          | n/a                     |
-| 600-760 px (medium) | 78    | 108    | 128  | 100   | 220                          | 118                     |
-| 780+ px (wide)      | 90    | 128    | 150  | 116   | 260                          | 140                     |
-
-Notes:
-
-- Crown sizes assume landscape (1920×1080). For portrait 1080×1920, divide all crown sizes by 1.5.
-- "full-frame crown" = centered, designed to span `0.8+ × frame_width` and cross the subject's body. Use only when [layout-heuristics.md § Crown placement](layout-heuristics.md) conditions pass.
-- "clean-zone only crown" = crown positioned inside one clean zone, smaller font, tail letters lightly touch subject. Fallback when centered crown would eat too much.
-
-Also: if a plane's `rotateY` is non-trivial (say > 8°), effective visible width shrinks. Scale fonts up ~10% to compensate.
-
-## What NOT to do
-
-- Don't use more than **one crown** per render. The whole point is that it's a singular payoff.
-- Don't use `emph` on more than ~30% of groups. Emphasis loses meaning when everything is emphasized.
-- Don't pick `intro` for the main content just because the words are short. "I won" (2 words) is `emph` or `crown`, not `intro`.
-- Don't mix `soft` and `present` alternately for no reason. Tone should follow the story arc: soft opening → present build → emph peak → (optional crown climax).
-
-## When scene luminance affects color choice
-
-The default color is warm bone-white (`#fff5df`). Adjust in the template CSS:
-
-- Wall is mostly warm wood / tan → keep default, or shift cooler `#e8f0ff`
-- Wall is cool blue / tech-lab → push warmer `#fff0c0`
-- Wall has strong primary color → desaturate default, luminance first
-
-These adjustments happen in the HTML template, not plan.json. If you repeatedly need different palettes, make new template variants.
+# Typography Presets
+
+Five named styles corresponding to the `cap-*` CSS classes. Pick one per caption group in `plan.json` based on the line's semantic role.
+
+| style    | CSS                         | Use when                                                                                                                  |
+| -------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `intro`  | 66px italic 500             | First line, filler ("You know…", "So…"), contemplative openings. Low visual weight.                                       |
+| `phrase` | 78px upright 600            | Main statement clauses. Default for most lines.                                                                           |
+| `emph`   | 92px upright 800            | Lines with emotional peak or key achievement ("I've achieved incredible things").                                         |
+| `dream`  | 82px italic 700             | Aspirational / "was dreaming of…" style lines. Italic signals memory/imagination.                                         |
+| `crown`  | 140px upright 900 uppercase | **Only for the climax line.** Used in center-stage `crown-plane`. Maximum one per composition — ideally the last caption. |
+
+## Tone field
+
+Independent of style, each group has `tone`: `soft` or `present`.
+
+- **soft** — gentle fade + 8px y-drift entrance, `power2.out` ease. Feels floaty, nostalgic. Use for memory, intro, dream.
+- **present** — snappy 6px y + 1.04 scale pop, `power3.out`, transformOrigin center. Feels assertive, in-the-moment. Use for emphasis and crown.
+
+## Picking automatically
+
+Scan each group's words:
+
+1. Does it contain superlatives (incredible, best, only, never, always) or brand/proper nouns? → `emph` + `present`
+2. Does it start with discourse markers (you know, so, well, look) or is it short (≤3 words)? → `intro` + `soft`
+3. Does it reference dreams, hopes, memory, past tense verbs like "was dreaming"? → `dream` + `soft`
+4. Is it the final sentence-clinching line and feels like a title/headline? → `crown` + `present` (only one per video)
+5. Otherwise → `phrase` + (match the group's neighbors' tone; default `soft`)
+
+## Font-size scales with column width
+
+The `.cap-*` defaults in each template are tuned for a **~560px column** (the original champion composition). When the caption plane is wider than that, the fonts feel underweight — too much negative space around text. Scale up accordingly.
+
+| Plane width         | intro | phrase | emph | dream | crown (centered, full-frame) | crown (clean-zone only) |
+| ------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- |
+| 460-580 px (tight)  | 66    | 78     | 92   | 82    | 140                          | n/a                     |
+| 600-760 px (medium) | 78    | 108    | 128  | 100   | 220                          | 118                     |
+| 780+ px (wide)      | 90    | 128    | 150  | 116   | 260                          | 140                     |
+
+Notes:
+
+- Crown sizes assume landscape (1920×1080). For portrait 1080×1920, divide all crown sizes by 1.5.
+- "full-frame crown" = centered, designed to span `0.8+ × frame_width` and cross the subject's body. Use only when [layout-heuristics.md § Crown placement](layout-heuristics.md) conditions pass.
+- "clean-zone only crown" = crown positioned inside one clean zone, smaller font, tail letters lightly touch subject. Fallback when centered crown would eat too much.
+
+Also: if a plane's `rotateY` is non-trivial (say > 8°), effective visible width shrinks. Scale fonts up ~10% to compensate.
+
+## What NOT to do
+
+- Don't use more than **one crown** per render. The whole point is that it's a singular payoff.
+- Don't use `emph` on more than ~30% of groups. Emphasis loses meaning when everything is emphasized.
+- Don't pick `intro` for the main content just because the words are short. "I won" (2 words) is `emph` or `crown`, not `intro`.
+- Don't mix `soft` and `present` alternately for no reason. Tone should follow the story arc: soft opening → present build → emph peak → (optional crown climax).
+
+## When scene luminance affects color choice
+
+The default color is warm bone-white (`#fff5df`). Adjust in the template CSS:
+
+- Wall is mostly warm wood / tan → keep default, or shift cooler `#e8f0ff`
+- Wall is cool blue / tech-lab → push warmer `#fff0c0`
+- Wall has strong primary color → desaturate default, luminance first
+
+These adjustments happen in the HTML template, not plan.json. If you repeatedly need different palettes, make new template variants.