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Axis Session Card

A programme card whose title is set by what the session is: a workshop quiet and narrow, a talk set, a keynote loud and wide, so a grid reads as a legend; hover pushes it further into its own kind.

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KeynoteThu 14 · 10:00Letters Have MassInes ValcourtHall ATalkFri 15 · 09:30The Grid Is a RumourMira TessendorfHall AWorkshopThu 14 · 14:30Drawing Width by HandTomas EkwuemeStudio 2

Props

No runtime dependencies
"use client";

import { useEffect, useRef, useState, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
import type { CSSProperties, ReactNode, RefObject } from "react";

/**
 * AxisSessionCard — a programme card whose title is set by what it is.
 *
 * A workshop is quiet and narrow, a talk is set, a keynote is loud, wide and
 * high contrast, so a grid of them reads as a legend at a glance. The title
 * stands flush at one cap height over two balanced lines. Hover or focus
 * pushes it one notch further into its own kind, the letters under the
 * pointer swell and lean while their neighbours condense, and the arrow
 * steps forward.
 *
 * Part of the Kinetic Type kit: paper #f0ede2 and ink #131315 (an inverted
 * ink stage for loud sections), one accent that letters take only under
 * load (cobalt #2b3bff by default), and Science Gothic through
 * var(--font-science), whose weight (100-900), width (50-200), slant (-10-0)
 * and contrast (CTRS 0-85) axes are the interface. Respects
 * prefers-reduced-motion. No dependencies beyond React. Paste it as its own
 * file: it repeats the kit's small helpers and type engine, which would
 * clash in one module. Load Science Gothic with next/font (axes: ["wdth",
 * "slnt", "CTRS"], variable: "--font-science") on a parent; elsewhere, load
 * it from Google Fonts or @fontsource and set --font-science yourself. In a
 * face without a width axis, flush lines fall back to fitting by size.
 * Needs Tailwind v4 (on v3.4, add the @tailwindcss/container-queries plugin).
 */

const SANS = 'var(--font-sans, "Geist", "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif)';

const MONO = 'var(--font-mono, "Geist Mono", ui-monospace, "SFMono-Regular", Menlo, Consolas, monospace)';

const DISPLAY = 'var(--font-science, "Science Gothic", var(--font-sans, "Geist"), ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif)';

const EASE = "cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)";

const HEX = /^#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$/;

/** The two grounds: paper, and the inverted ink stage for one loud section. */
export type KtTone = "paper" | "ink";

const TONES = {
  paper: {
    ground: "#f0ede2",
    panel: "#e8e4d6",
    ink: "#131315",
    ink2: "rgba(19,19,21,0.68)",
    ink3: "rgba(19,19,21,0.46)",
    line: "rgba(19,19,21,0.14)",
    line2: "rgba(19,19,21,0.3)",
  },
  ink: {
    ground: "#131315",
    panel: "#1c1c20",
    ink: "#f0ede2",
    ink2: "rgba(240,237,226,0.7)",
    ink3: "rgba(240,237,226,0.48)",
    line: "rgba(240,237,226,0.14)",
    line2: "rgba(240,237,226,0.3)",
  },
} as const;

/** The accent letters take under load, per ground (the ink stage needs a lighter one to read). */
export const KT_PALETTES = {
  cobalt: { paper: "#2b3bff", ink: "#8f98ff" },
  vermilion: { paper: "#d9360b", ink: "#ff6a3d" },
  mono: { paper: "#131315", ink: "#f0ede2" },
} as const;

export type KtPaletteName = keyof typeof KT_PALETTES;

function own<T extends object>(map: T, key: string): key is Extract<keyof T, string> {
  return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(map, key);
}

function toneOf(tone: string) {
  return own(TONES, tone) ? TONES[tone] : TONES.paper;
}

/** The accent for a palette on a ground. */
function accentOf(palette: string, tone: string): string {
  const p = own(KT_PALETTES, palette) ? KT_PALETTES[palette] : KT_PALETTES.cobalt;
  return tone === "ink" ? p.ink : p.paper;
}

function rgbOf(hex: string): [number, number, number] {
  const n = parseInt((HEX.test(hex) ? hex : "#131315").slice(1), 16);
  return [(n >> 16) & 255, (n >> 8) & 255, n & 255];
}

function mixHex(a: string, b: string, k: number): string {
  const x = rgbOf(a);
  const y = rgbOf(b);
  const t = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, k));
  const c = x.map((v, i) => Math.round(v + (y[i] - v) * t));
  return `rgb(${c[0]},${c[1]},${c[2]})`;
}

function clamp(v: number, lo: number, hi: number): number {
  return v < lo ? lo : v > hi ? hi : v;
}

