diff --git a/src/features/CompareBoard/index.ts b/src/features/CompareBoard/index.ts
index 7109a36..0477963 100644
--- a/src/features/CompareBoard/index.ts
+++ b/src/features/CompareBoard/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export { fitColumns } from './lib';
 export {
     __resetBoard,
     type BoardStore,
+    FRAME_ROLE_GAP,
     getBoard,
     MAX_COLUMNS,
     type RoleTypography,
diff --git a/src/features/CompareBoard/model/index.ts b/src/features/CompareBoard/model/index.ts
index 770145f..ac29d08 100644
--- a/src/features/CompareBoard/model/index.ts
+++ b/src/features/CompareBoard/model/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-export { MAX_COLUMNS } from './const/const';
+export {
+    FRAME_ROLE_GAP,
+    MAX_COLUMNS,
+} from './const/const';
 export {
     __resetBoard,
     type BoardStore,
diff --git a/src/widgets/Board/ui/FocalFrame/FocalFrame.stories.svelte b/src/widgets/Board/ui/FocalFrame/FocalFrame.stories.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..679fa1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/Board/ui/FocalFrame/FocalFrame.stories.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<script module>
+import { defineMeta } from '@storybook/addon-svelte-csf';
+import FocalFrame from './FocalFrame.svelte';
+
+const { Story } = defineMeta({
+    title: 'Widgets/Board/FocalFrame',
+    component: FocalFrame,
+    parameters: {
+        docs: {
+            description: {
+                component:
+                    "The constant-size focal pairing (header over body, each in its own font). Height is reserved from the board store's Pretext measurement before paint. Reads the board singleton, which self-seeds a curated pairing from the catalog.",
+            },
+            story: { inline: false },
+        },
+    },
+});
+</script>
+
+<Story name="Default">
+    {#snippet template()}
+        <div style="max-width: 900px; margin: 2rem auto; padding: 0 1rem;">
+            <FocalFrame />
+        </div>
+    {/snippet}
+</Story>
diff --git a/src/widgets/Board/ui/FocalFrame/FocalFrame.svelte b/src/widgets/Board/ui/FocalFrame/FocalFrame.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e40bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/Board/ui/FocalFrame/FocalFrame.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!--
+    Component: FocalFrame
+    The constant-size focal pairing: header RoleField over body RoleField, each in
+    its own font. The frame's height is reserved from the board's Pretext-measured
+    `focalFrameHeight` BEFORE content paints — this is the zero-shift mechanism, so
+    cycling candidates of equal typography never reflows. Sizes are absolute px
+    (honest measure), never cqi/clamp.
+-->
+<script lang="ts">
+import {
+    FontApplicator,
+    type UnifiedFont,
+    getFontLifecycleManager,
+} from '$entities/Font';
+import type { Role } from '$entities/Pairing';
+import {
+    FRAME_ROLE_GAP,
+    getBoard,
+} from '$features/CompareBoard';
+import RoleField from '../RoleField/RoleField.svelte';
+
+const board = getBoard();
+const lifecycle = getFontLifecycleManager();
+
+let frameWidth = $state(0);
+
+const focal = $derived(board.focal);
+const fonts = $derived(focal ? board.resolvePairingFonts(focal) : { header: undefined, body: undefined });
+// Reserve the measured height up front; 0 (unmeasured) leaves the frame to grow
+// naturally until the warm measurement lands.
+const reservedHeight = $derived(board.focalFrameHeight(frameWidth));
+</script>
+
+<div
+    class="flex w-full flex-col"
+    style:gap="{FRAME_ROLE_GAP}px"
+    style:min-height={reservedHeight > 0 ? `${reservedHeight}px` : undefined}
+    bind:clientWidth={frameWidth}
+>
+    {#if focal}
+        {@render roleBlock('header', fonts.header)}
+        {@render roleBlock('body', fonts.body)}
+    {/if}
+</div>
+
+{#snippet roleBlock(role: Role, font: UnifiedFont | undefined)}
+    {@const typo = board.typo[role]}
+    {#if font}
+        <FontApplicator {font} status={lifecycle.getFontStatus(font.id, typo.weight, font.features?.isVariable)}>
+            <RoleField
+                {role}
+                text={board.specimen[role]}
+                fontName={font.name}
+                size={typo.size}
+                weight={typo.weight}
+                leading={typo.leading}
+                tracking={typo.tracking}
+                oncommit={text => board.setSpecimen(role, text)}
+            />
+        </FontApplicator>
+    {:else}
+        <!-- Font not yet resolved: render in system font so the field stays live. -->
+        <RoleField
+            {role}
+            text={board.specimen[role]}
+            fontName="system-ui"
+            size={typo.size}
+            weight={typo.weight}
+            leading={typo.leading}
+            tracking={typo.tracking}
+            oncommit={text => board.setSpecimen(role, text)}
+        />
+    {/if}
+{/snippet}