Ardent WordDesign system

Typography

Sora names things, Manrope says things

Sora is geometric and slightly cool, which makes it good at labels and poor at long reading. Manrope is humanist with open apertures and a tall x height, which is what a person needs at six in the morning. The line between them never moves.

The pairing

Sora

Used for
Screen titles, section headings, the chapter numeral, pericope headings, reference labels, the tracked overline.
Never used for
Running text of any kind, Emmaus prose, form field content.

Manrope

Used for
All running text, scripture, Emmaus prose, buttons, labels, inputs, captions, verse numbers, tab labels.
Never used for
Display sizes, the chapter numeral.

Rule

Scripture is set in Manrope, not in a serif. A serif would have been the conventional choice for a Bible, but the brand standard is fixed, and the reading comfort comes from measure, leading and ink weight rather than from serifs.

The Lectern scale

Eighteen roles. A component asks for a role, never for a family, a size or a weight. Every row below is rendered from the token file rather than transcribed.

displaySora 700 · 40px · 1.15 · -2%

Did not our heart burn within us

titleLargeSora 600 · 32px · 1.15 · -2%

Did not our heart burn within us

titleMediumSora 600 · 26px · 1.25 · -1%

Did not our heart burn within us

titleSmallSora 600 · 22px · 1.35 · -1%

Did not our heart burn within us

headlineSora 600 · 19px · 1.35 · no tracking

Did not our heart burn within us

overlineSora 600 · 11px · 1.45 · 6%

Did not our heart burn within us

The small tracked eyebrow above a section. Set in capitals.

bodyLargeManrope 400 · 19px · 1.55 · no tracking

Did not our heart burn within us

bodyManrope 400 · 17px · 1.55 · no tracking

Did not our heart burn within us

bodySmallManrope 400 · 15px · 1.55 · no tracking

Did not our heart burn within us

labelManrope 600 · 15px · 1.35 · no tracking

Did not our heart burn within us

labelSmallManrope 600 · 13px · 1.35 · 1%

Did not our heart burn within us

captionManrope 400 · 13px · 1.45 · no tracking

Did not our heart burn within us

microManrope 500 · 11px · 1.45 · 1%

Did not our heart burn within us

The smallest permitted size. Never used for anything a person must read to complete a task.

buttonManrope 600 · 17px · 1.25 · 1%

Did not our heart burn within us

inputManrope 400 · 17px · 1.45 · no tracking

Did not our heart burn within us

inputLabelManrope 600 · 13px · 1.35 · 1%

Did not our heart burn within us

tabLabelManrope 600 · 11px · 1.25 · 1%

Did not our heart burn within us

readingBarManrope 600 · 13px · 1.25 · 1%

Did not our heart burn within us

The web display steps

The Lectern scale tops out at 40px because it is a phone scale. Three fluid steps interpolate between existing token steps with clamp. They compose tokens; they do not introduce values.

--aw-web-display-1

Did not our heart burn within us

--aw-web-display-2

Did not our heart burn within us

--aw-web-display-3

Did not our heart burn within us