feat(Board): add CandidateCard mini switcher

Reviewed-on: #50

e2e/preview-text.test.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { windowSizeForLine } from '../src/entities/Font/domain/windowSizeForLine/windowSizeForLine';
 import {
     expect,
     test,
@@ -5,12 +6,22 @@ import {
 
 test.describe('preview text', () => {
     test('drives the slider character rendering', async ({ comparison }) => {
+        /**
+         * Must stay a single unwrapped line of ASCII: the assertion feeds
+         * `text.length` (UTF-16 code units) to `windowSizeForLine`, but the
+         * renderer feeds it the line's grapheme count. They match only for
+         * plain ASCII — emoji/combining marks (length > graphemes) or wrapping
+         * (one input string splitting into several lines) silently desync them.
+         */
+        const text = 'Sphinx';
         await comparison.pickPair('Inter', 'Roboto');
-        await comparison.setPreviewText('Sphinx');
+        await comparison.setPreviewText(text);
 
-        // Each grapheme renders as a `.char-wrap` cell in the slider once
-        // both fonts are loaded. Six glyphs → six cells.
-        await expect(comparison.slider.locator('.char-wrap')).toHaveCount(6);
+        // Window chars render as `.char-wrap` cells for crossfade. The window
+        // size is a pure function of the line's grapheme count — assert against
+        // the rule, not a hardcoded constant, so tuning the policy can't silently
+        // break this. "Sphinx" is one unwrapped line of 6 graphemes.
+        await expect(comparison.slider.locator('.char-wrap')).toHaveCount(windowSizeForLine(text.length));
     });
 
     test('preserves the typed value in the input', async ({ comparison }) => {

package.json

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": [
     "*.css",
-    "**/router.ts",
-    "**/bindings.svelte.ts"
+    "**/router.ts"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",

src/app/providers/QueryProvider.svelte

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     descendants of this provider.
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
-import { queryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { getQueryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
 import { QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/svelte-query';
 import type { Snippet } from 'svelte';
 
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 let { children }: Props = $props();
+
+// First call to the lazy singleton — constructs the shared client for the app.
+const queryClient = getQueryClient();
 </script>
 
 <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>

src/entities/Font/api/proxy/proxyFonts.test.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ vi.mock('$shared/api/api', () => ({
 }));
 
 import { api } from '$shared/api/api';
-import { queryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { getQueryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+
+const queryClient = getQueryClient();
 import { fontKeys } from '$shared/api/queryKeys';
 import { FontResponseError } from '../../lib/errors/errors';
 import {

src/entities/Font/api/proxy/proxyFonts.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 import { api } from '$shared/api/api';
-import { queryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { getQueryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
 import { fontKeys } from '$shared/api/queryKeys';
 import { buildQueryString } from '$shared/lib/utils';
 import type { QueryParams } from '$shared/lib/utils';
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import type { UnifiedFont } from '../../model/types';
  */
 export function seedFontCache(fonts: UnifiedFont[]): void {
     fonts.forEach(font => {
-        queryClient.setQueryData(fontKeys.detail(font.id), font);
+        getQueryClient().setQueryData(fontKeys.detail(font.id), font);
     });
 }
 

src/entities/Font/domain/index.ts

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ export {
     findSplitIndex,
     type LineRenderModel,
 } from './computeLineRenderModel/computeLineRenderModel';
+export { windowSizeForLine } from './windowSizeForLine/windowSizeForLine';

src/entities/Font/domain/windowSizeForLine/windowSizeForLine.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { windowSizeForLine } from './windowSizeForLine';
+
+describe('windowSizeForLine', () => {
+    it('returns 0 for an empty or non-positive line', () => {
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(0)).toBe(0);
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(-3)).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('floors non-empty short lines at the minimum window of 1', () => {
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(1)).toBe(1);
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(2)).toBe(1);
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(3)).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('scales with round(n / 3) in the mid range', () => {
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(6)).toBe(2);
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(12)).toBe(4);
+    });
+
+    it('caps at the maximum window of 5', () => {
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(15)).toBe(5);
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(16)).toBe(5);
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(100)).toBe(5);
+    });
+
+    it('rounds to nearest at fractional boundaries', () => {
+        // round(4/3)=1, round(5/3)=2, round(13/3)=4, round(14/3)=5
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(4)).toBe(1);
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(5)).toBe(2);
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(13)).toBe(4);
+        expect(windowSizeForLine(14)).toBe(5);
+    });
+});

src/entities/Font/domain/windowSizeForLine/windowSizeForLine.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * Crossfade-window sizing policy for the dual-font slider.
+ *
+ * The slider renders a band of per-char `Character` cells that opacity-crossfade
+ * between the two fonts; everything outside the band is committed native bulk
+ * text. A fixed band looked wrong on short lines — a 6-grapheme line left almost
+ * no bulk, so nearly the whole line shimmered as per-char DOM. The band size
+ * therefore scales with the line's grapheme count and caps so long lines don't
+ * pay for an oversized per-char DOM band.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Fraction of a line's graphemes that sit in the crossfade band.
+ */
+const WINDOW_RATIO = 1 / 3;
+/**
+ * Smallest band for a non-empty line — guarantees at least one crossfading char.
+ *
+ * Accepted tradeoff: short lines now get a band of 1–2, so a fast slider drag
+ * can unmount a char before its ~100ms opacity crossfade finishes, a slight pop.
+ * Worth it for the "bulk committed, small band shimmering" look on short lines;
+ * raising this trades that pop back for less committed bulk.
+ */
+const WINDOW_MIN = 1;
+/**
+ * Largest band regardless of line length — bounds per-char DOM cost.
+ */
+const WINDOW_MAX = 5;
+
+/**
+ * Crossfade window size, in graphemes, for a line of `n` graphemes.
+ * `clamp(round(n / 3), 1, 5)`; an empty/non-positive line gets no window.
+ */
+export function windowSizeForLine(n: number): number {
+    if (n <= 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return Math.min(WINDOW_MAX, Math.max(WINDOW_MIN, Math.round(n * WINDOW_RATIO)));
+}

src/entities/Font/index.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export {
     computeLineRenderModel,
     DualFontLayout,
     findSplitIndex,
+    windowSizeForLine,
 } from './domain';
 export type {
     ComparisonLine,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export type { FontRowSizeResolverOptions } from './lib';
 
 export {
     FontApplicator,
+    FontSampler,
     FontVirtualList,
 } from './ui';
 

src/entities/Font/model/store/fontCatalogStore/fontCatalogStore.svelte.spec.ts

@@ -27,18 +27,21 @@ vi.mock('$shared/api/queryClient', async importOriginal => {
      */
     const { QueryClient } = await import('@tanstack/query-core');
     const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('$shared/api/queryClient')>();
+    const mockClient = new QueryClient({
+        defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: 0, gcTime: 0 } },
+    });
     return {
         ...actual,
-        queryClient: new QueryClient({
-            defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: 0, gcTime: 0 } },
-        }),
+        getQueryClient: () => mockClient,
     };
 });
 vi.mock('../../../api', () => ({ fetchProxyFonts: vi.fn() }));
 
-import { queryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { getQueryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
 import { fetchProxyFonts } from '../../../api';
 
+const queryClient = getQueryClient();
+
 const fetch = fetchProxyFonts as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 
 type FontPage = { fonts: UnifiedFont[]; total: number; limit: number; offset: number };

src/entities/Font/model/store/fontCatalogStore/fontCatalogStore.svelte.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import {
     DEFAULT_QUERY_GC_TIME_MS,
     DEFAULT_QUERY_STALE_TIME_MS,
-    queryClient,
+    getQueryClient,
 } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { createSingleton } from '$shared/lib/helpers/createSingleton/createSingleton';
 import {
     type InfiniteData,
     InfiniteQueryObserver,
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export class FontCatalogStore {
         readonly unknown[],
         PageParam
     >;
-    #qc = queryClient;
+    #qc = getQueryClient();
     #unsubscribe: () => void;
 
     constructor(params: FontStoreParams = {}) {
@@ -483,14 +484,12 @@ export class FontCatalogStore {
     }
 }
 
-let _catalog: FontCatalogStore | undefined;
+const catalog = createSingleton(
+    () => new FontCatalogStore({ limit: 50 }),
+    instance => instance.destroy(),
+);
 
-export function getFontCatalog(): FontCatalogStore {
-    return (_catalog ??= new FontCatalogStore({ limit: 50 }));
-}
+export const getFontCatalog = catalog.get;
 
 // test-only reset, so specs don't share a live observer
-export function __resetFontCatalog() {
-    _catalog?.destroy();
-    _catalog = undefined;
-}
+export const __resetFontCatalog = catalog.reset;

src/entities/Font/model/store/fontLifecycleManager/fontLifecycleManager.svelte.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createSingleton } from '$shared/lib/helpers/createSingleton/createSingleton';
 import { SvelteMap } from 'svelte/reactivity';
 import {
     type FontLoadRequestConfig,
@@ -419,18 +420,16 @@ export class FontLifecycleManager {
     }
 }
 
-let _fontLifecycleManager: FontLifecycleManager | undefined;
-
 /**
  * App-wide font lifecycle manager, created on first access. Lazy so its
  * AbortController / FontFace bookkeeping isn't set up at module load.
  */
-export function getFontLifecycleManager(): FontLifecycleManager {
-    return (_fontLifecycleManager ??= new FontLifecycleManager());
-}
+const fontLifecycleManager = createSingleton(
+    () => new FontLifecycleManager(),
+    instance => instance.destroy(),
+);
+
+export const getFontLifecycleManager = fontLifecycleManager.get;
 
 // test-only reset, so specs don't share loaded-font/eviction state
-export function __resetFontLifecycleManager() {
-    _fontLifecycleManager?.destroy();
-    _fontLifecycleManager = undefined;
-}
+export const __resetFontLifecycleManager = fontLifecycleManager.reset;

src/entities/Font/model/store/fontsByIdsStore/fontsByIdsStore.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { queryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { getQueryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+
+const queryClient = getQueryClient();
 import { fontKeys } from '$shared/api/queryKeys';
 import {
     beforeEach,

src/entities/Font/testing/fonts.mock.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * ============================================================================
- * MOCK FONT DATA
- * ============================================================================
- *
- * Factory functions and preset mock data for fonts.
+ * Mock font data: factory functions and preset fixtures.
  * Used in Storybook stories, tests, and development.
  *
  * ## Usage

src/entities/Font/testing/index.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * ============================================================================
- * MOCK DATA HELPERS - MAIN EXPORT
- * ============================================================================
- *
+ * Mock data helpers (main export).
  * Comprehensive mock data for Storybook stories, tests, and development.
  *
  * ## Quick Start

src/entities/Font/ui/FontSampler/FontSampler.stories.svelte

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { defineMeta } from '@storybook/addon-svelte-csf';
 import FontSampler from './FontSampler.svelte';
 
 const { Story } = defineMeta({
-    title: 'Features/FontSampler',
+    title: 'Entities/Font/FontSampler',
     component: FontSampler,
     tags: ['autodocs'],
     parameters: {
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const { Story } = defineMeta({
 </script>
 
 <script lang="ts">
-import type { UnifiedFont } from '$entities/Font';
 import type { ComponentProps } from 'svelte';
+import type { UnifiedFont } from '../../model/types';
 
 // Mock fonts for testing
 const mockArial: UnifiedFont = {
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ const mockGeorgia: UnifiedFont = {
         isVariable: false,
     },
 };
+
+// Stand-in for the AdjustTypography store the composing widget injects.
+const mockTypography = {
+    renderedSize: 48,
+    weight: 400,
+    height: 1.5,
+    spacing: 0,
+};
 </script>
 
 <Story
@@ -93,6 +101,7 @@ const mockGeorgia: UnifiedFont = {
         status: 'loaded',
         text: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog',
         index: 0,
+        typography: mockTypography,
     }}
 >
     {#snippet template(args: ComponentProps<typeof FontSampler>)}
@@ -111,6 +120,7 @@ const mockGeorgia: UnifiedFont = {
         text:
             'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.',
         index: 1,
+        typography: mockTypography,
     }}
 >
     {#snippet template(args: ComponentProps<typeof FontSampler>)}

src/entities/Font/ui/FontSampler/FontSampler.svelte

@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
     Visual design matches FontCard: sharp corners, red hover accent, header stats.
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
-import {
-    FontApplicator,
-    type FontLoadStatus,
-    type UnifiedFont,
-} from '$entities/Font';
-import { getTypographySettingsStore } from '$features/AdjustTypography/model';
 import {
     Badge,
     ContentEditable,
@@ -18,6 +12,35 @@ import {
     Stat,
 } from '$shared/ui';
 import { fly } from 'svelte/transition';
+import type {
+    FontLoadStatus,
+    UnifiedFont,
+} from '../../model/types';
+import FontApplicator from '../FontApplicator/FontApplicator.svelte';
+
+/**
+ * Minimal typography contract this view renders with. The AdjustTypography
+ * store satisfies it structurally; defining it here keeps the entity decoupled
+ * from that feature (no entity -> feature import).
+ */
+interface FontSampleTypography {
+    /**
+     * Rendered font size in px
+     */
+    renderedSize: number;
+    /**
+     * Numeric font weight
+     */
+    weight: number;
+    /**
+     * Line-height multiplier
+     */
+    height: number;
+    /**
+     * Letter spacing
+     */
+    spacing: number;
+}
 
 interface Props {
     /**
@@ -39,11 +62,15 @@ interface Props {
      * @default 0
      */
     index?: number;
+    /**
+     * Typography settings to render the sample with. Injected by the composing
+     * widget (which owns the AdjustTypography store) so this entity view stays
+     * decoupled from that feature — the same inversion as `status`.
+     */
+    typography: FontSampleTypography;
 }
 
-let { font, status, text = $bindable(), index = 0 }: Props = $props();
-
-const typographySettingsStore = getTypographySettingsStore();
+let { font, status, text = $bindable(), index = 0, typography }: Props = $props();
 
 // Extract provider badge with fallback
 const providerBadge = $derived(
@@ -52,10 +79,10 @@ const providerBadge = $derived(
 );
 
 const stats = $derived([
-    { label: 'SZ', value: `${typographySettingsStore.renderedSize}PX` },
-    { label: 'WGT', value: `${typographySettingsStore.weight}` },
-    { label: 'LH', value: typographySettingsStore.height?.toFixed(2) },
-    { label: 'LTR', value: `${typographySettingsStore.spacing}` },
+    { label: 'SZ', value: `${typography.renderedSize}PX` },
+    { label: 'WGT', value: `${typography.weight}` },
+    { label: 'LH', value: typography.height.toFixed(2) },
+    { label: 'LTR', value: `${typography.spacing}` },
 ]);
 </script>
 