/** Links: strip tabs and newlines, refuse backslashes, allow http(s), mailto, tel and same-site paths. */
function safeHref(raw: string): string {
  const v = raw.replace(/[\t\n\r]/g, "").trim();
  if (!v || v.includes("\\")) return "#";
  if (/^(https?:|mailto:|tel:)/i.test(v)) return v;
  if (/^[/#?]/.test(v) && !/^\/\//.test(v)) return v;
  return "#";
}

function subscribeMotion(cb: () => void) {
  const m = window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)");
  m.addEventListener("change", cb);
  return () => m.removeEventListener("change", cb);
}

/** True when the visitor asked for reduced motion. False on the server. */
function useReducedMotion(): boolean {
  return useSyncExternalStore(
    subscribeMotion,
    () => window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches,
    () => false,
  );
}

// Each part carries only the CSS it needs, so any one of them works on its own.
// Nothing is interpolated into these sheets; colours arrive as CSS variables.
// revert-layer keeps an element's own rounded corners when a host page's focus rule flattens them.
const FOCUS_CSS = ".kt-scope :focus-visible,.kt-scope:focus-visible{outline:2px solid var(--kt-ring,#2b3bff);outline-offset:3px;border-radius:revert-layer}";

/** A point in the face's design space: weight, width, slant and contrast. */
export type KtAxes = { wght: number; wdth: number; slnt: number; CTRS: number };

/** A setting: weight, width, contrast and slant. */
function ax(wght: number, wdth: number, CTRS = 0, slnt = 0): KtAxes {
  return { wght, wdth, slnt, CTRS };
}

function mixAxes(a: KtAxes, b: KtAxes, k: number): KtAxes {
  return {
    wght: a.wght + (b.wght - a.wght) * k,
    wdth: a.wdth + (b.wdth - a.wdth) * k,
    slnt: a.slnt + (b.slnt - a.slnt) * k,
    CTRS: a.CTRS + (b.CTRS - a.CTRS) * k,
  };
}

/** The CSS for a setting, clamped to the face's ranges (wght 100-900, wdth 50-200, slnt -10-0, CTRS 0-85). */
function fvs(a: KtAxes): string {
  return `"wght" ${clamp(a.wght, 100, 900).toFixed(1)}, "wdth" ${clamp(a.wdth, 50, 200).toFixed(2)}, "slnt" ${clamp(a.slnt, -10, 0).toFixed(2)}, "CTRS" ${clamp(a.CTRS, 0, 85).toFixed(1)}`;
}

/** What a part knows about one letter when it sets its target. */
export type KtLetter = {
  /** Its line, its place in that line, and the line's letter count. */
  line: number;
  i: number;
  n: number;
  /** Its place across the whole part. */
  k: number;
  /** Its centre in the part's own pixels, as last laid out, and its line's font size. */
  x: number;
  y: number;
  size: number;
  /** The width offset its flush line adds to every letter, wdth units (0 for a free line). */
  o: number;
  /** Whatever the part stamped on it (data-kt-tag). */
  tag: string;
};

/** The frame a target is set in. */
export type KtFrame = {
  now: number;
  dt: number;
  /** The pointer in the part's pixels, or null when it is away. */
  px: number | null;
  py: number | null;
  /** Smoothed horizontal pointer speed, px/s. */
  vx: number;
  w: number;
  h: number;
};

/** A letter's goal: a setting, how far it is under load (0-1, ink to accent), and its opacity. */
export type KtTarget = { a: KtAxes; load?: number; op?: number };

export type KtSpec = {
  /** The resting setting: flush lines are sized at it. */
  rest: (l: KtLetter) => KtAxes;
  /** The goal this frame; null rests. */
  target?: (l: KtLetter, f: KtFrame) => KtTarget | null;
  /** Where a letter seen for the first time starts (an entrance). Defaults to rest. */
  enter?: (l: KtLetter) => KtTarget;
  ink: string;
  accent: string;
  /** Keep the loop awake though nothing is settling (a pointer inside, a scroll-linked part). */
  busy?: (f: KtFrame) => boolean;
  /** Called once a frame after the letters are written (a readout). */
  onFrame?: (f: KtFrame) => void;
};

