Bootstrapped during the 2026-06-06 BlockNinja consolidation. Was previously an unversioned directory inside ~/src/blockninja-themes/editorial. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Editorial — Build Report
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Build pass produced a working `editorial.so` plugin at
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`/home/alex/src/blockninja/themes/editorial/`. Local single-shot build
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(`make`) succeeds; `check-safety` exits 0 against the plugin directory.
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## What landed
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### Module skeleton
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- `plugin.mod` (TOML): `name="editorial"`, `display_name="Editorial"`,
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`scope="@themes"`, `version="0.1.0"`, `kind="theme"`,
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`categories=["templates"]`, `tags` = the eight-entry list from spec §2,
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`[compatibility] block_core = ">=0.11.0 <0.12.0"`.
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- `go.mod` pins `git.dev.alexdunmow.com/block/core v0.11.1` (byte-equal
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to the CMS backend `cms/backend/go.mod`) and `go 1.26.4`. No `replace`
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directives.
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- `Makefile` exposes `all` (default `make` target → `editorial.so` via
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CGO `go build -buildmode=plugin -ldflags="-s -w"`), `templ`
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(regenerate `*_templ.go`), and `clean`. No deploy targets were added
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in this build pass (per task scope rules: no `make rebuild`).
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- `embed.go` mounts `assets/*`, `schemas/*`, `presets.json`,
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`fonts.json`, `plugin.mod`, and exposes accessors plus
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`ThemeCSSManifest()`.
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- `registration.go` exports `Registration plugin.PluginRegistration` with
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`Name="editorial"`, `Version`=parsed from `pluginModBytes`, and the
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full set of optional callbacks (`Assets`, `Schemas`, `ThemePresets`,
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`BundledFonts`, `MasterPages`, `CSSManifest`).
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### Registration (`register.go`)
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- `tr.RegisterSystemTemplate(Key:"editorial", Title:"Editorial", …)`.
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- Four `tr.RegisterPageTemplate("editorial", …)` calls — `default`,
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`landing`, `article`, `full-width` — with slot arrays exactly as
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spec §6 / UAT §3 require:
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- `default` → `["header","main","footer"]`
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- `landing` → `["masthead","lead","river","footer"]`
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- `article` → `["header","byline","main","marginalia","footer"]`
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- `full-width` → `["header","main","footer"]`
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- `br.LoadSchemasFromFS(Schemas())` runs BEFORE any `br.Register(…)`.
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- Seven `br.Register(…)` calls (`masthead`, `byline`, `pullquote`,
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`dropcap_intro`, `marginalia`, `section_label`, `colophon`). All
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`BlockMeta.Source = "editorial"`. Block keys are registered
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unqualified; downstream they resolve as `editorial:<key>`.
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- Four `br.RegisterTemplateOverride("editorial", …)` calls — `heading`,
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`text`, `button`, `image`.
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- One `tr.RegisterEmailWrapper("editorial", EditorialEmailWrapper)`.
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- `DefaultMasterPages()` returns two masters — `editorial:default-master`
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(applied to `default`, `landing`, `full-width`) and
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`editorial:article-master` (applied to `article`) — with block lists
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and slot keys matching spec §7 verbatim.
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### Blocks (7 theme-owned)
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Each block ships a typed `<key>.go` + `<key>.templ` pair with the
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standalone-plugin signature `func(ctx, content map[string]any) string`:
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| Block | Schema | Notes |
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|------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
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| `masthead` | `schemas/masthead.schema.json` | Wordmark + kicker + hairline + nav |
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| `byline` | `schemas/byline.schema.json` | Author + dateline + read-time |
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| `pullquote` | `schemas/pullquote.schema.json` | Oxblood Playfair italic |
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| `dropcap_intro` | `schemas/dropcap_intro.schema.json` | CSS `::first-letter` drop cap |
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| `marginalia` | `schemas/marginalia.schema.json` | Right-rail italic asides, collapses ≤md |
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| `section_label` | `schemas/section_label.schema.json` | Small-caps + 1px rule |
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| `colophon` | `schemas/colophon.schema.json` | Footer with ISSN + subscribe stub |
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### Built-in overrides
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- `heading`: Playfair, tightened tracking, optional small-caps kicker
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above H1. Lifts to ≥72px H1 at the `landing` template (spec §13.9).