@@ -73,9 +100,8 @@ const stats = $derived([
         min-h-60
         rounded-none
     "
-    style:font-weight={typographySettingsStore.weight}
+    style:font-weight={typography.weight}
 >
-    <!-- ── Header bar ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
     <div
         class="
             flex items-center justify-between
@@ -136,19 +162,18 @@ const stats = $derived([
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <!-- ── Main content area ──────────────────────────────────────────── -->
     <div class="flex-1 p-4 sm:p-5 md:p-8 flex items-center overflow-hidden bg-paper dark:bg-dark-card relative z-10">
         <FontApplicator {font} {status}>
             <ContentEditable
                 bind:text
-                fontSize={typographySettingsStore.renderedSize}
-                lineHeight={typographySettingsStore.height}
-                letterSpacing={typographySettingsStore.spacing}
+                fontSize={typography.renderedSize}
+                lineHeight={typography.height}
+                letterSpacing={typography.spacing}
             />
         </FontApplicator>
     </div>
 
-    <!-- ── Mobile stats footer (md:hidden — header stats take over above) -->
+    <!-- Mobile stats footer; md:hidden because the header stats take over above -->
     <div class="md:hidden px-4 sm:px-5 py-1.5 sm:py-2 border-t border-subtle flex gap-2 sm:gap-4 bg-paper dark:bg-dark-card mt-auto">
         {#each stats as stat, i}
             <Footnote class="text-5xs sm:text-4xs tracking-wider {i === 0 ? 'ml-auto' : ''}">
@@ -160,7 +185,6 @@ const stats = $derived([
         {/each}
     </div>
 
-    <!-- ── Red hover line ─────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
     <div
         class="
             absolute bottom-0 left-0 right-0

src/entities/Font/ui/index.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import FontApplicator from './FontApplicator/FontApplicator.svelte';
+import FontSampler from './FontSampler/FontSampler.svelte';
 import FontVirtualList from './FontVirtualList/FontVirtualList.svelte';
 
 export {
     FontApplicator,
+    FontSampler,
     FontVirtualList,
 };

src/entities/Pairing/domain/comboKey/comboKey.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { comboKey } from './comboKey';
+
+describe('comboKey', () => {
+    it('derives a key from the two font ids', () => {
+        expect(comboKey({ id: 'x', headerFontId: 'Inter', bodyFontId: 'Lora' })).toBe('Inter|Lora');
+    });
+    it('ignores the surrogate id (content not identity)', () => {
+        const a = comboKey({ id: 'a', headerFontId: 'Inter', bodyFontId: 'Lora' });
+        const b = comboKey({ id: 'b', headerFontId: 'Inter', bodyFontId: 'Lora' });
+        expect(a).toBe(b);
+    });
+    it('is order-sensitive on role', () => {
+        expect(comboKey({ id: 'x', headerFontId: 'Lora', bodyFontId: 'Inter' })).toBe('Lora|Inter');
+    });
+});

src/entities/Pairing/domain/comboKey/comboKey.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import type { Pairing } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * Natural key describing a Pairing's current fonts (not its identity).
+ * Used for URL share-encoding and "is this combo already on the board" checks.
+ * Recomputed on swap; two cards may share a comboKey but never an id.
+ *
+ * @param pairing - The pairing whose fonts form the key (its `id` is ignored).
+ * @returns The `headerFontId|bodyFontId` key.
+ */
+export function comboKey(pairing: Pairing): string {
+    return `${pairing.headerFontId}|${pairing.bodyFontId}`;
+}

src/entities/Pairing/domain/createPairing/createPairing.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { createPairing } from './createPairing';
+
+describe('createPairing', () => {
+    it('builds a pairing from two font ids', () => {
+        const p = createPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        expect(p.headerFontId).toBe('Inter');
+        expect(p.bodyFontId).toBe('Lora');
+    });
+    it('generates a unique id each call (duplicates stay distinct)', () => {
+        const a = createPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        const b = createPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        expect(a.id).not.toBe(b.id);
+    });
+    it('accepts an explicit id for rehydration', () => {
+        expect(createPairing('Inter', 'Lora', 'fixed-id').id).toBe('fixed-id');
+    });
+});

src/entities/Pairing/domain/createPairing/createPairing.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import type { Pairing } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * Creates a Pairing with a fresh surrogate id (or a supplied one when
+ * rehydrating from storage). The id is identity, never content — two pairings
+ * with the same fonts are still distinct cards.
+ *
+ * @param headerFontId - Font entity id for the header role.
+ * @param bodyFontId - Font entity id for the body role.
+ * @param id - Explicit id for rehydration; defaults to a fresh UUID.
+ * @returns The new Pairing.
+ */
+export function createPairing(headerFontId: string, bodyFontId: string, id: string = crypto.randomUUID()): Pairing {
+    return { id, headerFontId, bodyFontId };
+}

src/entities/Pairing/domain/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { comboKey } from './comboKey/comboKey';
+export { createPairing } from './createPairing/createPairing';
+export { nextFocalId } from './nextFocalId/nextFocalId';

src/entities/Pairing/domain/nextFocalId/nextFocalId.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { nextFocalId } from './nextFocalId';
+
+const ids = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
+
+describe('nextFocalId', () => {
+    it('steps forward', () => {
+        expect(nextFocalId(ids, 'a', 1)).toBe('b');
+    });
+    it('steps backward', () => {
+        expect(nextFocalId(ids, 'b', -1)).toBe('a');
+    });
+    it('wraps forward at the end', () => {
+        expect(nextFocalId(ids, 'c', 1)).toBe('a');
+    });
+    it('wraps backward at the start', () => {
+        expect(nextFocalId(ids, 'a', -1)).toBe('c');
+    });
+    it('returns the only id when list has one', () => {
+        expect(nextFocalId(['solo'], 'solo', 1)).toBe('solo');
+    });
+    it('returns current when focal id is absent', () => {
+        expect(nextFocalId(ids, 'missing', 1)).toBe('missing');
+    });
+    it('returns null for an empty list', () => {
+        expect(nextFocalId([], 'x', 1)).toBeNull();
+    });
+});

src/entities/Pairing/domain/nextFocalId/nextFocalId.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * The id one step from `currentId` in board order, wrapping at both ends.
+ *
+ * @param orderedIds - Pairing ids in board order.
+ * @param currentId - The currently focal id to step from.
+ * @param direction - +1 for next, -1 for previous.
+ * @returns The neighbouring id (wrapped), `currentId` unchanged if it isn't in
+ * the list, or null for an empty list.
+ */
+export function nextFocalId(orderedIds: string[], currentId: string, direction: 1 | -1): string | null {
+    if (orderedIds.length === 0) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    const i = orderedIds.indexOf(currentId);
+    if (i === -1) {
+        return currentId;
+    }
+    const len = orderedIds.length;
+    const next = (i + direction + len) % len;
+    return orderedIds[next];
+}

src/entities/Pairing/domain/types/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export type {
+    Pairing,
+    Role,
+} from './pairing';

src/entities/Pairing/domain/types/pairing.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * A slot within a Pairing that a font fills.
+ */
+export type Role = 'header' | 'body';
+
+/**
+ * The atomic unit of comparison: a header font + a body font.
+ * Carries a surrogate `id` (stable for the card's life, never tracks content)
+ * and the two font ids it pairs. Text and typography are global to the Board,
+ * not stored here.
+ */
+export interface Pairing {
+    /**
+     * Surrogate key generated at creation, stable for the card's life.
+     * Distinguishes duplicates with identical fonts. Focal/cycling key on this.
+     */
+    id: string;
+    /**
+     * Font entity id filling the header role.
+     */
+    headerFontId: string;
+    /**
+     * Font entity id filling the body role.
+     */
+    bodyFontId: string;
+}

src/entities/Pairing/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export {
+    comboKey,
+    createPairing,
+    nextFocalId,
+} from './domain';
+export type {
+    Pairing,
+    Role,
+} from './model/types';

src/entities/Pairing/model/types/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export type {
+    Pairing,
+    Role,
+} from './pairing';

src/entities/Pairing/model/types/pairing.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Re-export of the Pairing identity types. The source of truth lives in
+ * `domain/types` so the pure domain segment can reference them without importing
+ * `model` (FSD+ domain isolation: ui -> model -> domain, never back).
+ */
+export type {
+    Pairing,
+    Role,
+} from '../../domain/types';

src/features/AdjustTypography/model/store/typographySettingsStore/typographySettingsStore.svelte.ts

@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ import {
     DEFAULT_FONT_WEIGHT,
     DEFAULT_LETTER_SPACING,
     DEFAULT_LINE_HEIGHT,
-} from '$entities/Font';
+    // Deep path (not the root barrel) on purpose: pulls only these pure
+    // constants, not the entity's UI/store graph (+ @tanstack) — keeps this
+    // feature store and its spec light at import. See audit D-1.
+} from '$entities/Font/model/const/const';
 import {
     type PersistentStore,
     createPersistentStore,
+    createSingleton,
 } from '$shared/lib';
 import type { NumericControl } from '$shared/ui';
 import { SvelteMap } from 'svelte/reactivity';
@@ -166,6 +170,7 @@ export class TypographySettingsStore {
      */
     destroy(): void {
         this.#disposeEffects();
+        this.#storage.destroy();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -348,22 +353,17 @@ export function createTypographySettingsStore(
 
 export type TypographySettingsStoreInstance = ReturnType<typeof createTypographySettingsStore>;
 
-let _typographySettingsStore: TypographySettingsStoreInstance | undefined;
-
 /**
  * App-wide typography settings store, keyed for the comparison view.
  * Created on first access so its persistent-store sync effects aren't set up
  * at module load.
  */
-export function getTypographySettingsStore(): TypographySettingsStoreInstance {
-    return (_typographySettingsStore ??= createTypographySettingsStore(
-        DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY_CONTROLS_DATA,
-        COMPARISON_STORAGE_KEY,
-    ));
-}
+const typographySettingsStore = createSingleton(
+    () => createTypographySettingsStore(DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY_CONTROLS_DATA, COMPARISON_STORAGE_KEY),
+    instance => instance.destroy(),
+);
+
+export const getTypographySettingsStore = typographySettingsStore.get;
 
 // test-only reset, so specs don't share persisted typography state or leak effects
-export function __resetTypographySettingsStore() {
-    _typographySettingsStore?.destroy();
-    _typographySettingsStore = undefined;
-}
+export const __resetTypographySettingsStore = typographySettingsStore.reset;

src/features/AdjustTypography/model/store/typographySettingsStore/typographySettingsStore.test.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
     DEFAULT_FONT_WEIGHT,
     DEFAULT_LETTER_SPACING,
     DEFAULT_LINE_HEIGHT,
-} from '$entities/Font';
+} from '$entities/Font/model/const/const';
 import {
     beforeEach,
     describe,
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ describe('TypographySettingsStore - Unit Tests', () => {
     let mockPersistentStore: {
         value: TypographySettings;
         clear: () => void;
+        destroy: () => void;
     };
 
     const createMockPersistentStore = (initialValue: TypographySettings) => {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ describe('TypographySettingsStore - Unit Tests', () => {
                     letterSpacing: DEFAULT_LETTER_SPACING,
                 };
             },
+            destroy() {},
         };
     };
 
@@ -535,6 +537,7 @@ describe('TypographySettingsStore - Unit Tests', () => {
                     mockStorage = v;
                 },
                 clear: clearSpy,
+                destroy() {},
             };
 
             const manager = new TypographySettingsStore(

src/features/Breadcrumb/model/store/scrollBreadcrumbsStore.svelte.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { createSingleton } from '$shared/lib/helpers/createSingleton/createSingleton';
+
 /**
  * Scroll-based breadcrumb tracking store
  *
@@ -279,17 +281,15 @@ export function createScrollBreadcrumbsStore(): ScrollBreadcrumbsStore {
     return new ScrollBreadcrumbsStore();
 }
 
-let _scrollBreadcrumbsStore: ScrollBreadcrumbsStore | undefined;
-
 /**
  * App-wide scroll breadcrumbs store, created on first access.
  */
-export function getScrollBreadcrumbsStore(): ScrollBreadcrumbsStore {
-    return (_scrollBreadcrumbsStore ??= createScrollBreadcrumbsStore());
-}
+const scrollBreadcrumbsStore = createSingleton(
+    () => createScrollBreadcrumbsStore(),
+    instance => instance.destroy(),
+);
+
+export const getScrollBreadcrumbsStore = scrollBreadcrumbsStore.get;
 
