11. Typography rules and editorial context

Typography analyzes enabled rules from the scoped snapshot. It is not a grammar service, spellchecker or fact checker. The current rule registry contains 26 rule IDs, rather than the Avellio 1.1 reporting vocabulary.

Family	Examples in this build
Basic spacing and repetition	Repeated spaces, repeated words, trailing spaces, spaces before punctuation
Quotes and punctuation	Straight/smart quotes, three-dot ellipsis, punctuation spacing, inverted punctuation, repeated punctuation, dash usage
Language and semantic conventions	Number–unit spacing, one-letter word breaks, prepositions, dates, number formats, currency, abbreviations, capitalization
Composition and structure	Hyphen ladders, soft returns, empty paragraphs, manual indents, repeated tabs, explicit layout breaks, Japanese/Korean line boundaries

Rule availability does not imply equal confidence in every language or structure. Review the context and active locale. Three dots may be literal code; a manual break may be a deliberate title; a repeated word may be editorially valid. Work on the text deliberately in InDesign when the inspector offers no supported correction. The 1.1 Safe Clean menu and its report families must not be assumed to exist unchanged in this UXP workflow.

Read the new Typography recommendation

The findings row shows compact advice; select the finding for the full explanation. Suggested replacement contains Found and Suggested samples. Review in context provides a next step without guessing replacement text. Neither card applies or copies a correction.

Read Text locale as the language/region used for analysis, independently of the interface language. und means language-neutral. Locale date order explains a convention; Observed dominant pattern records usage in comparable text, not a mandatory editorial standard.

The sample legend is ␠ ordinary space, ⍽ nonbreaking space (ordinary or narrow), ⇥ tab and ↵ break. These symbols visualize existing text; do not type them into production copy. An exact sample can be shorter than the surrounding sentence; read the document context too.

Concrete proposals are limited to runs of ordinary spaces, exactly three periods, and supported unambiguous calendar-valid dates with a four-digit year. For example, an en-US date-order finding may propose 23/10/2026 → 10/23/2026, retaining the separator. 03/04/2026 is ambiguous and receives advice without a guessed replacement. This does not verify that the date is factually correct. Quotes, units, numbers, names and other rules receive specific contextual guidance.

After document or policy changes, Rescan to refresh this recommendation replaces outdated advice. A missing proposal is a valid outcome. Review the meaning, locate the occurrence, edit manually when justified, then inspect again. Marking a finding as addressed does not edit it.

Remember the rule colour

The coloured dot beside a rule uses the same RGB value as the current plugin's Typography indicators. Colour identifies a rule; urgency is stated separately. Some rules share a colour. Always read the name. The atlas expands each row into a concrete example, a possible editorial outcome, an intentional exception and a verification step. Its examples do not promise an automatic text correction.

Style Map identity colours, frequency scales, override categories and White Space river severity have separate meanings. Use their own explanations rather than treating every colour as the same legend.

Current rule reference

The default urgency below comes from the current registry. A saved team standard can change urgency and enabled rules. These are detection/review rules, not a list of automatic text-replacement commands.

Rule ID	Default	What to review
Repeated spaces `DOUBLE_SPACE`	Medium	Repeated normal spaces; distinguish deliberate alignment from accidental spacing.
Repeated word `REPEATED_WORD`	High	Adjacent repeated words; verify meaning before deleting one.
Straight quote `STRAIGHT_QUOTE`	Low	Straight quotation marks in prose; code and measurements need context.
Three-dot ellipsis `ELLIPSIS_SEQUENCE`	Low	Three separate dots where an ellipsis may be intended.
Number–unit spacing `UNIT_SPACE`	Medium	Number–unit spacing under the resolved language convention.
Trailing space `TRAILING_SPACE`	Low	Spaces at a line/paragraph boundary that may be production debris.
Hyphen ladder `HYPHEN_LADDER`	Medium	Repeated hyphenated line endings in the composed text.
Space before punctuation `SPACE_BEFORE_PUNCTUATION`	Medium	Extra preceding spaces, accounting for locale-specific punctuation.
Czech one-letter break `CZECH_SINGLE_LETTER_BREAK`	Medium	One-letter word breaks and configured short-word house style.
Locale quote style `SMART_QUOTE`	Medium	Quote pairing/orientation under the active locale.
Space after punctuation `PUNC_SPACE_AFTER`	Medium	Punctuation-following spacing and the surrounding token context.
One-letter word break `PREPOSITION`	Medium	Supported short preposition/word breaks that require contextual review.
Inverted punctuation `INVERTED_PUNCTUATION`	Medium	Opening inverted punctuation in supported Spanish contexts.
Date format `DATE_FORMAT`	Low	Date-pattern consistency and locale expectations, not factual date validity.
Number format `NUM_FORMAT`	Low	Decimal/grouping conventions and mixed numeric presentation.
Currency format `CURRENCY_LOGIC`	Medium	Currency symbol/code placement and spacing.
Abbreviation logic `ABBR_LOGIC`	Low	Abbreviation spacing and relevant numeric/unit contexts.
Capitalization logic `CAPS_LOGIC`	Low	Comparable capitalization patterns; editorial intent remains decisive.
Repeated punctuation `REPEATED_PUNCTUATION`	Low	Repeated punctuation; expressive or quoted usage may be intentional.
Dash usage `DASH_USAGE`	Low	Hyphen/dash usage in prose and numeric-range contexts.
Forced line break `SOFT_RETURN`	Low	Forced line breaks that may interfere with normal composition.
Empty paragraph `EMPTY_PARAGRAPH`	Medium	Empty or whitespace-only paragraphs used instead of spacing policy.
Manual indent `MANUAL_INDENT`	Medium	Leading spaces/tabs that may replace paragraph indentation.
Repeated tabs `CONSECUTIVE_TAB`	Medium	Repeated tabs that may create fragile alignment.
Special layout break `LAYOUT_BREAK`	Low	Explicit column/page/frame breaks; assess their layout purpose.
Japanese/Korean line boundary `CJK_LINE_BREAK`	Medium	Supported Japanese/Korean prohibited line-boundary contexts.