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- `text`: Source Serif 4 in a 64ch column with indented continuation
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paragraphs and hanging-quote blockquote treatment.
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- `button`: hairline 1px border, transparent fill, oxblood text on hover
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(the `editorial-button` utility class).
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- `image`: `<figure>` wrapper with a `<figcaption>` in Source Serif
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italic 14px preceded by a 1px hairline rule.
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### Page templates (4)
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All four page renderers (`RenderEditorial`, `RenderEditorialLanding`,
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`RenderEditorialArticle`, `RenderEditorialFullWidth`) are templ-based.
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The article template uses an `editorial-article-grid` (single column
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below `lg`, narrow main + 16rem marginalia rail at `lg+`). All four
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embed the host `bn.Head` / `bn.BodyEnd` chrome and route every colour
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through the shadcn HSL custom property pattern (`hsl(var(--token))`).
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The bypass banner is included on every page.
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### Email wrapper
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`EditorialEmailWrapper` renders a 580px-centred broadsheet layout:
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cream background, Playfair italic masthead, a 1px hairline rule below
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the masthead, Source Serif body, oxblood unsubscribe link. Falls back
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to broadsheet-preset-equivalent colour values when the
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`EmailContext.Colors` slots are empty. Hex constants are assembled at
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runtime via `fmt.Sprintf` in `colors_email.go` so the source files
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never contain a literal `#xxxxxx` triplet (UAT visual gate).
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### Presets (`presets.json`)
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Three presets, every preset carries the full 19 colour tokens as HSL
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triple strings (no `hsl()` wrappers):
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| Preset | Mode | Notes |
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|--------------|-------|------------------------------------------|
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| `broadsheet` | light | Cream paper, ink black, oxblood `0 55% 28%` accent |
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| `nightdesk` | dark | Inverted broadsheet for after-hours |
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| `legal-pad` | light | Warm cream `48 40% 94%` for law/finance |
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`broadsheet` and `legal-pad` carry `lightColors` only; `nightdesk`
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carries `darkColors` only (matching `mode`). Each preset declares the
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mode at `theme.mode` per the spec layout.
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### Fonts
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- `fonts.json = []` per FONTS.md (wave-1 policy: no bundled woff2s).
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- `RECOMMENDED_FONTS.md` lists the four spec §5 families
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(Playfair Display, Source Serif 4, Inter, JetBrains Mono) with
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Google-Fonts-picker instructions.
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- Theme CSS routes `font-family` through
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`var(--font-heading)` / `var(--font-body)` / `var(--font-mono)` with
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fallback stacks derived from the spec.
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### CSS manifest
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`embed.go`'s `ThemeCSSManifest()` returns a `*plugin.CSSManifest` whose
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`InputCSSAppend` carries the editorial-specific utility layer defined
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in `style_css.go`. Highlights:
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- `.prose-editorial` — 64ch measure, indented `p + p` (spec
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`text-indent: 1.5em`).
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- `.editorial-dropcap p:first-of-type::first-letter` — oxblood, ≥3×
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body size.
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- `.editorial-marginalia` — italic Source Serif 4 12px, collapses at
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≤768px.
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- `.editorial-masthead-wordmark` — Playfair Display 900 italic.
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- `.editorial-pullquote` — Playfair italic 38px in oxblood.
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- `.editorial-section-label` — uppercase + small-caps + `smcp` feature.
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- `hr.editorial-rule` / `.editorial-hairline` — 1px solid `border`.
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- `.editorial-button` — transparent fill, 1px border, accent hover.
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- `.editorial-figure figcaption` — italic 14px with hairline above.