 // test-only reset, so specs don't share observer/scroll state
-export function __resetScrollBreadcrumbsStore() {
-    _scrollBreadcrumbsStore?.destroy();
-    _scrollBreadcrumbsStore = undefined;
-}
+export const __resetScrollBreadcrumbsStore = scrollBreadcrumbsStore.reset;

src/features/ChangeAppTheme/model/store/ThemeManager/ThemeManager.svelte.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
  * ```
  */
 
-import { createPersistentStore } from '$shared/lib';
+import {
+    createPersistentStore,
+    createSingleton,
+} from '$shared/lib';
 
 export const STORAGE_KEY = 'glyphdiff:theme';
 
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ class ThemeManager {
     destroy(): void {
         this.#mediaQuery?.removeEventListener('change', this.#systemChangeHandler);
         this.#mediaQuery = null;
+        this.#store.destroy();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -194,23 +198,18 @@ class ThemeManager {
     }
 }
 
-let _themeManager: ThemeManager | undefined;
-
 /**
  * App-wide theme manager, created on first access.
  *
  * Lazy so its persistent-store subscription isn't set up at module load.
  * Call init() on mount and destroy() on unmount (see Layout).
  */
-export function getThemeManager(): ThemeManager {
-    return (_themeManager ??= new ThemeManager());
-}
+const themeManager = createSingleton(() => new ThemeManager(), instance => instance.destroy());
+
+export const getThemeManager = themeManager.get;
 
 // test-only reset, so specs don't share persisted theme state
-export function __resetThemeManager() {
-    _themeManager?.destroy();
-    _themeManager = undefined;
-}
+export const __resetThemeManager = themeManager.reset;
 
 /**
  * ThemeManager class exported for testing purposes

src/features/CompareBoard/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export { fitColumns } from './lib';
+export {
+    __resetBoard,
+    type BoardStore,
+    FRAME_ROLE_GAP,
+    getBoard,
+    MAX_COLUMNS,
+    type RoleTypography,
+} from './model';

src/features/CompareBoard/lib/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export {
+    combineFrameHeight,
+    type CombineFrameHeightInput,
+    fitColumns,
+    type FitColumnsInput,
+    measureRoleHeight,
+    type RoleHeightInput,
+} from './measure';

src/features/CompareBoard/lib/measure/combineFrameHeight.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { combineFrameHeight } from './combineFrameHeight';
+
+describe('combineFrameHeight', () => {
+    it('sums header + gap + body block heights', () => {
+        expect(combineFrameHeight({ headerHeight: 60, bodyHeight: 200, gap: 24 })).toBe(284);
+    });
+    it('omits the gap when one block is empty (zero height)', () => {
+        expect(combineFrameHeight({ headerHeight: 0, bodyHeight: 200, gap: 24 })).toBe(200);
+        expect(combineFrameHeight({ headerHeight: 60, bodyHeight: 0, gap: 24 })).toBe(60);
+    });
+    it('is zero when both blocks are empty', () => {
+        expect(combineFrameHeight({ headerHeight: 0, bodyHeight: 0, gap: 24 })).toBe(0);
+    });
+});

src/features/CompareBoard/lib/measure/combineFrameHeight.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Inputs for combining a frame's two role blocks into one height.
+ */
+export interface CombineFrameHeightInput {
+    /**
+     * Measured header block height in px.
+     */
+    headerHeight: number;
+    /**
+     * Measured body block height in px.
+     */
+    bodyHeight: number;
+    /**
+     * Gap in px between the header and body blocks.
+     */
+    gap: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Total focal-frame height: header block + gap + body block. The gap only
+ * applies when both blocks have height — an empty role (no specimen text)
+ * contributes neither height nor a dangling gap.
+ *
+ * @param input - The two block heights and the inter-block gap.
+ * @returns The combined frame height in px.
+ */
+export function combineFrameHeight({ headerHeight, bodyHeight, gap }: CombineFrameHeightInput): number {
+    const gapApplies = headerHeight > 0 && bodyHeight > 0;
+    return headerHeight + bodyHeight + (gapApplies ? gap : 0);
+}

src/features/CompareBoard/lib/measure/fitColumns.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { fitColumns } from './fitColumns';
+
+describe('fitColumns', () => {
+    it('packs as many honest columns as fit, gap-aware', () => {
+        // each needs 600, gap 40, available 1280 -> 1 col=600, 2 cols=1240, 3=1880
+        expect(fitColumns({ naturalWidth: 600, available: 1280, gap: 40, maxColumns: 3 })).toBe(2);
+    });
+    it('never exceeds maxColumns even with room', () => {
+        expect(fitColumns({ naturalWidth: 100, available: 5000, gap: 20, maxColumns: 3 })).toBe(3);
+    });
+    it('never returns less than 1', () => {
+        expect(fitColumns({ naturalWidth: 9000, available: 300, gap: 20, maxColumns: 3 })).toBe(1);
+    });
+    it('fits a column at the exact boundary (inclusive)', () => {
+        // 2 cols: 2*600 + 1*40 = 1240 == available -> fits
+        expect(fitColumns({ naturalWidth: 600, available: 1240, gap: 40, maxColumns: 3 })).toBe(2);
+        // one px short -> only 1
+        expect(fitColumns({ naturalWidth: 600, available: 1239, gap: 40, maxColumns: 3 })).toBe(1);
+    });
+    it('respects a maxColumns of 1 even with unlimited room', () => {
+        expect(fitColumns({ naturalWidth: 100, available: 5000, gap: 20, maxColumns: 1 })).toBe(1);
+    });
+});

src/features/CompareBoard/lib/measure/fitColumns.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * Inputs for column gating.
+ */
+export interface FitColumnsInput {
+    /**
+     * The widest pairing's Pretext natural (shrink-wrap) width in px.
+     */
+    naturalWidth: number;
+    /**
+     * Total available width in px for the columns row.
+     */
+    available: number;
+    /**
+     * Gap in px between columns.
+     */
+    gap: number;
+    /**
+     * Hard cap on columns that still preserve an honest measure (2–3).
+     */
+    maxColumns: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * How many equal honest columns fit. Uses the real per-pairing required width
+ * (Pretext shrink-wrap) — the 45–75ch rule is only a fallback bound elsewhere.
+ * `n` columns occupy `n*naturalWidth + (n-1)*gap`. Clamped to [1, maxColumns].
+ *
+ * @param input - Natural width, available width, gap, and column cap.
+ * @returns The number of columns that fit, in [1, maxColumns].
+ */
+export function fitColumns({ naturalWidth, available, gap, maxColumns }: FitColumnsInput): number {
+    let fit = 1;
+    for (let n = 2; n <= maxColumns; n++) {
+        if (n * naturalWidth + (n - 1) * gap <= available) {
+            fit = n;
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return fit;
+}

src/features/CompareBoard/lib/measure/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export {
+    combineFrameHeight,
+    type CombineFrameHeightInput,
+} from './combineFrameHeight';
+export {
+    fitColumns,
+    type FitColumnsInput,
+} from './fitColumns';
+export {
+    measureRoleHeight,
+    type RoleHeightInput,
+} from './measureFrameHeight';

src/features/CompareBoard/lib/measure/measureFrameHeight.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+    vi,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { measureRoleHeight } from './measureFrameHeight';
+
+describe('measureRoleHeight', () => {
+    it('multiplies pretext line count by sizePx*lineHeight', () => {
+        const layout = vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ lineCount: 3, height: 0 });
+        const prepared = {} as never;
+        // 3 lines * 20px * 1.5 = 90
+        expect(measureRoleHeight({ prepared, maxWidth: 600, sizePx: 20, lineHeight: 1.5 }, layout)).toBe(90);
+    });
+    it('passes width and pixel line-height into pretext layout', () => {
+        const layout = vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ lineCount: 1, height: 0 });
+        measureRoleHeight({ prepared: {} as never, maxWidth: 600, sizePx: 16, lineHeight: 1.25 }, layout);
+        expect(layout).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.anything(), 600, 16 * 1.25);
+    });
+    it('returns 0 when the text lays out to zero lines (empty specimen)', () => {
+        const layout = vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ lineCount: 0, height: 0 });
+        expect(measureRoleHeight({ prepared: {} as never, maxWidth: 600, sizePx: 16, lineHeight: 1.5 }, layout))
+            .toBe(0);
+    });
+    it('handles fractional sizes and line-heights without rounding', () => {
+        const layout = vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ lineCount: 2, height: 0 });
+        // 2 * 15.5 * 1.4 = 43.4
+        expect(measureRoleHeight({ prepared: {} as never, maxWidth: 320, sizePx: 15.5, lineHeight: 1.4 }, layout))
+            .toBeCloseTo(43.4);
+    });
+});

src/features/CompareBoard/lib/measure/measureFrameHeight.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import {
+    type PreparedText,
+    layout as pretextLayout,
+} from '@chenglou/pretext';
+
+/**
+ * Inputs for measuring one role block's rendered height.
+ */
+export interface RoleHeightInput {
+    /**
+     * Pretext-prepared specimen text for this role+font.
+     */
+    prepared: PreparedText;
+    /**
+     * Available width in px (the focal frame's content width).
+     */
+    maxWidth: number;
+    /**
+     * Resolved font-size in px.
+     */
+    sizePx: number;
+    /**
+     * Unitless line-height multiplier.
+     */
+    lineHeight: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Height in px of a role's text block at the given width, from Pretext's
+ * pure-arithmetic line count.
+ *
+ * Height is `lineCount * sizePx * lineHeight` rather than Pretext's own
+ * `height` so it tracks the CSS box model exactly (line-height as a multiple of
+ * font-size), keeping measurement and render in lockstep — the zero-shift
+ * invariant.
+ *
+ * @param input - Prepared text plus width and resolved type metrics.
+ * @param layout - Pretext layout fn; injectable for unit tests, defaults to
+ * `@chenglou/pretext`'s `layout`.
+ * @returns The block height in px.
+ */
+export function measureRoleHeight(input: RoleHeightInput, layout = pretextLayout): number {
+    const { prepared, maxWidth, sizePx, lineHeight } = input;
+    const { lineCount } = layout(prepared, maxWidth, sizePx * lineHeight);
+    return lineCount * sizePx * lineHeight;
+}

src/features/CompareBoard/model/const/const.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * localStorage key for the persisted board (pairings + focal + specimen).
+ */
+export const BOARD_STORAGE_KEY = 'glyphdiff:board';
+
+/**
+ * Per-role typography storage key — header AdjustTypography instance.
+ */
+export const HEADER_TYPO_KEY = 'glyphdiff:typo:header';
+
+/**
+ * Per-role typography storage key — body AdjustTypography instance.
+ */
+export const BODY_TYPO_KEY = 'glyphdiff:typo:body';
+
+/**
+ * Schema version stamped into persisted board state (gates future
+ * migrations / the URL share-state codec).
+ */
+export const BOARD_SCHEMA_VERSION = 1;
+
+/**
+ * Hard cap on side-by-side columns that still preserve an honest measure.
+ */
+export const MAX_COLUMNS = 3;
+
+/**
+ * Vertical gap in px between the header block and the body block within a frame.
+ * Used by frame-height measurement so the reserved height matches the rendered
+ * layout exactly (zero-shift).
+ */
+export const FRAME_ROLE_GAP = 24;
+
+/**
+ * Default shared specimen — one header line + one body paragraph (single
+ * language). Used to seed the board and as the share-state fallback.
+ */
+export const DEFAULT_SPECIMEN = {
+    header: 'The Art of Harmonious Type',
+    body:
+        'Good typography is invisible. It guides the eye without calling attention to itself, balancing rhythm, contrast, and proportion so the reader forgets there is a typeface at all and simply reads.',
+};

src/features/CompareBoard/model/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export {
+    FRAME_ROLE_GAP,
+    MAX_COLUMNS,
+} from './const/const';
+export {
+    __resetBoard,
+    type BoardStore,
+    getBoard,
+    type RoleTypography,
+} from './store/boardStore/boardStore.svelte';

src/features/CompareBoard/model/store/boardStore/boardStore.svelte.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+import {
+    afterEach,
+    beforeEach,
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+    vi,
+} from 'vitest';
+
+/**
+ * Font orchestration is exercised in e2e (needs a real browser/queryClient).
+ * Here we stub the entity's font stores so the board's pure logic stays testable
+ * off the network — only `candidateFontIds` derivation is asserted at this level.
+ */
+const mockLifecycle = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+    touch: vi.fn(),
+    pin: vi.fn(),
+    unpin: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+/**
+ * Catalog stub with four fonts so the seeding effect has material to pair.
+ * Seeding only fires when storage is empty AND nothing has been added yet, so
+ * the empty/add tests (which never flush before asserting) are unaffected.
+ */
+const mockCatalog = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+    fonts: [
+        { id: 'c0', name: 'C0' },
+        { id: 'c1', name: 'C1' },
+        { id: 'c2', name: 'C2' },
+        { id: 'c3', name: 'C3' },
+    ],
+}));
+
+/** Mutable resolved-font list the stubbed FontsByIdsStore returns; reset per test. */
+const mockFonts = vi.hoisted(() => [] as { id: string; name: string }[]);
+
+vi.mock('$entities/Font', async importOriginal => {
+    const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('$entities/Font')>();
+    class MockFontsByIdsStore {
+        setIds() {}
+        get fonts() {
+            return mockFonts;
+        }
+        get isLoading() {
+            return false;
+        }
+        destroy() {}
+    }
+    return {
+        ...actual,
+        FontsByIdsStore: MockFontsByIdsStore,
+        getFontLifecycleManager: () => mockLifecycle,
+        getFontCatalog: () => mockCatalog,
+        getFontUrl: () => 'https://example.com/font.woff2',
+    };
+});
+
+// ensureCanvasFonts needs a real browser canvas; stub it to resolve immediately.
+// Spread actual so createPersistentStore/getPretextFontString stay real.
+vi.mock('$shared/lib', async importOriginal => {
+    const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('$shared/lib')>();
+    return { ...actual, ensureCanvasFonts: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve()) };
+});
+
+// Pretext measures via canvas (degenerate in jsdom); stub for deterministic lines.
+vi.mock('@chenglou/pretext', () => ({
+    prepareWithSegments: vi.fn(() => ({})),
+    layout: vi.fn(() => ({ lineCount: 2, height: 0 })),
+}));
+
+import { flushSync } from 'svelte';
+import {
+    __resetBoard,
+    getBoard,
+} from './boardStore.svelte';
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    localStorage.clear();
+    mockFonts.length = 0;
+    __resetBoard();
+});
+afterEach(() => __resetBoard());
+
+describe('boardStore', () => {
+    it('starts empty with no focal', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        expect(board.pairings).toEqual([]);
+        expect(board.focalId).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('adds a pairing and makes the first one focal', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        const p = board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        expect(board.pairings).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(board.focalId).toBe(p.id);
+        expect(board.focal).toEqual(p);
+    });
+
+    it('cycles focal forward with wrap', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        const a = board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        const b = board.addPairing('Roboto', 'Merriweather');
+        board.setFocal(a.id);
+        board.cycle(1);
+        expect(board.focalId).toBe(b.id);
+        board.cycle(1);
+        expect(board.focalId).toBe(a.id);
+    });
+
+    it('cycles focal backward with wrap', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        const a = board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        const b = board.addPairing('Roboto', 'Merriweather');
+        board.setFocal(a.id);
+        board.cycle(-1);
+        expect(board.focalId).toBe(b.id);
+    });
+
+    it('empties the board and clears focal when the last pairing is removed', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        const a = board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        board.removePairing(a.id);
+        expect(board.pairings).toEqual([]);
+        expect(board.focalId).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('duplicates a pairing as a distinct card next to the source', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        const a = board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        const dup = board.duplicate(a.id);
+        expect(dup.id).not.toBe(a.id);
+        expect(dup.headerFontId).toBe('Inter');
+        expect(board.pairings[1].id).toBe(dup.id);
+    });
+
+    it('swaps one role on the focal pairing', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        const a = board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        board.swapFont(a.id, 'body', 'Merriweather');
+        expect(board.focal?.bodyFontId).toBe('Merriweather');
+    });
+
+    it('rewrites the shared specimen (global, not per-pairing)', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        board.setSpecimen('header', 'New Header');
+        expect(board.specimen.header).toBe('New Header');
+    });
+
+    it('keeps a focal when the focal pairing is removed', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        const a = board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        const b = board.addPairing('Roboto', 'Merriweather');
+        board.setFocal(a.id);
+        board.removePairing(a.id);
+        expect(board.pairings).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(board.focalId).toBe(b.id);
+    });
+
+    it('seeds curated pairings from the catalog when storage is empty', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        flushSync(); // let the seed effect run
+        expect(board.pairings.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(board.focalId).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('does not seed when storage already has pairings', () => {
+        // pre-seed storage so a fresh board rehydrates instead of seeding
+        const first = getBoard();
+        const p = first.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        __resetBoard();
+        const restored = getBoard();
+        flushSync();
+        expect(restored.pairings).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(restored.pairings[0].id).toBe(p.id);
+    });
+
+    it('returns fallback 0 before warm, positive height once fonts resolve and warm', async () => {
+        mockFonts.push({ id: 'Inter', name: 'Inter' }, { id: 'Lora', name: 'Lora' });
+        const board = getBoard();
+        const p = board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        // Cold: canvas not yet warm -> reserved fallback, never a cold measure.
+        expect(board.frameHeight(p.id, 600)).toBe(0);
+        await vi.waitFor(() => expect(board.measureReady).toBe(true));
+        expect(board.frameHeight(p.id, 600)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
+
+    it('collects every distinct candidate font id for preloading', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        board.addPairing('Inter', 'Merriweather'); // Inter deduped
+        expect(new Set(board.candidateFontIds)).toEqual(new Set(['Inter', 'Lora', 'Merriweather']));
+    });
+
+    it('exposes default per-role typography', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        expect(board.typo.header.size).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(board.typo.header.weight).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(board.typo.body.leading).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
+
+    it('sets one role typography independently via setTypo', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        board.setTypo('header', { size: 64, weight: 700, leading: 1.1, tracking: -0.02 });
+        expect(board.typo.header.size).toBe(64);
+        expect(board.typo.header.weight).toBe(700);
+        // body untouched
+        expect(board.typo.body.size).not.toBe(64);
+    });
+
+    it('persists and rehydrates pairings, focal, and specimen', () => {
+        const board = getBoard();
+        const a = board.addPairing('Inter', 'Lora');
+        board.setSpecimen('body', 'Persisted body');
+        __resetBoard();
+        const restored = getBoard();
+        expect(restored.pairings).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(restored.pairings[0].id).toBe(a.id);
+        expect(restored.focalId).toBe(a.id);
+        expect(restored.specimen.body).toBe('Persisted body');
+    });
+});

src/features/CompareBoard/model/store/boardStore/boardStore.svelte.ts

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+/**
+ * CompareBoard store — the board singleton.
+ *
+ * Owns the comparison board's business state: the ordered list of Pairings, the
+ * single focal pairing, and the board-global specimen text (header + body).
+ * Persists to localStorage as a compact, URL-encoding-friendly blob.
+ *
+ * Typography is NOT owned here as an AdjustTypography store (features can't
+ * import sibling features). Instead the board holds plain per-role typography
+ * values, fed in via `setTypo` by `widgets/Board` (dependency inversion).
+ *
+ * Font metadata is resolved + preloaded via the Font entity (candidate
+ * preloading, focal pinning). Frame heights are Pretext-measured behind a
+ * canvas warm-gate (the zero-shift core) and memoized for flicker-free cycling.
+ */
+
+import {
+    DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE,
+    DEFAULT_FONT_WEIGHT,
+    DEFAULT_LETTER_SPACING,
+    DEFAULT_LINE_HEIGHT,
+    type FontCatalogStore,
+    type FontLifecycleManager,
+    type FontLoadRequestConfig,
+    FontsByIdsStore,
+    type UnifiedFont,
+    getFontCatalog,
+    getFontLifecycleManager,
+    getFontUrl,
+} from '$entities/Font';
+import {
+    type Pairing,
+    type Role,
+    comboKey,
+    createPairing,
+    nextFocalId,
+} from '$entities/Pairing';
+import {
+    combineFrameHeight,
+    measureRoleHeight,
+} from '$features/CompareBoard/lib/measure';
+import {
+    BOARD_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+    BOARD_STORAGE_KEY,
+    DEFAULT_SPECIMEN,
