Define the idea
Write down the conditions you want to inspect before looking at another session.
Sample copy · not for publication
Start with a single idea, then compare the evidence across each review. This is placeholder content for judging the visual treatments only.
Display-xl · gradient fill · 400 · -0.01em
Heading cutoff
Display-lg · gradient fill · 400 · -0.05em
The HTML heading levels keep their document meaning. Only display-xl and display-lg receive the fill; all smaller steps stay solid.
Card treatment
These example cards use the existing secondary card surface without borders. Their icons, titles and body copy remain solid.
Write down the conditions you want to inspect before looking at another session.
Compare each example with the same criteria so the pattern stays easy to follow.
Set the decision beside the notes that explain what changed along the way.
Ploy's hover suggestion, not part of your brief. On hover, the card surface changes from Card secondary to Card primary. The borderless, shadow-free geometry stays the same. This is a visual state only, not a clickable-card pattern.
Section edge study
Turn either effect off to review the section fade and the optional top glow independently.
Example section
Give the heading, explanation and follow-up space to sit together. This copy is only here to reveal the background as it disappears into the canvas.