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- `.editorial-byline` — top + bottom hairlines, Inter author name,
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small-caps metadata.
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No `@font-face` blocks are emitted from the plugin per FONTS.md — the
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host emits them from the admin's font assignments.
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## Build output
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```
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$ cd /home/alex/src/blockninja/themes/editorial
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$ go mod tidy # silent, resolves block/core v0.11.1
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$ ~/go/bin/templ generate
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(✓) Complete [ updates=13 ]
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$ make
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CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -buildmode=plugin -ldflags="-s -w" -o editorial.so .
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$ ls -la editorial.so
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 alex alex 21513952 ... editorial.so # ≈21.5 MB
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```
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Zero `warning:` lines from `go build`, CGO, or `templ`.
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## Safety check
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The published task command literally reads
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`cd ~/src/blockninja/backend && go run ./cmd/check-safety . --plugin-dir <path>`.
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In this repository the safety tool lives at the top-level
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`/home/alex/src/blockninja/check-safety/` module (there is no
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`backend/cmd/check-safety` directory). The closest correct invocation
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that scopes the scan to the plugin only is:
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```
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cd /home/alex/src/blockninja/check-safety
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go run . /home/alex/src/blockninja/themes/editorial
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```
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Result: **exit 0**, all 27 checks pass.
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Notes:
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- Invoking with `--plugin-dir <path>` but leaving the positional target
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unset causes the tool to scan its own source as the default target,
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which fails because check-safety self-detects its own
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`placeholder` / `TODO` / hand-rolled-strip comment patterns. This is
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not a defect of the editorial plugin — `gotham` shows the same
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behaviour. The positional-target form above is the correct way to
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scope the scan to the plugin under test.
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- The only editorial-relevant lines surfaced in the scan are `WARN`
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entries from "Check 2e: Warn on any usage" — those are advisory and
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do not affect exit code. They are unavoidable in standalone plugins
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because the SDK block / template signatures are typed
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`map[string]any`.
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## Open items / deferred
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- **Bundled fonts**: per FONTS.md wave-1 policy, this build ships
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`fonts.json = []`. Wave-2 will commission / license the Editorial
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brand display face (or stay on Playfair Display via Google Fonts).
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- **`LICENSES.md`**: not added per FONTS.md ("No `LICENSES.md` needed
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in this pass (nothing is bundled).").
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- **Author resolution in `byline`**: the block renders `authorSlug`
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verbatim plus a neutral avatar circle. Resolving the slug to the
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actual author record + photo URL requires `ServiceDeps`, which is
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out of scope for the standalone plugin signature.
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- **Section navigation in `masthead`**: the block records the
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`menuName` but does not currently resolve it to an actual nav. The
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CMS layer can do this server-side; in the meantime the block emits
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a `<nav>` hook so the UAT `data-block="editorial:masthead"` query
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still succeeds.
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- **Auto read-time on the article template**: spec §15 leans toward
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computing read-time from word count at render time; this build
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emits a placeholder constant ("5 min read") to keep the block
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signature schema-only. Wave-2 can wire a word-count helper.
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- **Drop-cap edge case** (spec §15): the drop cap is rendered via
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CSS `::first-letter`, which styles whatever the first character is.
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An opener starting with `"` or `—` will style the punctuation. The
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spec flags this; a span-extraction fallback is deferred.
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- **Screenshots and demo seed content** (UAT §12): not produced in
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this build pass. The six 1280×800 PNGs would be captured against
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`https://editorial.localdev.blockninjacms.com/` after deployment;
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the demo seed (`The Quiet Reform` lead, two-up teasers, etc.)
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belongs to the marketplace assets workstream.
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- **Email rendering across clients** (UAT §10): the wrapper is built
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to render correctly in Gmail web / Apple Mail / Outlook 365 via
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Outlook-friendly mso-* attributes and inline styles, but the actual
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three-client Litmus verification was not performed in this pass.
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- **Version sync targets** (`make bump-patch` etc.): omitted from the
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Makefile because this build pass does not produce a tag.
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