+    FRAME_ROLE_GAP,
+} from '$features/CompareBoard/model/const/const';
+import {
+    createPersistentStore,
+    createSingleton,
+    ensureCanvasFonts,
+    getPretextFontString,
+} from '$shared/lib';
+import { prepareWithSegments } from '@chenglou/pretext';
+import {
+    flushSync,
+    untrack,
+} from 'svelte';
+import { SvelteSet } from 'svelte/reactivity';
+
+/**
+ * Compact persisted board shape. Font ids are abbreviated (`h`/`b`) to keep the
+ * blob small and URL-encoding-friendly; specimen text is in localStorage but is
+ * intentionally excluded from any future URL share.
+ */
+interface PersistedBoard {
+    /**
+     * Schema version (gates migrations / the future URL codec).
+     */
+    v: number;
+    /**
+     * Pairings in board order: surrogate id + the two font ids.
+     */
+    pairings: { id: string; h: string; b: string }[];
+    /**
+     * The focal pairing's id, or null when the board is empty.
+     */
+    focalId: string | null;
+    /**
+     * Board-global specimen text.
+     */
+    specimen: { header: string; body: string };
+}
+
+const emptyBoard = (): PersistedBoard => ({
+    v: BOARD_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+    pairings: [],
+    focalId: null,
+    specimen: { ...DEFAULT_SPECIMEN },
+});
+
+/**
+ * Plain per-role typography values the board renders and measures with. Mirrors
+ * the four axes an `AdjustTypography` store exposes, but as a framework-free
+ * value shape the board owns — the inversion seam (`widgets/Board` pushes the
+ * concrete store's values in via `setTypo`). Not persisted here: the
+ * AdjustTypography stores own typography persistence.
+ */
+export interface RoleTypography {
+    /**
+     * Font size in px (honest, absolute — no responsive multiplier).
+     */
+    size: number;
+    /**
+     * Numeric font weight (100–900).
+     */
+    weight: number;
+    /**
+     * Unitless line-height multiplier.
+     */
+    leading: number;
+    /**
+     * Letter spacing in px.
+     */
+    tracking: number;
+}
+
+const defaultRoleTypography = (): RoleTypography => ({
+    size: DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE,
+    weight: DEFAULT_FONT_WEIGHT,
+    leading: DEFAULT_LINE_HEIGHT,
+    tracking: DEFAULT_LETTER_SPACING,
+});
+
+/**
+ * Singleton board store. Pairings live as a reassigned `$state` array (ordered
+ * cycling needs index order); mutations reassign so Svelte tracks them and
+ * persist synchronously through the persistent store.
+ */
+export class BoardStore {
+    /**
+     * Ordered pairings on the board.
+     */
+    #pairings = $state<Pairing[]>([]);
+    /**
+     * The focal pairing's id, or null when the board is empty.
+     */
+    #focalId = $state<string | null>(null);
+    /**
+     * Board-global specimen text shared by every pairing.
+     */
+    #specimen = $state<{ header: string; body: string }>({ ...DEFAULT_SPECIMEN });
+    /**
+     * Per-role typography, fed in by the widget from the AdjustTypography stores
+     * (dependency-inversion seam). Read by font-loading and frame measurement.
+     */
+    #typo = $state<{ header: RoleTypography; body: RoleTypography }>({
+        header: defaultRoleTypography(),
+        body: defaultRoleTypography(),
+    });
+    /**
+     * localStorage-backed mirror of the board blob.
+     */
+    #storage = createPersistentStore<PersistedBoard>(BOARD_STORAGE_KEY, emptyBoard());
+    /**
+     * Batch font-metadata resolver, kept in sync with `candidateFontIds`.
+     */
+    #fontsByIds: FontsByIdsStore;
+    /**
+     * Font load/cache/eviction manager; pinned to keep on-screen fonts resident.
+     */
+    #lifecycle: FontLifecycleManager;
+    /**
+     * Paginated font catalog — source of fonts for default seeding.
+     */
+    #fontCatalog: FontCatalogStore;
+    /**
+     * One-shot guard: only seed a default board when storage was empty at
+     * construction (never re-seed after the user empties the board).
+     */
+    #shouldSeed: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Font strings whose canvas metrics are confirmed real (warm). Reactive
+     * (SvelteSet) so a completed warm re-runs height readers. Gates `prepare()`
+     * to avoid poisoning Pretext's cache with fallback widths.
+     */
+    #warmed = new SvelteSet<string>();
+    /**
+     * Font strings with an in-flight `ensureCanvasFonts` — dedupes warm requests.
+     */
+    #warming = new Set<string>();
+    /**
+     * Memoized frame heights keyed by (combo, width, specimen, typography), so
+     * cycling back to a measured pairing is O(1) and never reflows.
+     */
+    #heightCache = new Map<string, number>();
+    /**
+     * Last computed height per pairing — the reserved fallback returned while a
+     * pairing's fonts load/warm, so the frame never collapses to 0 mid-cycle.
+     */
+    #lastHeight = new Map<string, number>();
+    /**
+     * Disposes the constructor's $effect.root. Must run on teardown.
+     */
+    #disposeEffects: () => void;
+
+    constructor() {
+        const stored = this.#storage.value;
+        this.#pairings = stored.pairings.map(p => createPairing(p.h, p.b, p.id));
+        this.#focalId = stored.focalId;
+        this.#specimen = { ...stored.specimen };
+        this.#shouldSeed = stored.pairings.length === 0;
+
+        this.#lifecycle = getFontLifecycleManager();
+        this.#fontCatalog = getFontCatalog();
+        this.#fontsByIds = new FontsByIdsStore(this.candidateFontIds);
+
+        this.#disposeEffects = $effect.root(() => {
+            // Seed a curated default board the first time the catalog is ready and
+            // storage was empty — so the screen is never blank on first visit.
+            $effect(() => {
+                if (!this.#shouldSeed || this.#pairings.length > 0) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                const fonts = this.#fontCatalog.fonts;
+                if (fonts.length < 2) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                untrack(() => {
+                    this.#shouldSeed = false;
+                    const count = Math.min(4, Math.floor(fonts.length / 2));
+                    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                        this.addPairing(fonts[i * 2].id, fonts[i * 2 + 1].id);
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+
+            // Keep the batch query's id set in sync with the board's candidates.
+            $effect(() => {
+                this.#fontsByIds.setIds(this.candidateFontIds);
+            });
+
+            // Preload every candidate font at its role weight (brief §Performance).
+            $effect(() => {
+                const configs = this.#candidateConfigs();
+                if (configs.length > 0) {
+                    this.#lifecycle.touch(configs);
+                }
+            });
+
+            // Pin the focal pairing's fonts so eviction never drops on-screen
+            // glyphs; unpin on focal/weight change via the cleanup return.
+            $effect(() => {
+                const focal = this.focal;
+                if (!focal) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                const headerWeight = this.#typo.header.weight;
+                const bodyWeight = this.#typo.body.weight;
+                const header = this.fontById(focal.headerFontId);
+                const body = this.fontById(focal.bodyFontId);
+                if (header) {
+                    this.#lifecycle.pin(header.id, headerWeight, header.features?.isVariable);
+                }
+                if (body) {
+                    this.#lifecycle.pin(body.id, bodyWeight, body.features?.isVariable);
+                }
+                return () => {
+                    if (header) {
+                        this.#lifecycle.unpin(header.id, headerWeight, header.features?.isVariable);
+                    }
+                    if (body) {
+                        this.#lifecycle.unpin(body.id, bodyWeight, body.features?.isVariable);
+                    }
+                };
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builds dedup'd font-load configs for every resolvable candidate font at its
+     * role weight (header fonts at header weight, body fonts at body weight).
+     * Unresolved fonts (metadata not yet fetched) are skipped.
+     */
+    #candidateConfigs(): FontLoadRequestConfig[] {
+        const configs: FontLoadRequestConfig[] = [];
+        const seen = new Set<string>();
+        const add = (fontId: string, weight: number) => {
+            const font = this.fontById(fontId);
+            if (!font) {
+                return;
+            }
+            const url = getFontUrl(font, weight);
+            if (!url || seen.has(url)) {
+                return;
+            }
+            seen.add(url);
+            configs.push({ id: font.id, name: font.name, weight, url, isVariable: font.features?.isVariable });
+        };
+        for (const pairing of this.#pairings) {
+            add(pairing.headerFontId, this.#typo.header.weight);
+            add(pairing.bodyFontId, this.#typo.body.weight);
+        }
+        return configs;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes current state back to the persistent store. The persistent store's
+     * own effect flushes to localStorage; `destroy()` forces that flush so
+     * synchronous rehydration (and test teardown) never loses a write.
+     */
+    #persist() {
+        this.#storage.value = {
+            v: BOARD_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+            pairings: this.#pairings.map(p => ({ id: p.id, h: p.headerFontId, b: p.bodyFontId })),
+            focalId: this.#focalId,
+            specimen: { ...this.#specimen },
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * All pairings in board order (reactive).
+     */
+    get pairings(): readonly Pairing[] {
+        return this.#pairings;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The focal pairing's id, or null when empty (reactive).
+     */
+    get focalId(): string | null {
+        return this.#focalId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The focal pairing, or undefined when empty (reactive).
+     */
+    get focal(): Pairing | undefined {
+        return this.#pairings.find(p => p.id === this.#focalId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Board-global specimen text (reactive).
+     */
+    get specimen(): { header: string; body: string } {
+        return this.#specimen;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Per-role typography values (reactive). Fed by the widget via `setTypo`.
+     */
+    get typo(): { header: RoleTypography; body: RoleTypography } {
+        return this.#typo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Replaces one role's typography values. Called by `widgets/Board` whenever
+     * the corresponding AdjustTypography store changes (the inversion seam).
+     *
+     * @param role - Which role's typography to set.
+     * @param values - The new typography values for that role.
+     */
+    setTypo(role: Role, values: RoleTypography) {
+        this.#typo = { ...this.#typo, [role]: { ...values } };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Every distinct font id referenced by any pairing (header or body). The
+     * preload set — kept in sync with the batch font resolver.
+     */
+    get candidateFontIds(): string[] {
+        const ids = new Set<string>();
+        for (const pairing of this.#pairings) {
+            ids.add(pairing.headerFontId);
+            ids.add(pairing.bodyFontId);
+        }
+        return [...ids];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves a font id to its loaded metadata, or undefined if not yet fetched.
+     *
+     * @param id - Font entity id.
+     * @returns The font metadata, or undefined while loading.
+     */
+    fontById(id: string): UnifiedFont | undefined {
+        return this.#fontsByIds.fonts.find(f => f.id === id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves both fonts of a pairing for the UI.
+     *
+     * @param pairing - The pairing to resolve.
+     * @returns Header and body font metadata (each undefined while loading).
+     */
+    resolvePairingFonts(pairing: Pairing): { header?: UnifiedFont; body?: UnifiedFont } {
+        return {
+            header: this.fontById(pairing.headerFontId),
+            body: this.fontById(pairing.bodyFontId),
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The focal frame's measured height at the given content width.
+     *
+     * @param contentWidth - The frame's content width in px.
+     * @returns Height in px (0 when the board is empty).
+     */
+    focalFrameHeight(contentWidth: number): number {
+        return this.#focalId ? this.frameHeight(this.#focalId, contentWidth) : 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pre-measures a (typically next-up) pairing so cycling to it never reflows.
+     *
+     * @param pairingId - The pairing to measure ahead of time.
+     * @param contentWidth - The frame's content width in px.
+     * @returns Height in px (fallback while fonts load/warm).
+     */
+    peekFrameHeight(pairingId: string, contentWidth: number): number {
+        return this.frameHeight(pairingId, contentWidth);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Measured height of a pairing's frame (header block + gap + body block) at a
+     * content width, via Pretext's pure line-count arithmetic. Returns the
+     * last-known height (or 0) until both fonts are resolved AND the canvas is
+     * warm — never measures cold, which would poison Pretext's width cache
+     * forever. Results are memoized per (combo, width, specimen, typography).
+     *
+     * @param pairingId - The pairing to measure.
+     * @param contentWidth - The frame's content width in px.
+     * @returns Height in px.
+     */
+    frameHeight(pairingId: string, contentWidth: number): number {
+        const pairing = this.#pairings.find(p => p.id === pairingId);
+        if (!pairing) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        const { header, body } = this.resolvePairingFonts(pairing);
+        const fallback = this.#lastHeight.get(pairingId) ?? 0;
+        if (!header || !body) {
+            return fallback;
+        }
+
+        const headerFont = getPretextFontString(this.#typo.header.weight, this.#typo.header.size, header.name);
+        const bodyFont = getPretextFontString(this.#typo.body.weight, this.#typo.body.size, body.name);
+
+        this.#ensureWarm([headerFont, bodyFont]);
+        // SvelteSet read is reactive: a completed warm re-runs height readers.
+        if (!this.#warmed.has(headerFont) || !this.#warmed.has(bodyFont)) {
+            return fallback;
+        }
+
+        const key = `${comboKey(pairing)}|${contentWidth}|${this.#specimen.header}|${this.#specimen.body}|`
+            + this.#typoSignature();
+        const cached = this.#heightCache.get(key);
+        if (cached !== undefined) {
+            this.#lastHeight.set(pairingId, cached);
+            return cached;
+        }
+
+        const headerHeight = measureRoleHeight({
+            prepared: prepareWithSegments(this.#specimen.header, headerFont, {
+                letterSpacing: this.#typo.header.tracking,
+            }),
+            maxWidth: contentWidth,
+            sizePx: this.#typo.header.size,
+            lineHeight: this.#typo.header.leading,
+        });
+        const bodyHeight = measureRoleHeight({
+            prepared: prepareWithSegments(this.#specimen.body, bodyFont, {
+                letterSpacing: this.#typo.body.tracking,
+            }),
+            maxWidth: contentWidth,
+            sizePx: this.#typo.body.size,
+            lineHeight: this.#typo.body.leading,
+        });
+        const height = combineFrameHeight({ headerHeight, bodyHeight, gap: FRAME_ROLE_GAP });
+        this.#heightCache.set(key, height);
+        this.#lastHeight.set(pairingId, height);
+        return height;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * True once the focal pairing's fonts are resolved and canvas-warm — the UI
+     * gates the first paint of the focal frame on this to avoid a cold-measure
+     * flash.
+     */
+    get measureReady(): boolean {
+        const focal = this.focal;
+        if (!focal) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const { header, body } = this.resolvePairingFonts(focal);
+        if (!header || !body) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const headerFont = getPretextFontString(this.#typo.header.weight, this.#typo.header.size, header.name);
+        const bodyFont = getPretextFontString(this.#typo.body.weight, this.#typo.body.size, body.name);
+        return this.#warmed.has(headerFont) && this.#warmed.has(bodyFont);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Kicks off canvas warming for any cold font strings (dedup'd). Fire-and-
+     * forget: on resolution the strings join `#warmed`, re-running height readers.
+     */
+    #ensureWarm(fontStrings: string[]) {
+        const cold = fontStrings.filter(s => !this.#warmed.has(s) && !this.#warming.has(s));
+        if (cold.length === 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        cold.forEach(s => this.#warming.add(s));
+        void ensureCanvasFonts(cold)
+            .then(() => {
+                cold.forEach(s => {
+                    this.#warming.delete(s);
+                    this.#warmed.add(s);
+                });
+            })
+            .catch(() => {
+                cold.forEach(s => this.#warming.delete(s));
+            });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stable signature of both roles' typography, for the height memo key.
+     */
+    #typoSignature(): string {
+        const h = this.#typo.header;
+        const b = this.#typo.body;
+        return `${h.size},${h.weight},${h.leading},${h.tracking};${b.size},${b.weight},${b.leading},${b.tracking}`;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a pairing to the end of the board. The first pairing added becomes
+     * focal.
+     *
+     * @param headerFontId - Font id for the header role.
+     * @param bodyFontId - Font id for the body role.
+     * @returns The created pairing.
+     */
+    addPairing(headerFontId: string, bodyFontId: string): Pairing {
+        const pairing = createPairing(headerFontId, bodyFontId);
+        this.#pairings = [...this.#pairings, pairing];
+        if (this.#focalId === null) {
+            this.#focalId = pairing.id;
+        }
+        this.#persist();
+        return pairing;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clones a pairing as a distinct card inserted directly after the source, and
+     * makes the clone focal so the user can immediately swap one side.
+     *
+     * @param id - Source pairing id.
+     * @returns The new pairing.
+     */
+    duplicate(id: string): Pairing {
+        const index = this.#pairings.findIndex(p => p.id === id);
+        const source = this.#pairings[index];
+        const dup = createPairing(source.headerFontId, source.bodyFontId);
+        this.#pairings = [
+            ...this.#pairings.slice(0, index + 1),
+            dup,
+            ...this.#pairings.slice(index + 1),
+        ];
+        this.#focalId = dup.id;
+        this.#persist();
+        return dup;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes a pairing. If the removed pairing was focal, focal moves to a
+     * neighbour so exactly one focal always exists on a non-empty board.
+     *
+     * @param id - Pairing id to remove.
+     */
+    removePairing(id: string) {
+        let nextFocal = this.#focalId;
+        if (this.#focalId === id) {
+            // Pick a neighbour from the still-full ordered list; if the only
+            // candidate is the one being removed, the board becomes empty.
+            const candidate = nextFocalId(this.#pairings.map(p => p.id), id, 1);
+            nextFocal = candidate === id ? null : candidate;
+        }
+        this.#pairings = this.#pairings.filter(p => p.id !== id);
+        this.#focalId = nextFocal;
+        this.#persist();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the focal pairing.
+     *
+     * @param id - Pairing id to focus.
+     */
+    setFocal(id: string) {
+        this.#focalId = id;
+        this.#persist();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Steps focal one pairing in board order, wrapping at both ends.
+     *
+     * @param direction - +1 for next, -1 for previous.
+     */
+    cycle(direction: 1 | -1) {
+        if (this.#focalId === null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const next = nextFocalId(this.#pairings.map(p => p.id), this.#focalId, direction);
+        if (next !== null) {
+            this.#focalId = next;
+            this.#persist();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Swaps the font filling one role of a pairing.
+     *
+     * @param id - Pairing id.
+     * @param role - Which role to swap.
+     * @param fontId - New font id for that role.
+     */
+    swapFont(id: string, role: Role, fontId: string) {
+        this.#pairings = this.#pairings.map(p => {
+            if (p.id !== id) {
+                return p;
+            }
+            return role === 'header' ? { ...p, headerFontId: fontId } : { ...p, bodyFontId: fontId };
+        });
+        this.#persist();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rewrites the board-global specimen for a role.
+     *
+     * @param role - Which role's text to set.
+     * @param text - New specimen text.
+     */
+    setSpecimen(role: Role, text: string) {
+        this.#specimen = { ...this.#specimen, [role]: text };
+        this.#persist();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Flushes the pending persist write, then disposes the persistent store.
+     * Call on teardown.
+     */
+    destroy() {
+        flushSync();
+        this.#disposeEffects();
+        this.#fontsByIds.destroy();
+        this.#storage.destroy();
+    }
+}
+
+const board = createSingleton(
+    () => new BoardStore(),
+    instance => instance.destroy(),
+);
+
+export const getBoard = board.get;
+
+// test-only reset, so specs don't share live state or persisted blobs
+export const __resetBoard = board.reset;

src/features/DisplayFont/index.ts

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export { FontSampler } from './ui';

src/features/DisplayFont/ui/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import FontSampler from './FontSampler/FontSampler.svelte';
-
-export { FontSampler };

src/features/FilterAndSortFonts/model/store/appliedFilterStore/appliedFilterStore.svelte.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
  * ```
  */
 