type KtState = { cur: KtAxes; vel: KtAxes; load: number; lv: number; op: number; ov: number; out: string; col: string; opa: string };

type KtLineState = {
  box: HTMLElement;
  run: HTMLElement;
  flush: boolean;
  group: string;
  max: number;
  letters: HTMLElement[];
  metas: KtLetter[];
  /** Width offset added to every letter (wdth units); the size it should have and the size it shows (eased when text changes); a size factor for when width alone can't reach; px per wdth unit at 100px. */
  o: number;
  size: number;
  s: number;
  z: number;
  k: number;
  /** Letter-spacing in px, the last resort for a line that is short even at the widest setting. */
  sp: number;
  lo: number;
  hi: number;
  T: number;
  W: number;
};

// Springs with mass: stiffness 220, damping 24 (a slight overshoot, settled in ~400ms).
const K_SPRING = 220;

const C_SPRING = 24;

const AXIS_KEYS = ["wght", "wdth", "slnt", "CTRS"] as const;

function springTo(s: KtState, t: KtTarget, dt: number, still: boolean): boolean {
  const load = t.load ?? 0;
  const op = t.op ?? 1;
  if (still) {
    s.cur = { ...t.a };
    s.vel = ax(0, 0);
    s.load = load;
    s.op = op;
    return false;
  }
  let moving = false;
  const steps = dt > 1 / 60 ? 2 : 1;
  const h = dt / steps;
  for (let n = 0; n < steps; n++) {
    for (const key of AXIS_KEYS) {
      const x = s.cur[key];
      const v = s.vel[key] + (K_SPRING * (t.a[key] - x) - C_SPRING * s.vel[key]) * h;
      s.vel[key] = v;
      s.cur[key] = x + v * h;
    }
    s.lv += (K_SPRING * (load - s.load) - C_SPRING * s.lv) * h;
    s.load += s.lv * h;
    s.ov += (K_SPRING * (op - s.op) - C_SPRING * s.ov) * h;
    s.op += s.ov * h;
  }
  for (const key of AXIS_KEYS) if (Math.abs(t.a[key] - s.cur[key]) > 0.3 || Math.abs(s.vel[key]) > 0.6) moving = true;
  if (Math.abs(load - s.load) > 0.004 || Math.abs(op - s.op) > 0.004) moving = true;
  return moving;
}

/**
 * The kit's engine. Every letter under the host (a span with data-kt-g inside
 * a line with data-kt-line) springs toward the setting its part asks for,
 * frame by frame; a line marked "flush" is kept exactly as wide as its box by
 * solving one width offset for all its letters (and, only when width alone
 * can't reach, its size). Each frame writes every letter first and then reads
 * every width and position once, so one layout serves the whole part. It
 * sleeps when everything has settled and wakes on input, resize or new fonts,
 * and only runs while the host is near the screen.
 */
function useKinetic(hostRef: RefObject<HTMLElement | null>, spec: KtSpec, key: string) {
  const specRef = useRef(spec);
  useEffect(() => {
    specRef.current = spec;
  });
  const reduced = useReducedMotion();
  const wakeRef = useRef<() => void>(() => {});
  const rescanRef = useRef<() => void>(() => {});
  const syncRef = useRef<() => void>(() => {});
  const [wake] = useState(() => () => wakeRef.current());

  useEffect(() => {
    const host = hostRef.current;
    if (!host) return;
    let alive = true;
    const states = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, KtState>();
    let lines: KtLineState[] = [];
    let raf = 0;
    let last = 0;
    let visible = false;
    let px: number | null = null;
    let py: number | null = null;
    let vx = 0;
    let lastX = 0;
    let lastT = 0;
    let rect = host.getBoundingClientRect();
    let scale = 1;

    const mine = (el: Element) => el.closest("[data-kt-host]") === host;

    // Under reduced motion the pointer is ignored; discrete states still apply, without travel.
    const frameOf = (now: number, dt: number): KtFrame => ({
      now,
      dt,
      px: reduced ? null : px,
      py: reduced ? null : py,
      vx: reduced ? 0 : vx,
      w: rect.width / scale,
      h: rect.height / scale,
    });

    const targetOf = (m: KtLetter, f: KtFrame): KtTarget => {
      const sp = specRef.current;
      return sp.target?.(m, f) ?? { a: sp.rest(m) };
    };

