FOUNDATIONS
Typography
Two typefaces in production. One aspirational. Georgia for warmth and ceremony. Geist Mono for precision. VTC Du Bois when the custom font is commissioned.
THE STACK
VTC Du Bois
NOT YET COMMISSIONEDDisplay · Custom typeface · Future
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
Aspirational display typeface named after Du Bois — will honor the hand-lettered originals from the 1900 Paris Exposition. Not yet commissioned or loaded. Currently Georgia serif serves as the stand-in for all ceremonial and display text. Titles, scene headings, data plate labels, VR overlays — all use Georgia until VTC Du Bois exists.
Georgia Serif
Georgia, serif · normal · 16px
Du Bois identified the Black church as the center of African American social life — the first institution built by and for Black people. Du Bois Does Data started in exactly the place Du Bois said mattered most.
Body text, descriptions, narrative passages, grant writing. Warmth and readability. The Craft aesthetic typeface.
Geist Mono
Mono · normal · 12px
status: deployed | validation: flagged | trust_level: primary | chunks: 847 | overlap: 200
Data, code, labels, timestamps, metadata, dashboard UI, status chips. Precision and structure. The ops aesthetic.
SCALE
RULES
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VTC Du Bois (when commissioned) will be reserved for ceremonial surfaces — titles, scene headings, data plates. Until then, Georgia carries both roles.
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Georgia for narrative AND display. Currently the only serif in production. Handles body text and ceremonial titles.
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Geist Mono for structure. Data, metadata, labels, UI chrome, code.
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Tracking (letter-spacing) on section headers: 0.2em minimum. Uppercase.
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Line-height for body text: 1.6–1.8. For mono: 1.4–1.5.
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No font-weight above 700. Light (300) and Regular (400) carry the design.