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No.187 · Footers

Index Footer

A footer set like the index at the back of a book: entries with dotted leaders running to their numbers, and pointing at one lets the rest of the page fall quiet.

The prompt

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Design a footer set like the index at the back of a book. A large italic Instrument Serif 'Index' heading with a small note, a hairline, then four columns grouped under accent serif letters (A, C, M, W). Each link is an index entry: the term, a dotted leader that stretches to fill the line (a repeating radial-gradient dot, 5px pitch), and a mono reference — a count, a year, a page, a timezone — something that means something for that link. Hovering or focusing any entry dims every other entry to 32% (using :has on the grid) so the line you're reading stands alone; its reference turns accent. The colophon at the bottom states the year, owner and the typefaces it's set in. Columns go 4 → 2 → 1 with container queries.

Notes

Interaction
Hover or tab through entries — the one you're on stays lit while the rest fall quiet.
Motion
Opacity 320ms and colour 220ms transitions only.
Accessibility
A <footer> with labelled sections and real links; focus-visible gives the same isolation plus an accent underline. Reduced motion removes transitions.
Responsive
Container queries: 4 columns, then 2 below 52rem, 1 below 26rem.
On touch
Entries are ordinary links on touch; the dotted leaders keep them scannable.

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