    const readPositions = () => {
      rect = host.getBoundingClientRect();
      scale = rect.width / (host.offsetWidth || 1) || 1;
      for (const L of lines) {
        const fsz = L.flush ? L.s * L.z : parseFloat(getComputedStyle(L.box).fontSize) || 16;
        for (let i = 0; i < L.letters.length; i++) {
          const r = L.letters[i].getBoundingClientRect();
          const m = L.metas[i];
          m.x = (r.left + r.width / 2 - rect.left) / scale;
          m.y = (r.top + r.height / 2 - rect.top) / scale;
          m.size = fsz;
          m.o = L.flush ? L.o : 0;
        }
        if (L.flush) {
          L.W = L.run.getBoundingClientRect().width - L.sp * scale;
          L.T = L.box.getBoundingClientRect().width;
        }
      }
    };

    const scan = () => {
      const prev = lines;
      let k = 0;
      lines = Array.from(host.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("[data-kt-line]"))
        .filter(mine)
        .map((box, li) => {
          const run = box.querySelector<HTMLElement>("[data-kt-run]") ?? box;
          const letters = Array.from(run.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("[data-kt-g]")).filter(mine);
          const old = prev.find((p) => p.box === box);
          const metas = letters.map((el, i) => ({ line: li, i, n: letters.length, k: k++, x: 0, y: 0, size: 16, o: 0, tag: el.dataset.ktTag ?? "" }));
          if (old) {
            old.letters.forEach((el, i) => {
              const j = letters.indexOf(el);
              if (j >= 0) {
                metas[j].x = old.metas[i].x;
                metas[j].y = old.metas[i].y;
                metas[j].size = old.metas[i].size;
              }
            });
          }
          return {
            box,
            run,
            flush: box.dataset.ktLine === "flush",
            group: box.dataset.ktGroup ?? "",
            max: Number(box.dataset.ktMax) || 1e6,
            letters,
            metas,
            o: old?.o ?? 0,
            size: old?.size ?? 0,
            s: old?.s ?? 0,
            z: old?.z ?? 1,
            sp: old?.sp ?? 0,
            k: old?.k ?? 0,
            lo: old?.lo ?? -50,
            hi: old?.hi ?? 100,
            T: 0,
            W: 0,
          };
        });
      const sp = specRef.current;
      const f = frameOf(performance.now(), 0);
      for (const L of lines) {
        L.letters.forEach((el, i) => {
          if (states.has(el)) return;
          const m = L.metas[i];
          const t = reduced ? targetOf(m, f) : (sp.enter?.(m) ?? targetOf(m, f));
          states.set(el, { cur: { ...t.a }, vel: ax(0, 0), load: t.load ?? 0, lv: 0, op: t.op ?? 1, ov: 0, out: "", col: "", opa: "" });
        });
      }
    };

    const writeAll = () => {
      const sp = specRef.current;
      for (const L of lines) {
        for (const el of L.letters) {
          const s = states.get(el);
          if (!s) continue;
          const out = fvs(L.flush ? { ...s.cur, wdth: s.cur.wdth + L.o } : s.cur);
          if (out !== s.out) {
            el.style.fontVariationSettings = out;
            s.out = out;
          }
          const col = s.load > 0.004 ? mixHex(sp.ink, sp.accent, s.load) : "";
          if (col !== s.col) {
            el.style.color = col;
            s.col = col;
          }
          const opa = s.op < 0.996 ? clamp(s.op, 0, 1).toFixed(3) : "";
          if (opa !== s.opa) {
            el.style.opacity = opa;
            s.opa = opa;
          }
        }
        if (L.flush) {
          const fs = `${(L.s * L.z).toFixed(2)}px`;
          if (L.box.style.fontSize !== fs) L.box.style.fontSize = fs;
          const ls = L.sp > 0.05 ? `${L.sp.toFixed(2)}px` : "";
          if (L.run.style.letterSpacing !== ls) {
            L.run.style.letterSpacing = ls;
            L.run.style.marginRight = ls ? `-${ls}` : "";
          }
        }
      }
    };