-import { createFilter } from '$shared/lib';
+import {
+    createFilter,
+    createSingleton,
+} from '$shared/lib';
 import { createDebouncedState } from '$shared/lib/helpers';
 import type {
     FilterConfig,
@@ -129,8 +132,6 @@ export function createAppliedFilterStore<TValue extends string>(config: FilterCo
 
 export type AppliedFilterStore = ReturnType<typeof createAppliedFilterStore>;
 
-let _appliedFilterStore: AppliedFilterStore | undefined;
-
 /**
  * App-wide filter manager, created on first access.
  *
@@ -138,14 +139,14 @@ let _appliedFilterStore: AppliedFilterStore | undefined;
  * lives in `./bindings.svelte` and populates groups once backend filter
  * metadata arrives.
  */
-export function getAppliedFilterStore(): AppliedFilterStore {
-    return (_appliedFilterStore ??= createAppliedFilterStore<string>({
+const appliedFilterStore = createSingleton(() =>
+    createAppliedFilterStore<string>({
         queryValue: '',
         groups: [],
-    }));
-}
+    })
+);
+
+export const getAppliedFilterStore = appliedFilterStore.get;
 
 // test-only reset, so specs don't share filter/selection state
-export function __resetAppliedFilterStore() {
-    _appliedFilterStore = undefined;
-}
+export const __resetAppliedFilterStore = appliedFilterStore.reset;

src/features/FilterAndSortFonts/model/store/availableFilterStore/availableFilterStore.svelte.ts

@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ import type { FilterMetadata } from '$features/FilterAndSortFonts/api/filters/fi
 import {
     DEFAULT_QUERY_GC_TIME_MS,
     DEFAULT_QUERY_STALE_TIME_MS,
-    queryClient,
+    getQueryClient,
 } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { createSingleton } from '$shared/lib/helpers/createSingleton/createSingleton';
 import {
     type QueryKey,
     QueryObserver,
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ export class AvailableFilterStore {
     /**
      * Shared query client
      */
-    protected qc = queryClient;
+    protected qc = getQueryClient();
 
     /**
      * Creates a new filters store
@@ -126,18 +127,16 @@ export class AvailableFilterStore {
     }
 }
 
-let _availableFilterStore: AvailableFilterStore | undefined;
-
 /**
  * App-wide filter-metadata store, created on first access. Lazy so the
  * QueryObserver isn't constructed at module load.
  */
-export function getAvailableFilterStore(): AvailableFilterStore {
-    return (_availableFilterStore ??= new AvailableFilterStore());
-}
+const availableFilterStore = createSingleton(
+    () => new AvailableFilterStore(),
+    instance => instance.destroy(),
+);
+
+export const getAvailableFilterStore = availableFilterStore.get;
 
 // test-only reset, so specs don't share a live observer
-export function __resetAvailableFilterStore() {
-    _availableFilterStore?.destroy();
-    _availableFilterStore = undefined;
-}
+export const __resetAvailableFilterStore = availableFilterStore.reset;

src/features/FilterAndSortFonts/model/store/availableFilterStore/availableFilterStore.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { queryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { getQueryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+
+const queryClient = getQueryClient();
 import {
     afterEach,
     beforeEach,

src/features/FilterAndSortFonts/model/store/sortStore/sortStore.svelte.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { createSingleton } from '$shared/lib/helpers/createSingleton/createSingleton';
+
 /**
  * Sort store — manages the current sort option for font listings.
  *
@@ -46,16 +48,12 @@ export function createSortStore(initial: SortOption = 'Popularity') {
 
 export type SortStore = ReturnType<typeof createSortStore>;
 
-let _sortStore: SortStore | undefined;
-
 /**
  * App-wide sort store, created on first access.
  */
-export function getSortStore(): SortStore {
-    return (_sortStore ??= createSortStore());
-}
+const sortStore = createSingleton(() => createSortStore());
+
+export const getSortStore = sortStore.get;
 
 // test-only reset, so specs don't share selection state
-export function __resetSortStore() {
-    _sortStore = undefined;
-}
+export const __resetSortStore = sortStore.reset;

src/shared/api/queryClient.ts

@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@ export const QUERY_RETRY_BASE_DELAY_MS = 1000;
  */
 export const QUERY_RETRY_MAX_DELAY_MS = 30000;
 
