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ARC link treatment — one rule, two named exceptions Predictability principle for ARC link styling — single global treatment per spec §VII.c, with avatar-link and Reading Compass as the only exempt elements feedback 8d9ac240-47df-4578-aec1-a9dd32965027 claude-memory/feedback-arc-link-treatment-one-rule-two-exceptions

ARC link treatment follows one rule, two named exceptions — captured by steward 2026-05-02 during the §VII.c link-spec drafting + SCSS migration session.

"the avatar and reading compass are the only links that need special treatment. The rest should be predictable and crafted with care"

Why: Predictability is the principle. A reader's eye trained by reading one ARC piece should know what a link looks like in any other. Multiple competing link treatments across contexts (catalogue/wholeform variant, apparatus quiet-nav variant, button variant, etc.) fragment the reader's intuition and require re-learning per page. The discipline of one treatment is also the discipline of care — every link gets the same considered typography rather than ad-hoc per-context decisions.

How to apply:

  • The TWO exceptions are documented in spec §VII.c "Exceptions" subsection:
    1. .avatar-link — wordmark in page header; underline would compete with wordmark typography
    2. Reading Compass (per §VI) — eight-sigil navigation; underline would be redundant beneath glyphs
  • Everything else (in-text, apparatus, catalogues, navigation) follows §VII.c (Pompeian-red hair-thin underline, body-color text, native text-decoration per Rutter / Bringhurst transferred).
  • When you encounter a context-specific link rule that diverges from §VII.c, the question is NOT "is this a different valid pattern?" but rather "is this (a) legacy material destined for an archival collection where preservation overrides current-spec alignment, or (b) a cascade artifact to be reconciled?" Don't propose new sub-spec sections for the divergence; reconcile it or archive it.
  • The earlier impulse (mine, 2026-05-02) to spec multiple sub-variants (§VII.c.ii catalogue, §VII.c.iii quiet-nav, §VII.c.iv button) was over-elaboration. Resist that pattern. The simpler frame — one rule, two exceptions, everything else predictable — is correct.

Related: care-over-traffic (work answers to itself; quality + predictability + accountability matter even at low traffic); the broader "would Alexander do it like this?" discipline against unnecessary elaboration.