    // Sizes every flush line from two measurements at its rest setting and 100px, with no offset
    // and with +20 wdth: that gives its width, its px per wdth unit, and so its size and offset.
    const size = () => {
      const sp = specRef.current;
      rect = host.getBoundingClientRect();
      scale = rect.width / (host.offsetWidth || 1) || 1;
      const flush = lines.filter((L) => L.flush && L.letters.length);
      if (flush.length) {
        const rests = flush.map((L) => L.metas.map((m) => sp.rest(m)));
        flush.forEach((L) => {
          L.sp = 0;
          L.run.style.letterSpacing = "";
          L.run.style.marginRight = "";
        });
        const write = (d: number) =>
          flush.forEach((L, li) => {
            L.box.style.fontSize = "100px";
            L.letters.forEach((el, i) => {
              el.style.fontVariationSettings = fvs({ ...rests[li][i], wdth: rests[li][i].wdth + d });
            });
          });
        write(0);
        const T = flush.map((L) => L.box.getBoundingClientRect().width);
        const w0 = flush.map((L) => L.run.getBoundingClientRect().width);
        write(20);
        const w1 = flush.map((L) => L.run.getBoundingClientRect().width);
        flush.forEach((L) => {
          L.max = Number(L.box.dataset.ktMax) || 1e6;
        });
        const want = flush.map((L, i) => Math.min(L.max, (100 * T[i]) / Math.max(1, w0[i])));
        const groups = new Map<string, number>();
        flush.forEach((L, i) => {
          if (L.group) groups.set(L.group, Math.min(groups.get(L.group) ?? 1e6, want[i]));
        });
        flush.forEach((L, i) => {
          const s = Math.max(6, L.group ? (groups.get(L.group) ?? want[i]) : want[i]);
          const k100 = (w1[i] - w0[i]) / 20;
          const widths = rests[i].map((a) => a.wdth);
          L.lo = 50 - Math.max(...widths);
          L.hi = 200 - Math.min(...widths);
          L.size = s;
          // New text eases to its new size (the width solve keeps it flush meanwhile); a first sizing is immediate.
          if (!L.s || reduced) L.s = s;
          // A face without a width axis measures the same twice: then only the size can fit the line.
          L.k = k100 > 0.0005 * w0[i] ? k100 : 0;
          if (L.k > 0) {
            L.o = clamp(((100 * T[i]) / s - w0[i]) / k100, L.lo, L.hi);
            const w = (s / 100) * (w0[i] + k100 * L.o);
            L.z = clamp(T[i] / Math.max(1, w), 0.5, 1);
            // Still short at the widest setting: spread what is left between the letters.
            if (T[i] > w) L.sp = (T[i] - w) / scale / Math.max(1, L.letters.length - 1);
          } else {
            L.o = 0;
            L.z = clamp(T[i] / Math.max(1, (s / 100) * w0[i]), 0.3, 3);
          }
          L.letters.forEach((el) => {
            const st = states.get(el);
            if (st) st.out = "";
          });
        });
      }
      writeAll();
      readPositions();
    };

    // One step of the width solve per frame, a little under-relaxed; the size moves only when width is pinned.
    const solve = (): boolean => {
      let fitting = false;
      for (const L of lines) {
        if (!L.flush || L.T <= 0 || L.W <= 0) continue;
        const err = L.T - L.W;
        if (Math.abs(err) <= Math.max(0.6, L.T * 0.0006)) {
          if (L.z !== 1 && L.k > 0 && L.o > L.lo + 1 && L.o < L.hi - 1) {
            L.z += (1 - L.z) * 0.2;
            if (Math.abs(L.z - 1) < 0.002) L.z = 1;
            fitting = true;
          }
          continue;
        }
        fitting = true;
        if (L.k > 0) {
          const pinnedWide = L.o >= L.hi - 0.01;
          if (pinnedWide && err > 0) {
            L.sp += (0.85 * err) / scale / Math.max(1, L.letters.length - 1);
            continue;
          }
          if (L.sp > 0 && err < 0) {
            L.sp = Math.max(0, L.sp + (0.85 * err) / scale / Math.max(1, L.letters.length - 1));
            continue;
          }
          const next = clamp(L.o + (0.85 * err) / ((L.k * L.s * L.z) / 100), L.lo, L.hi);
          // Pinned at the axis limit: the size may shrink a line that would overflow, never grow one (a short line just stays short).
          if (next === L.lo || next === L.hi) L.z = clamp(L.z * (1 + (0.6 * err) / L.W), 0.5, 1);
          L.o = next;
        } else {
          L.z = clamp(L.z * (1 + (0.6 * err) / L.W), 0.3, 3);
        }
      }
      return fitting;
    };