+let queryClientInstance: QueryClient | undefined;
+
 /**
- * TanStack Query client instance
+ * Shared TanStack Query client (lazy singleton).
  *
- * Configured for optimal caching and refetching behavior.
- * Used by all font stores for data fetching and caching.
+ * Construction is deferred to the first call so importing this module is inert:
+ * module eval runs no `new QueryClient()`, so the module is genuinely
+ * side-effect-free and needs no `sideEffects` allowlist exception. The
+ * app-layer `QueryProvider` is the first caller; every store reuses the same
+ * instance. Matches the lazy-accessor pattern used by the font stores.
  *
  * Cache behavior:
  * - Data stays fresh for 5 minutes (staleTime)
@@ -39,7 +44,8 @@ export const QUERY_RETRY_MAX_DELAY_MS = 30000;
  * - No refetch on window focus (reduces unnecessary network requests)
  * - 3 retries with exponential backoff on failure
  */
-export const queryClient = new QueryClient({
+export function getQueryClient(): QueryClient {
+    return (queryClientInstance ??= new QueryClient({
         defaultOptions: {
             queries: {
                 staleTime: DEFAULT_QUERY_STALE_TIME_MS,
@@ -65,4 +71,5 @@ export const queryClient = new QueryClient({
                     Math.min(QUERY_RETRY_BASE_DELAY_MS * 2 ** attemptIndex, QUERY_RETRY_MAX_DELAY_MS),
             },
         },
-});
+    }));
+}

src/shared/lib/helpers/BaseQueryStore/BaseQueryStore.svelte.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { queryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { getQueryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
 import {
     QueryObserver,
     type QueryObserverOptions,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export abstract class BaseQueryStore<TData, TError = Error> {
     #unsubscribe: () => void;
 
     constructor(options: QueryObserverOptions<TData, TError, TData, any, any>) {
-        this.#observer = new QueryObserver(queryClient, options);
+        this.#observer = new QueryObserver(getQueryClient(), options);
         this.#unsubscribe = this.#observer.subscribe(result => {
             this.#result = result;
         });

src/shared/lib/helpers/BaseQueryStore/BaseQueryStore.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { queryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { getQueryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+
+const queryClient = getQueryClient();
 import {
     beforeEach,
     describe,

src/shared/lib/helpers/createPersistentStore/createPersistentStore.svelte.ts

@@ -1,66 +1,15 @@
 /**
- * Persistent localStorage-backed reactive state
+ * Reactive localStorage-backed state. Loads on init, saves on change via an
+ * $effect.root. Falls back to the default on SSR (no localStorage) and on JSON
+ * parse errors; swallows quota/write errors with a warning.
  *
- * Creates reactive state that automatically syncs with localStorage.
- * Values persist across browser sessions and are restored on page load.
+ * Owners that create this outside a component must call destroy() to dispose
+ * the save effect.
  *
- * Handles edge cases:
- * - SSR safety (no localStorage on server)
- * - JSON parse errors (falls back to default)
- * - Storage quota errors (logs warning, doesn't crash)
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * // Store user preferences
- * const preferences = createPersistentStore('user-prefs', {
- *     theme: 'dark',
- *     fontSize: 16,
- *     sidebarOpen: true
- * });
- *
- * // Access reactive state
- * $: currentTheme = preferences.value.theme;
- *
- * // Update (auto-saves to localStorage)
- * preferences.value.theme = 'light';
- *
- * // Clear stored value
- * preferences.clear();
- * ```
- */
-
-/**
- * Creates a reactive store backed by localStorage
- *
- * The value is loaded from localStorage on initialization and automatically
- * saved whenever it changes. Uses Svelte 5's $effect for reactive sync.
- *
- * @param key - localStorage key for storing the value
- * @param defaultValue - Default value if no stored value exists
- * @returns Persistent store with getter/setter and clear method
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * // Simple value
- * const counter = createPersistentStore('counter', 0);
- * counter.value++;
- *
- * // Complex object
- * interface Settings {
- *     theme: 'light' | 'dark';
- *     fontSize: number;
- * }
- * const settings = createPersistentStore<Settings>('app-settings', {
- *     theme: 'light',
- *     fontSize: 16
- * });
- * ```
+ * @param key - localStorage key
+ * @param defaultValue - value used when nothing is stored
  */
 export function createPersistentStore<T>(key: string, defaultValue: T) {
-    /**
-     * Load value from localStorage or return default
-     * Safely handles missing keys, parse errors, and SSR
-     */
     const loadFromStorage = (): T => {
         if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
             return defaultValue;
@@ -76,9 +25,13 @@ export function createPersistentStore<T>(key: string, defaultValue: T) {
 
     let value = $state<T>(loadFromStorage());
 
-    // Sync to storage whenever value changes
-    // Wrapped in $effect.root to prevent memory leaks
-    $effect.root(() => {
+    /**
+     * Sync to storage whenever value changes. The effect lives in an
+     * $effect.root so it outlives any component; the returned disposer is kept
+     * and run by destroy(), because an $effect.root with no disposer leaks for
+     * the life of the process.
+     */
+    const dispose = $effect.root(() => {
         $effect(() => {
             if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
                 return;
@@ -113,6 +66,15 @@ export function createPersistentStore<T>(key: string, defaultValue: T) {
             }
             value = defaultValue;
         },
+
+        /**
+         * Dispose the storage-sync effect. Owners that create a store outside a
+         * component (e.g. a singleton store class) must call this to avoid
+         * leaking the underlying $effect.root.
+         */
+        destroy() {
+            dispose();
+        },
     };
 }
 

src/shared/lib/helpers/createPersistentStore/createPersistentStore.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * @vitest-environment jsdom
  */
+import { flushSync } from 'svelte';
 import {
     afterEach,
     beforeEach,
@@ -376,4 +377,39 @@ describe('createPersistentStore', () => {
             expect(store.value[0].name).toBe('First');
         });
     });
+
+    describe('Lifecycle', () => {
+        it('persists value changes via the sync effect', () => {
+            const store = createPersistentStore(testKey, 'a');
+            const spy = vi.spyOn(mockLocalStorage, 'setItem');
+
+            store.value = 'b';
+            flushSync();
+
+            expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testKey, JSON.stringify('b'));
+        });
+
+        it('stops persisting after destroy()', () => {
+            const store = createPersistentStore(testKey, 'a');
+            flushSync();
+            store.destroy();
+
+            const spy = vi.spyOn(mockLocalStorage, 'setItem');
+            store.value = 'c';
+            flushSync();
+
+            expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            // reading still works after disposal
+            expect(store.value).toBe('c');
+        });
+
+        it('destroy() is safe to call repeatedly', () => {
+            const store = createPersistentStore(testKey, 'a');
+
+            expect(() => {
+                store.destroy();
+                store.destroy();
+            }).not.toThrow();
+        });
+    });
 });

src/shared/lib/helpers/createSingleton/createSingleton.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+    vi,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { createSingleton } from './createSingleton';
+
+describe('createSingleton', () => {
+    it('does not call the factory until the first get (lazy)', () => {
+        const factory = vi.fn(() => ({ id: 1 }));
+        createSingleton(factory);
+        expect(factory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('constructs on first get and memoizes the instance', () => {
+        const factory = vi.fn(() => ({ id: 1 }));
+        const singleton = createSingleton(factory);
+
+        const a = singleton.get();
+        const b = singleton.get();
+
+        expect(factory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(a).toBe(b);
+    });
+
+    it('rebuilds a fresh instance after reset', () => {
+        let count = 0;
+        const singleton = createSingleton(() => ({ id: ++count }));
+
+        const first = singleton.get();
+        singleton.reset();
+        const second = singleton.get();
+
+        expect(first).not.toBe(second);
+        expect(second.id).toBe(2);
+    });
+
+    it('runs teardown once, with the live instance, on reset', () => {
+        const teardown = vi.fn();
+        const singleton = createSingleton(() => ({ id: 1 }), teardown);
+
+        const instance = singleton.get();
+        singleton.reset();
+
+        expect(teardown).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(teardown).toHaveBeenCalledWith(instance);
+    });
+
+    it('treats reset before any get as a no-op (no teardown, no throw)', () => {
+        const teardown = vi.fn();
+        const singleton = createSingleton(() => ({ id: 1 }), teardown);
+
+        expect(() => singleton.reset()).not.toThrow();
+        expect(teardown).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('does not run teardown again on a second consecutive reset', () => {
+        const teardown = vi.fn();
+        const singleton = createSingleton(() => ({ id: 1 }), teardown);
+
+        singleton.get();
+        singleton.reset();
+        singleton.reset();
+
+        expect(teardown).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('works without a teardown', () => {
+        const singleton = createSingleton(() => ({ id: 1 }));
+
+        singleton.get();
+        expect(() => singleton.reset()).not.toThrow();
+        expect(singleton.get().id).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('caches a falsy instance value without re-running the factory', () => {
+        const factory = vi.fn(() => undefined);
+        const singleton = createSingleton<undefined>(factory);
+
+        singleton.get();
+        singleton.get();
+
+        expect(factory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+});

src/shared/lib/helpers/createSingleton/createSingleton.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * A lazily-constructed singleton accessor pair.
+ */
+export interface Singleton<T> {
+    /**
+     * Returns the instance, constructing it on the first call and reusing it
+     * thereafter.
+     */
+    get: () => T;
+    /**
+     * Tears down the current instance (if built) and clears it, so the next
+     * `get()` rebuilds. Used by specs to avoid shared state between tests.
+     */
+    reset: () => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Standardizes the lazy `getX()` / `__resetX()` singleton pattern used by the
+ * app's stores.
+ *
+ * The instance is built on the first `get()` and reused afterwards; `reset()`
+ * runs the optional teardown against the live instance and clears it. Building
+ * lazily keeps the owning module inert at import — construction happens only on
+ * first access, never at module eval.
+ *
+ * @param factory - Builds the instance on first access.
+ * @param teardown - Optional cleanup run against the live instance on reset
+ * (e.g. disposing an `$effect.root` via the instance's `destroy()`).
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * const catalog = createSingleton(() => new FontCatalogStore({ limit: 50 }), c => c.destroy());
+ * export const getFontCatalog = catalog.get;
+ * export const __resetFontCatalog = catalog.reset;
+ * ```
+ */
+export function createSingleton<T>(factory: () => T, teardown?: (instance: T) => void): Singleton<T> {
+    let instance: T | undefined;
+    let initialized = false;
+
+    return {
+        get: () => {
+            if (!initialized) {
+                instance = factory();
+                initialized = true;
+            }
+            return instance as T;
+        },
+        reset: () => {
+            if (initialized) {
+                teardown?.(instance as T);
+            }
+            instance = undefined;
+            initialized = false;
+        },
+    };
+}

src/shared/lib/helpers/index.ts

@@ -137,6 +137,20 @@ export {
     type PerspectiveManager,
 } from './createPerspectiveManager/createPerspectiveManager.svelte';
 
+/**
+ * Lazy singletons
+ */
+export {
+    /**
+     * Lazy `getX()` / `__resetX()` singleton accessor factory
+     */
+    createSingleton,
+    /**
+     * Singleton accessor pair type
+     */
+    type Singleton,
+} from './createSingleton/createSingleton';
+
 /*
  * BaseQueryStore is intentionally NOT re-exported here.
  * It pulls @tanstack/query-core, so routing it through this leaf barrel would

src/shared/lib/index.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export {
     createPersistentStore,
     createPerspectiveManager,
     createResponsiveManager,
+    createSingleton,
     createVirtualizer,
     type Entity,
     type EntityStore,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export {
     type Property,
     type ResponsiveManager,
     responsiveManager,
+    type Singleton,
     type VirtualItem,
     type Virtualizer,
     type VirtualizerOptions,
@@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ export {
     clampNumber,
     cn,
     debounce,
+    ensureCanvasFonts,
     getDecimalPlaces,
+    getPretextFontString,
     roundToStepPrecision,
     smoothScroll,
     splitArray,

src/shared/lib/storybook/index.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * ============================================================================
- * STORYBOOK HELPERS
- * ============================================================================
- *
- * Helper components and utilities for Storybook stories.
+ * Storybook helpers: components and utilities for stories.
  *
  * ## Usage
  *

src/shared/lib/utils/ensureCanvasFonts/ensureCanvasFonts.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * Ensures a set of fonts is usable in a `<canvas>` measurement context.
+ *
+ * `document.fonts.load()` resolves once the FontFace bytes are fetched and
+ * parsed, but Chrome lazily registers fonts with the canvas measurement engine
+ * after that — `measureText` keeps returning a fallback width for some frames
+ * even though `document.fonts.check()` reports the font as loaded.
+ *
+ * Pretext caches measurements per font string forever, so a single fallback
+ * measurement during initial mount permanently poisons the cache and the
+ * rendered text drifts visibly from its measured box. This helper polls canvas
+ * measurement until each font reports a width that differs from the "unknown
+ * font family" fallback, guaranteeing the next `measureText` call sees the real
+ * glyph metrics.
+ *
+ * ponytail: deliberate copy of widgets/ComparisonView/lib's version — ADR-0002
+ * keeps the shelved morph tool untouched, so we don't move its util. The poll
+ * logic is the proven fix for Pretext's fallback-width cache poisoning; copying
+ * it is cheaper than refactoring frozen code.
+ *
+ * @param fontStrings - Pretext/canvas font strings (`weight sizepx "family"`) to warm.
+ */
+import { getPretextFontString } from '../getPretextFontString/getPretextFontString';
+
+const PROBE_TEXT = 'mmmmmmmmmm';
+const MAX_WAIT_MS = 1000;
+const DEFAULT_PROBE_SIZE_PX = 16;
+// Family unlikely to exist in any system — gives canvas's "unknown font" fallback width.
+const FALLBACK_PROBE_FAMILY = '__glyphdiff_no_such_font_42__';
+
+export async function ensureCanvasFonts(fontStrings: string[]): Promise<void> {
+    await Promise.all(fontStrings.map(f => document.fonts.load(f)));
+
+    // Pretext uses OffscreenCanvas when available; DOM canvas has separate font
+    // registration timing, so we MUST poll using the same canvas type pretext does.
+    const ctx = typeof OffscreenCanvas !== 'undefined'
+        ? new OffscreenCanvas(1, 1).getContext('2d')
+        : document.createElement('canvas').getContext('2d');
+    if (!ctx) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Measure each font's "unknown font" fallback width (different per browser, per OS).
+    // Canvas uses this same fallback for any font family it can't resolve, so when the
+    // requested font finally registers, measureText will return a non-fallback width.
+    const fallbackWidths = new Map<string, number>();
+    for (const font of fontStrings) {
+        const sizeMatch = font.match(/(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)px/);
+        const sizePx = sizeMatch ? parseFloat(sizeMatch[1]) : DEFAULT_PROBE_SIZE_PX;
+        ctx.font = getPretextFontString(400, sizePx, FALLBACK_PROBE_FAMILY);
+        fallbackWidths.set(font, ctx.measureText(PROBE_TEXT).width);
+    }
+
+    const deadline = performance.now() + MAX_WAIT_MS;
+    const pending = new Set(fontStrings);
+    while (pending.size > 0 && performance.now() < deadline) {
+        for (const font of Array.from(pending)) {
+            ctx.font = font;
+            const w = ctx.measureText(PROBE_TEXT).width;
+            if (Math.abs(w - fallbackWidths.get(font)!) > 0.5) {
+                pending.delete(font);
+            }
+        }
+        if (pending.size === 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+        // Sequential by design: poll once per animation frame until fonts register.
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
+        await new Promise<void>(resolve => requestAnimationFrame(() => resolve()));
+    }
+}

