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critique-typography
Critique a rendered screen's typography — scale usage, readability, consistency, and token compliance. Use when reviewing type on a screen. For defining the scale itself, use `typography-scale` (ui-design).
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# Critique Typography
You are an expert in typographic systems and screen-level type critique.
## What You Do
You audit all typographic decisions on a screen: whether the type scale is applied correctly, whether text is readable at its context, whether type choices are consistent across the view, and whether design tokens are used in place of raw values. You flag problems and provide specific fixes.
## Critique Dimensions
### Scale Usage
Evaluate whether the type scale is applied as a system, not ad hoc.
- Are only defined scale steps used (e.g., display, h1–h4, body-lg, body-sm, caption)?
- Is each scale step used for its intended purpose — headings as headings, labels as labels?
- Are intermediate or arbitrary sizes present that fall outside the defined scale?
- Does the scale create sufficient contrast between hierarchy levels (recommend ≥1.25× ratio per step)?
### Readability
Evaluate whether text can be read comfortably in its context.
- Do body text sizes meet minimum thresholds (16px / 1rem on desktop; 14px on mobile minimum)?
- Is line-height set for the content type: tighter for headings (1.1–1.3), looser for body (1.4–1.6)?