    const tick = (now: number) => {
      raf = 0;
      const dt = last ? Math.min(1 / 30, (now - last) / 1000) : 1 / 60;
      last = now;
      vx *= Math.exp(-dt * 6);
      const sp = specRef.current;
      const f = frameOf(now, dt);
      let moving = false;
      for (const L of lines) {
        // The offset may take the widest letter down to 50 or the narrowest up to 200: the range follows the letters' current settings.
        if (L.flush && L.letters.length) {
          let lo = 200;
          let hi = 50;
          for (const el of L.letters) {
            const st = states.get(el);
            if (!st) continue;
            if (st.cur.wdth < lo) lo = st.cur.wdth;
            if (st.cur.wdth > hi) hi = st.cur.wdth;
          }
          L.lo = 50 - hi;
          L.hi = 200 - lo;
        }
        if (L.flush && L.s !== L.size) {
          L.s += (L.size - L.s) * (1 - Math.exp(-dt * 14));
          if (Math.abs(L.s - L.size) < 0.05) L.s = L.size;
          moving = true;
        }
        L.letters.forEach((el, i) => {
          const s = states.get(el);
          if (s && springTo(s, targetOf(L.metas[i], f), dt, reduced)) moving = true;
        });
      }
      writeAll();
      readPositions();
      const fitting = solve();
      sp.onFrame?.(f);
      const busy = !reduced && (sp.busy?.(f) ?? false);
      if ((moving || fitting || busy) && visible && !document.hidden) raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
      else last = 0;
    };

    const kick = () => {
      if (alive && !raf && visible && !document.hidden) raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
    };
    wakeRef.current = kick;
    rescanRef.current = () => {
      scan();
      size();
      kick();
    };
    // A render may have written a letter's resting style over the engine's: write everything again.
    syncRef.current = () => {
      for (const L of lines) {
        for (const el of L.letters) {
          const st = states.get(el);
          if (st) {
            st.out = "";
            st.col = "";
            st.opa = "";
          }
        }
      }
      writeAll();
    };

    const toLocal = (e: PointerEvent) => {
      rect = host.getBoundingClientRect();
      scale = rect.width / (host.offsetWidth || 1) || 1;
      const x = (e.clientX - rect.left) / scale;
      const t = performance.now();
      if (px !== null && t > lastT) vx = vx * 0.7 + ((x - lastX) / (t - lastT)) * 1000 * 0.3;
      lastX = x;
      lastT = t;
      px = x;
      py = (e.clientY - rect.top) / scale;
      kick();
    };
    const onLeave = () => {
      px = null;
      py = null;
      kick();
    };
    // A finger lifted is a pointer gone; a mouse stays until it leaves.
    const onUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
      if (e.pointerType !== "mouse") onLeave();
    };
    host.addEventListener("pointermove", toLocal);
    host.addEventListener("pointerdown", toLocal);
    host.addEventListener("pointerup", onUp);
    host.addEventListener("pointerleave", onLeave);
    host.addEventListener("pointercancel", onLeave);

    const refit = () => {
      if (!alive) return;
      size();
      kick();
    };
    const ro = new ResizeObserver(refit);
    ro.observe(host);
    const io = new IntersectionObserver(
      (entries) => {
        visible = entries[entries.length - 1].isIntersecting;
        kick();
      },
      { rootMargin: "120px" },
    );
    io.observe(host);
    const fonts = document.fonts;
    fonts?.addEventListener?.("loadingdone", refit);
    fonts?.ready.then(refit);
    const onVis = () => kick();
    document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", onVis);

    scan();
    size();

    return () => {
      alive = false;
      cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
      wakeRef.current = () => {};
      rescanRef.current = () => {};
      syncRef.current = () => {};
      host.removeEventListener("pointermove", toLocal);
      host.removeEventListener("pointerdown", toLocal);
      host.removeEventListener("pointerup", onUp);
      host.removeEventListener("pointerleave", onLeave);
      host.removeEventListener("pointercancel", onLeave);
      ro.disconnect();
      io.disconnect();
      fonts?.removeEventListener?.("loadingdone", refit);
      document.removeEventListener("visibilitychange", onVis);
    };
  }, [hostRef, reduced]);

  // New letters or new text: find them, size the flush lines again, and let the springs run.
  useEffect(() => {
    rescanRef.current();
  }, [key]);

  // After every render: React owns each letter's first style, the engine owns every one after.
  useEffect(() => {
    syncRef.current();
  });

  return wake;
}

/** Splits text into letters (spaces kept as non-breaking, so a flush line never wraps). */
function lettersOf(text: string): string[] {
  return Array.from(text).map((ch) => (ch === " " ? "\u00a0" : ch));
}