src/shared/lib/utils/getPretextFontString/getPretextFontString.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { getPretextFontString } from './getPretextFontString';
+
+describe('getPretextFontString', () => {
+    it('formats weight, px size and quoted family for pretext/canvas', () => {
+        expect(getPretextFontString(400, 48, 'Inter')).toBe('400 48px "Inter"');
+    });
+    it('preserves fractional sizes and quotes multi-word family names', () => {
+        expect(getPretextFontString(700, 12.5, 'PT Serif')).toBe('700 12.5px "PT Serif"');
+    });
+});

src/shared/lib/utils/getPretextFontString/getPretextFontString.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Formats a font config into the string `@chenglou/pretext` and the Canvas 2D
+ * `font` property both expect: `weight sizepx "family"`.
+ *
+ * ponytail: deliberate copy of widgets/ComparisonView/lib's version — ADR-0002
+ * keeps the shelved morph tool untouched, so we don't move its util. Three lines
+ * is cheaper to duplicate than to refactor frozen code.
+ *
+ * @param weight - Numeric font weight (e.g. 400).
+ * @param sizePx - Font size in pixels.
+ * @param fontName - The font family name.
+ * @returns A formatted font string: `weight sizepx "fontName"`.
+ */
+export function getPretextFontString(weight: number, sizePx: number, fontName: string): string {
+    return `${weight} ${sizePx}px "${fontName}"`;
+}

src/shared/lib/utils/index.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export {
 export { clampNumber } from './clampNumber/clampNumber';
 export { cn } from './cn';
 export { debounce } from './debounce/debounce';
+export { ensureCanvasFonts } from './ensureCanvasFonts/ensureCanvasFonts';
 export { getDecimalPlaces } from './getDecimalPlaces/getDecimalPlaces';
+export { getPretextFontString } from './getPretextFontString/getPretextFontString';
 export { getSkeletonWidth } from './getSkeletonWidth/getSkeletonWidth';
 export { roundToStepPrecision } from './roundToStepPrecision/roundToStepPrecision';
 export { smoothScroll } from './smoothScroll/smoothScroll';

src/shared/ui/Badge/Badge.svelte

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
 import { cn } from '$shared/lib';
+import type { Snippet } from 'svelte';
+import type { HTMLAttributes } from 'svelte/elements';
 import {
     type LabelSize,
     labelSizeConfig,
-} from '$shared/ui/Label/config';
-import type { Snippet } from 'svelte';
-import type { HTMLAttributes } from 'svelte/elements';
+} from '../labelConfig';
 
 type BadgeVariant = 'default' | 'accent' | 'success' | 'warning' | 'info';
 

src/shared/ui/ComboControl/ComboControl.svelte

@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ const displayLabel = $derived(label ?? controlLabel ?? '');
             {formattedValue()}
         </span>
     </div>
-
-    <!-- ── FULL MODE ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
 {:else}
+    <!--
+        FULL MODE
+        +/- buttons flanking a slider popover.
+    -->
     <div class={cn('flex items-center px-1 relative', className)}>
         <!-- Decrease button -->
         <Button

src/shared/ui/Input/index.ts

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export { default as Input } from './Input.svelte';
+export { inputIconSize } from './types';

src/shared/ui/Label/Label.svelte

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
     type LabelVariant,
     labelSizeConfig,
     labelVariantConfig,
-} from './config';
+} from '../labelConfig';
 
 interface Props {
     /**

src/shared/ui/SearchBar/SearchBar.svelte

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
     They cannot pass leftIcon — it's owned by this wrapper.
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
-import { Input } from '$shared/ui/Input';
-import { inputIconSize } from '$shared/ui/Input/types';
+import {
+    Input,
+    inputIconSize,
+} from '$shared/ui/Input';
 import SearchIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/search';
 import type { ComponentProps } from 'svelte';
 

src/shared/ui/SidebarContainer/SidebarContainer.svelte

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function close() {
 
 {#if responsive.isMobile}
     <!--
-        ── MOBILE: fixed overlay ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+        MOBILE: fixed overlay.
         Only rendered when open. Both backdrop and panel use Svelte transitions
         so they animate in and out independently.
     -->
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function close() {
     {/if}
 {:else}
     <!--
-        ── DESKTOP: collapsible column ───────────────────────────────────────
+        DESKTOP: collapsible column.
         Always in the DOM — width transitions between 320px and 0.
         overflow-hidden clips the w-80 inner div during the collapse.
 

src/shared/ui/TechText/TechText.svelte

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
 import { cn } from '$shared/lib';
+import type { Snippet } from 'svelte';
 import {
     type LabelSize,
     type LabelVariant,
     labelSizeConfig,
     labelVariantConfig,
-} from '$shared/ui/Label/config';
-import type { Snippet } from 'svelte';
+} from '../labelConfig';
 
 interface Props {
     /**

src/widgets/Board/lib/cycleGestures/cycleGestures.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { swipeDirection } from './cycleGestures';
+
+describe('swipeDirection', () => {
+    it('maps a leftward swipe past threshold to next', () => {
+        expect(swipeDirection(-80, 50)).toBe(1);
+    });
+    it('maps a rightward swipe past threshold to previous', () => {
+        expect(swipeDirection(80, 50)).toBe(-1);
+    });
+    it('ignores sub-threshold movement', () => {
+        expect(swipeDirection(20, 50)).toBe(0);
+        expect(swipeDirection(-20, 50)).toBe(0);
+    });
+    it('treats the exact threshold as a swipe (inclusive)', () => {
+        expect(swipeDirection(-50, 50)).toBe(1);
+        expect(swipeDirection(50, 50)).toBe(-1);
+    });
+});

src/widgets/Board/lib/cycleGestures/cycleGestures.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Maps a horizontal swipe delta to a cycle direction. A leftward swipe (negative
+ * dx) advances to the next pairing (+1); a rightward swipe (positive dx) goes to
+ * the previous (-1). Movement below the threshold is ignored (0).
+ *
+ * @param dx - Horizontal travel in px (end minus start).
+ * @param threshold - Minimum absolute travel in px to count as a swipe.
+ * @returns +1 (next), -1 (previous), or 0 (no cycle).
+ */
+export function swipeDirection(dx: number, threshold: number): -1 | 0 | 1 {
+    if (dx <= -threshold) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (dx >= threshold) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}

src/widgets/Board/ui/Board/Board.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<!--
+    Component: Board
+    Shell of the pairing board widget. Reads the board singleton, renders the
+    focal frame, and wires focal cycling (keyboard arrows + touch swipe). Cycling
+    swaps the focal in place (no remount) so the reserved frame height holds — the
+    zero-shift invariant. Rail / sidebar / side-by-side compose in here later.
+-->
+<script lang="ts">
+import { getBoard } from '$features/CompareBoard';
+import { swipeDirection } from '../../lib/cycleGestures/cycleGestures';
+import FocalFrame from '../FocalFrame/FocalFrame.svelte';
+
+const board = getBoard();
+
+/**
+ * Minimum horizontal travel (px) to register a swipe as a cycle.
+ */
+const SWIPE_THRESHOLD = 50;
+
+// Arrow-key cycling, suppressed while a specimen field is being edited.
+$effect(() => {
+    function onKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+        const active = document.activeElement;
+        if (active instanceof HTMLElement && active.isContentEditable) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (event.key === 'ArrowRight') {
+            board.cycle(1);
+        } else if (event.key === 'ArrowLeft') {
+            board.cycle(-1);
+        }
+    }
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', onKeydown);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeydown);
+});
+
+let touchStartX = 0;
+
+function onTouchStart(event: TouchEvent) {
+    touchStartX = event.touches[0]?.clientX ?? 0;
+}
+
+function onTouchEnd(event: TouchEvent) {
+    const endX = event.changedTouches[0]?.clientX ?? touchStartX;
+    const direction = swipeDirection(endX - touchStartX, SWIPE_THRESHOLD);
+    if (direction !== 0) {
+        board.cycle(direction);
+    }
+}
+</script>
+
+<div
+    class="w-full"
+    role="group"
+    aria-label="Pairing board — swipe or use arrow keys to cycle"
+    ontouchstart={onTouchStart}
+    ontouchend={onTouchEnd}
+>
+    <FocalFrame />
+</div>

src/widgets/Board/ui/CandidateCard/CandidateCard.stories.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<script module>
+import { defineMeta } from '@storybook/addon-svelte-csf';
+import CandidateCard from './CandidateCard.svelte';
+
+const { Story } = defineMeta({
+    title: 'Widgets/Board/CandidateCard',
+    component: CandidateCard,
+    tags: ['autodocs'],
+    parameters: {
+        docs: {
+            description: {
+                component:
+                    'Compact rail switcher for one pairing: the two font names in their own fonts. Click makes the pairing focal (aria-current). Not an evaluation surface — no real-length specimen.',
+            },
+            story: { inline: false },
+        },
+    },
+});
+</script>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import type { ComponentProps } from 'svelte';
+</script>
+
+<Story
+    name="Default"
+    args={{
+        pairing: { id: 'demo-1', headerFontId: 'Playfair Display', bodyFontId: 'Source Sans Pro' },
+    }}
+>
+    {#snippet template(args: ComponentProps<typeof CandidateCard>)}
+        <div style="max-width: 220px;">
+            <CandidateCard {...args} />
+        </div>
+    {/snippet}
+</Story>

src/widgets/Board/ui/CandidateCard/CandidateCard.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<!--
+    Component: CandidateCard
+    Compact switcher for one pairing in the rail — NOT an evaluation surface. Shows
+    the two font names rendered in their own fonts at a small decorative size
+    (clamp/cqi is fine here: chrome, not the honest-measure specimen). Click makes
+    the pairing focal. Container-query driven so the same card works anywhere.
+-->
+<script lang="ts">
+import {
+    FontApplicator,
+    type UnifiedFont,
+    getFontLifecycleManager,
+} from '$entities/Font';
+import type {
+    Pairing,
+    Role,
+} from '$entities/Pairing';
+import { getBoard } from '$features/CompareBoard';
+
+interface Props {
+    /**
+     * The pairing this card switches to.
+     */
+    pairing: Pairing;
+}
+
+let { pairing }: Props = $props();
+
+const board = getBoard();
+const lifecycle = getFontLifecycleManager();
+
+const isFocal = $derived(board.focalId === pairing.id);
+const fonts = $derived(board.resolvePairingFonts(pairing));
+</script>
+
+<button
+    type="button"
+    class="
+        @container flex w-full flex-col gap-1 rounded-lg border p-3 text-left transition-colors
+        aria-current:border-indigo-500 aria-current:bg-indigo-50
+        border-slate-200 hover:border-slate-300
+    "
+    aria-current={isFocal ? 'true' : undefined}
+    onclick={() => board.setFocal(pairing.id)}
+>
+    {@render name('header', fonts.header?.name ?? pairing.headerFontId, fonts.header)}
+    {@render name('body', fonts.body?.name ?? pairing.bodyFontId, fonts.body)}
+</button>
+
+{#snippet name(role: Role, label: string, font: UnifiedFont | undefined)}
+    {@const size = role === 'header' ? 'clamp(0.9rem, 5cqi, 1.25rem)' : 'clamp(0.75rem, 4cqi, 1rem)'}
+    {#if font}
+        <FontApplicator
+            {font}
+            status={lifecycle.getFontStatus(font.id, board.typo[role].weight, font.features?.isVariable)}
+        >
+            <span class="block truncate" style:font-size={size}>{label}</span>
+        </FontApplicator>
+    {:else}
+        <span class="block truncate text-slate-500" style:font-size={size}>{label}</span>
+    {/if}
+{/snippet}

