Colophon

What this site is made of.

Typefaces

Instrument Sans

Display, interface, and the studio speaking.

Newsreader

Long-form writing. Chosen for its true optical size axis.

JetBrains Mono

Indices, plate numbers and measured values.

Technology

Next.js, React and TypeScript, generated statically. Type sizes, letter-spacing, line-height, grid geometry and the optical constants of the lens are computed by scripts in this repository rather than chosen by eye; the same scripts gate the build.

Accessibility

Targeting WCAG 2.2 AA in full, with AAA contrast on primary text. The reduced-motion experience is a second design rather than the first one with things switched off. Known imperfection: the refracted passage in the Thesis is rendered twice — once as native text, once inside the canvas — and on an unusual font instance the two can disagree by a pixel at the lens rim.

If something here does not work for you, write to studio@aryastra.com and we will fix it.