/**
 * One line of letters for the engine. `flush` sets it exactly as wide as its
 * box; lines in the same `group` share one size, so they stand at one cap
 * height and differ only in width. The letters are aria-hidden: name the
 * line on its parent (an h1's aria-label, a button's text).
 */
function KtLine({
  text,
  rest,
  flush = false,
  group,
  max,
  tag,
  className,
  style,
}: {
  text: string;
  rest: KtAxes | ((i: number) => KtAxes);
  flush?: boolean;
  group?: string;
  /** Largest size a flush line may take, px. */
  max?: number;
  tag?: (i: number) => string;
  /** Classes on the line; give a flush line its first size here (for example "text-[18cqw]"), the engine then sets it in px. */
  className?: string;
  style?: CSSProperties;
}) {
  const letters = lettersOf(text);
  const glyph = (ch: string, i: number) => (
    <span key={i} data-kt-g="" data-kt-tag={tag?.(i)} className="inline-block whitespace-pre" style={{ fontVariationSettings: fvs(typeof rest === "function" ? rest(i) : rest) }}>
      {ch}
    </span>
  );
  // A free line may wrap, but only between words: each word is one unbreakable run of letters.
  const words: ReactNode[] = [];
  if (!flush) {
    let i = 0;
    text.split(" ").forEach((word, w) => {
      if (w > 0) {
        words.push(" ");
        i++;
      }
      const start = i;
      words.push(
        <span key={"w" + w} className="inline-block whitespace-nowrap">
          {Array.from(word).map((ch, j) => glyph(ch, start + j))}
        </span>,
      );
      i += Array.from(word).length;
    });
  }
  return (
    <span
      data-kt-line={flush ? "flush" : "free"}
      data-kt-group={group}
      data-kt-max={max}
      className={(flush ? "block whitespace-nowrap " : "") + (className ?? "")}
      style={{ fontFamily: DISPLAY, ...style }}
    >
      <span data-kt-run="" aria-hidden className={flush ? "inline-block" : undefined}>
        {flush ? letters.map(glyph) : words}
      </span>
    </span>
  );
}

/** Pressure: 1 under the pointer, falling off as a gaussian over `reach` sizes of the line's type (wider than tall). */
function pressureAt(l: KtLetter, f: KtFrame, reach = 1.1): number {
  if (f.px === null || f.py === null) return 0;
  const r = Math.max(24, l.size * reach);
  const dx = (l.x - f.px) / r;
  const dy = (l.y - f.py) / (r * 1.4);
  return Math.exp(-(dx * dx + dy * dy));
}

/** A lean from the pointer's sideways speed: letters slant into a fast sweep and spring back. */
function leanOf(f: KtFrame, p: number): number {
  return -clamp(Math.abs(f.vx) / 900, 0, 1) * 10 * Math.min(1, p * 1.6);
}

export type KtSessionKind = "workshop" | "talk" | "keynote";

/** A session's kind is set in its title: a workshop quiet and narrow, a talk set, a keynote loud and wide. */
const KIND_AXES: Record<KtSessionKind, KtAxes> = {
  workshop: ax(220, 76),
  talk: ax(440, 100),
  keynote: ax(700, 132, 36),
};

const KIND_LABEL: Record<KtSessionKind, string> = { workshop: "Workshop", talk: "Talk", keynote: "Keynote" };

/** Splits a title into two balanced lines at a space, unless the author set the break with "/". */
function titleLines(title: string): string[] {
  if (title.includes("/")) return title.split("/").map((l) => l.trim()).filter(Boolean);
  const words = title.trim().split(/\s+/);
  if (words.length < 2 || title.length < 14) return [title.trim()];
  let best = 1;
  let gap = Infinity;
  for (let i = 1; i < words.length; i++) {
    const d = Math.abs(words.slice(0, i).join(" ").length - words.slice(i).join(" ").length);
    if (d < gap) {
      gap = d;
      best = i;
    }
  }
  return [words.slice(0, best).join(" "), words.slice(best).join(" ")];
}

export type AxisSessionCardProps = {
  kind: KtSessionKind;
  /** The title; "/" sets a line break, otherwise it breaks into two balanced lines. */
  title: string;
  speaker: string;
  time: string;
  venue?: string;
  day?: string;
  href?: string;
  palette?: KtPaletteName;
  tone?: KtTone;
  className?: string;
};

/**
 * A programme card whose title is set by what the session is: a workshop is
 * quiet and narrow, a talk is set, a keynote is loud, wide and high contrast,
 * so a grid of them reads as a legend before a word is read. The title's
 * lines stand flush at one cap height. Hover or focus pushes the title one
 * notch further into its own kind, the letters under the pointer swell and
 * lean while their neighbours condense, and the arrow steps forward (320ms).
 */
export function AxisSessionCard({ kind, title, speaker, time, venue, day, href = "#", palette = "cobalt", tone = "paper", className }: AxisSessionCardProps) {
  const t = toneOf(tone);
  const accent = accentOf(palette, tone);
  const rest = KIND_AXES[kind] ?? KIND_AXES.talk;
  const hostRef = useRef<HTMLAnchorElement>(null);
  const lit = useRef(false);
  const lines = titleLines(title);
  const wake = useKinetic(
    hostRef,
    {
      rest: () => rest,
      target: (l, f) => {
        const up = lit.current ? ax(Math.min(900, rest.wght + 260), rest.wdth + 18, Math.min(85, rest.CTRS + 40)) : rest;
        const p = pressureAt(l, f, 1.3);
        return { a: mixAxes(up, ax(900, rest.wdth + 60, 80, leanOf(f, p)), p), load: Math.max(lit.current ? 0.3 : 0, p) };
      },
      ink: t.ink,
      accent,
    },
    title + kind,
  );
  const light = (on: boolean) => {
    lit.current = on;
    wake();
  };
  const vars = { background: t.ground, color: t.ink, borderColor: t.line2, "--kt-ring": accent, "--kt-accent": accent } as CSSProperties;
  return (
    <>
      <style>{FOCUS_CSS + ".kt-card:hover .kt-arrow,.kt-card:focus-visible .kt-arrow{transform:translateX(6px);color:var(--kt-accent)}"}</style>
      <a
        ref={hostRef}
        data-kt-host=""
        href={safeHref(href)}
        className={"kt-scope kt-card @container group flex h-full flex-col rounded-[12px] border p-6 outline-none " + (className ?? "")}
        style={vars}
        onPointerEnter={() => light(true)}
        onPointerLeave={() => light(false)}
        onFocus={() => light(true)}
        onBlur={() => light(false)}
      >
        <span className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.16em]" style={{ fontFamily: MONO, color: t.ink2 }}>
          <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-2">
            <span aria-hidden className="inline-block size-2" style={{ background: kind === "keynote" ? accent : "transparent", border: `1.5px solid ${kind === "keynote" ? accent : t.ink2}`, borderRadius: kind === "workshop" ? 999 : 0 }} />
            {KIND_LABEL[kind] ?? "Talk"}
          </span>
          <span className="tabular-nums">{[day, time].filter(Boolean).join(" · ")}</span>
        </span>
        <span className="mb-6 mt-7 block uppercase" style={{ lineHeight: 0.9 }}>
          <span className="sr-only">{title.replace(/\//g, " ")}</span>
          {lines.map((line, i) => (
            <KtLine key={i} text={line} rest={rest} flush group="title" className="text-[11cqw]" />
          ))}
        </span>
        <span className="mt-auto flex items-end justify-between gap-4 border-t pt-4" style={{ borderColor: t.line }}>
          <span className="min-w-0">
            <span className="block truncate text-[15px] font-medium" style={{ fontFamily: SANS }}>
              {speaker}
            </span>
            {venue ? (
              <span className="mt-1 block truncate text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.14em]" style={{ fontFamily: MONO, color: t.ink3 }}>
                {venue}
              </span>
            ) : null}
          </span>
          <span aria-hidden className="kt-arrow text-[20px] leading-none transition-[transform,color] duration-300" style={{ transitionTimingFunction: EASE }}>
            →
          </span>
        </span>
      </a>
    </>
  );
}
Notes

About this component

A card for a programme, a schedule or a catalogue where the type carries the meaning before a word is read. A session's kind sets its title: a workshop is quiet and narrow, a talk is set, a keynote is loud, wide and high contrast, so a grid of cards reads as a legend at a glance. The title breaks into two balanced lines (or where you put a slash) and both stand flush at one cap height. Hover or focus pushes the title one notch further into its own kind and lights it in the accent, the letters under the pointer swell and lean while their neighbours condense to keep the lines flush, and the arrow steps forward. Speaker, room, day and time sit below in reading and mono type.

Curator’s note

The Kinetic Type kit's card (slot 4), cut from kinetic-type-site, where it sets the programme. Free: the kind picks the title's axes, and the title's lines are flush at one size.

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