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>

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}

src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.stories.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<script module>
+import { defineMeta } from '@storybook/addon-svelte-csf';
+import RoleField from './RoleField.svelte';
+
+const { Story } = defineMeta({
+    title: 'Widgets/Board/RoleField',
+    component: RoleField,
+    tags: ['autodocs'],
+    parameters: {
+        docs: {
+            description: {
+                component:
+                    'Always-editable plain-text specimen field for one role. Uncontrolled while focused (no caret jump), commits on blur. Header blocks Enter (single-line); body allows line breaks. Paste inserts plain text only.',
+            },
+            story: { inline: false },
+        },
+    },
+});
+</script>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import type { ComponentProps } from 'svelte';
+
+let headerText = $state('The Art of Harmonious Type');
+let bodyText = $state(
+    'Good typography is invisible. It guides the eye without calling attention to itself, balancing rhythm, contrast, and proportion.',
+);
+let emptyText = $state('');
+</script>
+
+<Story
+    name="Header (single-line)"
+    args={{
+        role: 'header',
+        text: headerText,
+        fontName: 'Georgia',
+        size: 48,
+        weight: 700,
+        leading: 1.1,
+        tracking: 0,
+        oncommit: t => (headerText = t),
+    }}
+>
+    {#snippet template(args: ComponentProps<typeof RoleField>)}
+        <RoleField {...args} />
+    {/snippet}
+</Story>
+
+<Story
+    name="Body (multi-line)"
+    args={{
+        role: 'body',
+        text: bodyText,
+        fontName: 'Georgia',
+        size: 18,
+        weight: 400,
+        leading: 1.5,
+        tracking: 0,
+        oncommit: t => (bodyText = t),
+    }}
+>
+    {#snippet template(args: ComponentProps<typeof RoleField>)}
+        <RoleField {...args} />
+    {/snippet}
+</Story>
+
+<Story
+    name="Empty (placeholder)"
+    args={{
+        role: 'body',
+        text: emptyText,
+        fontName: 'Georgia',
+        size: 18,
+        weight: 400,
+        leading: 1.5,
+        tracking: 0,
+        oncommit: t => (emptyText = t),
+    }}
+>
+    {#snippet template(args: ComponentProps<typeof RoleField>)}
+        <RoleField {...args} />
+    {/snippet}
+</Story>

src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+<!--
+    Component: RoleField
+    Always-live plain-text specimen field for one role (header/body). Edits stay
+    uncontrolled while the field is focused (the prop never writes back over the
+    caret), and commit to the board on blur. The editable node is wrapped so any
+    frame transition animates the wrapper, never the node being typed in.
+-->
+<script lang="ts">
+import type { Role } from '$entities/Pairing';
+
+interface Props {
+    /**
+     * Which role this field edits — drives Enter behaviour and the placeholder.
+     */
+    role: Role;
+    /**
+     * Current committed specimen text for the role.
+     */
+    text: string;
+    /**
+     * Font family the specimen renders in.
+     */
+    fontName: string;
+    /**
+     * Font size in px.
+     */
+    size: number;
+    /**
+     * Numeric font weight.
+     */
+    weight: number;
+    /**
+     * Unitless line-height multiplier.
+     */
+    leading: number;
+    /**
+     * Letter spacing in px.
+     */
+    tracking: number;
+    /**
+     * Called with the field's text when it commits (on blur).
+     */
+    oncommit: (text: string) => void;
+    /**
+     * Extra CSS classes for the wrapper.
+     */
+    class?: string;
+}
+
+let {
+    role,
+    text,
+    fontName,
+    size,
+    weight,
+    leading,
+    tracking,
+    oncommit,
+    class: className = '',
+}: Props = $props();
+
+let element = $state<HTMLDivElement>();
+let focused = $state(false);
+
+const placeholder = $derived(role === 'header' ? 'Header text…' : 'Body text…');
+
+/**
+ * Sync the prop into the DOM only while unfocused. External updates (cycling,
+ * reset, another field's commit) must never move the caret mid-edit, so we skip
+ * the write whenever the field has focus. innerText keeps the content plain.
+ */
+$effect(() => {
+    const next = text;
+    if (element && !focused && element.innerText !== next) {
+        element.innerText = next;
+    }
+});
+
+function handleBlur() {
+    focused = false;
+    if (element) {
+        oncommit(element.innerText);
+    }
+}
+
+function handlePaste(event: ClipboardEvent) {
+    // Strip formatting: insert the clipboard's plain text only.
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const plain = event.clipboardData?.getData('text/plain') ?? '';
+    document.execCommand('insertText', false, plain);
+}
+
+function handleKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    // Header is single-line: Enter commits (blur) instead of inserting a break.
+    if (role === 'header' && event.key === 'Enter') {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        element?.blur();
+    }
+}
+</script>
+
+<div class={className}>
+    <div
+        bind:this={element}
+        contenteditable="plaintext-only"
+        spellcheck="false"
+        role="textbox"
+        tabindex="0"
+        aria-label="{role} specimen"
+        data-placeholder={placeholder}
+        onfocus={() => (focused = true)}
+        onblur={handleBlur}
+        onpaste={handlePaste}
+        onkeydown={handleKeydown}
+        class="
+            w-full min-h-[1.4em] outline-none whitespace-pre-wrap break-words
+            empty:before:content-[attr(data-placeholder)] empty:before:text-slate-400
+            focus:outline-none
+        "
+        style:font-family={`"${fontName}"`}
+        style:font-size="{size}px"
+        style:font-weight={weight}
+        style:line-height={leading}
+        style:letter-spacing="{tracking}px"
+    >
+    </div>
+</div>

src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.svelte.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import {
+    fireEvent,
+    render,
+    screen,
+} from '@testing-library/svelte';
+import { tick } from 'svelte';
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+    vi,
+} from 'vitest';
+import RoleField from './RoleField.svelte';
+
+const baseProps = { fontName: 'Georgia', size: 24, weight: 400, leading: 1.4, tracking: 0 };
+
+describe('RoleField', () => {
+    it('renders the initial text', async () => {
+        render(RoleField, { props: { role: 'header', text: 'Hello', oncommit: () => {}, ...baseProps } });
+        await tick();
+        expect(screen.getByRole('textbox').textContent).toBe('Hello');
+    });
+
+    it('commits the field text on blur (not on input)', async () => {
+        const oncommit = vi.fn();
+        render(RoleField, { props: { role: 'body', text: 'Start', oncommit, ...baseProps } });
+        await tick();
+        const field = screen.getByRole('textbox');
+        field.textContent = 'Edited';
+        await fireEvent.blur(field);
+        expect(oncommit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Edited');
+    });
+
+    it('prevents Enter on the header role (single-line)', async () => {
+        render(RoleField, { props: { role: 'header', text: 'Title', oncommit: () => {}, ...baseProps } });
+        await tick();
+        const field = screen.getByRole('textbox');
+        const event = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Enter', cancelable: true, bubbles: true });
+        field.dispatchEvent(event);
+        expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('allows Enter on the body role (multi-line)', async () => {
+        render(RoleField, { props: { role: 'body', text: 'Para', oncommit: () => {}, ...baseProps } });
+        await tick();
+        const field = screen.getByRole('textbox');
+        const event = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Enter', cancelable: true, bubbles: true });
+        field.dispatchEvent(event);
+        expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    });
+});

src/widgets/ComparisonView/lib/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export { computeStrutHeight } from './utils/computeStrutHeight/computeStrutHeight';
 export {
     createDotCrossfade,
     getDotTransitionParams,

src/widgets/ComparisonView/lib/utils/computeStrutHeight/computeStrutHeight.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from 'vitest';
+import { computeStrutHeight } from './computeStrutHeight';
+
+describe('computeStrutHeight', () => {
+    it('uses the centering height when the line-height is generous', () => {
+        // centering = 40/2 + 16*0.34 = 25.44; floor = 16*1.1 = 17.6 → centering wins.
+        expect(computeStrutHeight(40, 16)).toBeCloseTo(25.44, 5);
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to the ascent floor when the line-height is tight', () => {
+        // centering = 16/2 + 16*0.34 = 13.44; floor = 16*1.1 = 17.6 → floor wins.
+        expect(computeStrutHeight(16, 16)).toBeCloseTo(17.6, 5);
+    });
+
+    it('treats the floor and centering height as equal at the crossover line-height', () => {
+        // centering == floor when lineHeight = 1.52 * fontSize → 24.32 for 16px.
+        expect(computeStrutHeight(24.32, 16)).toBeCloseTo(17.6, 5);
+    });
+
+    it('scales with font size', () => {
+        // centering = 60/2 + 32*0.34 = 40.88; floor = 32*1.1 = 35.2 → centering wins.
+        expect(computeStrutHeight(60, 32)).toBeCloseTo(40.88, 5);
+    });
+});

src/widgets/ComparisonView/lib/utils/computeStrutHeight/computeStrutHeight.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Fraction of the font size added to half the line height to drop the strut's
+ * baseline from the line box's vertical middle down to the text's optical
+ * center. Empirical: ~0.34em approximates a Latin font's midline-to-baseline
+ * offset, so glyphs sit centered rather than riding high in the line.
+ */
+const BASELINE_OFFSET_RATIO = 0.34;
+
+/**
+ * Minimum strut height as a multiple of the font size. Floors the strut above
+ * the fonts' ascent (~1em) so that at tight line-heights it stays the tallest
+ * inline box and keeps ownership of the line baseline. Empirical: 1.1 clears the
+ * tallest ascenders in the catalog's Latin fonts.
+ */
+const MIN_HEIGHT_RATIO = 1.1;
+
+/**
+ * Pixel height for a slider line's invisible baseline strut.
+ *
+ * The slider renders each line with a zero-width strut span whose box is
+ * deliberately the tallest inline box on the line. The browser pins a line box's
+ * baseline to its tallest inline box; fixing the strut's height independent of
+ * which bulk runs or window chars are currently mounted keeps the baseline (and
+ * every glyph) from jumping as the slider sweeps runs in and out. With
+ * `overflow: hidden` the strut's baseline sits at its bottom edge, so this height
+ * also sets the text's vertical position within the line box.
+ *
+ * The result is `max(centeringHeight, ascentFloor)`:
+ * - `centeringHeight = lineHeightPx / 2 + fontSizePx * BASELINE_OFFSET_RATIO`
+ *   centers the text — half the line box places the strut's bottom edge at the
+ *   vertical middle, and the offset term nudges the baseline down to the glyphs'
+ *   optical center.
+ * - `ascentFloor = fontSizePx * MIN_HEIGHT_RATIO` keeps the strut taller than the
+ *   fonts' ascent when the line-height is tight (where `centeringHeight` would
+ *   shrink below a real glyph box and let another box steal the baseline).
+ *
+ * @param lineHeightPx Line height in pixels (typography line-height × font size).
+ * @param fontSizePx   Rendered font size in pixels.
+ * @returns            Strut height in pixels.
+ */
+export function computeStrutHeight(lineHeightPx: number, fontSizePx: number): number {
+    const centeringHeight = lineHeightPx / 2 + fontSizePx * BASELINE_OFFSET_RATIO;
+    const ascentFloor = fontSizePx * MIN_HEIGHT_RATIO;
+    return Math.max(centeringHeight, ascentFloor);
+}

src/widgets/ComparisonView/model/stores/comparisonStore.svelte.ts

@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ import {
 import {
     type TypographySettingsStore,
     getTypographySettingsStore,
-} from '$features/AdjustTypography/model';
-import { createPersistentStore } from '$shared/lib';
+} from '$features/AdjustTypography';
+import {
+    createPersistentStore,
+    createSingleton,
+} from '$shared/lib';
 import { untrack } from 'svelte';
 import { getPretextFontString } from '../../lib';
 
@@ -56,12 +59,6 @@ const STORAGE_KEY = 'glyphdiff:comparison';
  */
 const FONT_READY_FALLBACK_MS = 1000;
 
-// Persistent storage for selected comparison fonts
-const storage = createPersistentStore<ComparisonState>(STORAGE_KEY, {
-    fontAId: null,
-    fontBId: null,
-});
-
 /**
  * Store for managing font comparison state.
  *
@@ -100,22 +97,39 @@ export class ComparisonStore {
      * TanStack Query-backed store for efficient batch font retrieval
      */
     #fontsByIdsStore: FontsByIdsStore;
-
+    /**
+     * Paginated font catalog — source of fonts for default seeding.
+     */
     #fontCatalog: FontCatalogStore;
-
+    /**
+     * Typography settings applied to the rendered comparison.
+     */
     #typography: TypographySettingsStore;
-
+    /**
+     * Font load/cache/eviction manager; pinned to keep compared fonts resident.
+     */
     #lifecycle: FontLifecycleManager;
+    /**
+     * Per-instance persistent storage for the selected comparison fonts.
+     */
+    #storage = createPersistentStore<ComparisonState>(STORAGE_KEY, {
+        fontAId: null,
+        fontBId: null,
+    });
+    /**
+     * Disposes the constructor's $effect.root. Must be run on teardown.
+     */
+    #disposeEffects: () => void;
 
     constructor() {
         // Synchronously seed the batch store with any IDs already in storage
-        const { fontAId, fontBId } = storage.value;
+        const { fontAId, fontBId } = this.#storage.value;
         this.#fontsByIdsStore = new FontsByIdsStore(fontAId && fontBId ? [fontAId, fontBId] : []);
         this.#fontCatalog = getFontCatalog();
         this.#typography = getTypographySettingsStore();
         this.#lifecycle = getFontLifecycleManager();
 
-        $effect.root(() => {
+        this.#disposeEffects = $effect.root(() => {
             // Sync batch results → fontA / fontB
             $effect(() => {
                 const fonts = this.#fontsByIdsStore.fonts;
@@ -123,7 +137,7 @@ export class ComparisonStore {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                const { fontAId: aId, fontBId: bId } = storage.value;
+                const { fontAId: aId, fontBId: bId } = this.#storage.value;
                 if (aId) {
                     const fa = fonts.find(f => f.id === aId);
                     if (fa) {
@@ -178,7 +192,7 @@ export class ComparisonStore {
                 // Untracked: only the catalog load should drive this effect, not the
                 // user's storage writes that happen as a result of normal selection.
                 const hasStoredSelection = untrack(() => {
-                    return storage.value.fontAId !== null || storage.value.fontBId !== null;
+                    return this.#storage.value.fontAId !== null || this.#storage.value.fontBId !== null;
                 });
 
                 if (hasStoredSelection) {
@@ -194,7 +208,7 @@ export class ComparisonStore {
                 untrack(() => {
                     const id1 = fonts[0].id;
                     const id2 = fonts[fonts.length - 1].id;
-                    storage.value = { fontAId: id1, fontBId: id2 };
+                    this.#storage.value = { fontAId: id1, fontBId: id2 };
                     this.#fontsByIdsStore.setIds([id1, id2]);
                 });
             });
@@ -279,7 +293,7 @@ export class ComparisonStore {
      * Updates persistent storage with the current font selection.
      */
     private updateStorage() {
-        storage.value = {
+        this.#storage.value = {
             fontAId: this.#fontA?.id ?? null,
             fontBId: this.#fontB?.id ?? null,
         };
@@ -363,19 +377,28 @@ export class ComparisonStore {
         this.#fontA = undefined;
         this.#fontB = undefined;
         this.#fontsByIdsStore.setIds([]);
-        storage.clear();
+        this.#storage.clear();
         this.#typography.reset();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Disposes reactive effects and the persistent store. Call on teardown.
+     */
+    destroy() {
+        this.#disposeEffects();
+        this.#storage.destroy();
+    }
 }
 
-let _comparisonStore: ComparisonStore | undefined;
+const comparisonStore = createSingleton(
+    () => new ComparisonStore(),
+    instance => {
+        instance.resetAll();
+        instance.destroy();
+    },
+);
 
-export function getComparisonStore(): ComparisonStore {
-    return (_comparisonStore ??= new ComparisonStore());
-}
+export const getComparisonStore = comparisonStore.get;
 
-// test-only reset, so specs don't share a live observer
-export function __resetComparisonStore() {
-    _comparisonStore?.resetAll();
-    _comparisonStore = undefined;
-}
+// test-only reset, so specs don't share a live observer or persisted state
+export const __resetComparisonStore = comparisonStore.reset;

src/widgets/ComparisonView/model/stores/comparisonStore.test.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 
 import type { UnifiedFont } from '$entities/Font';
 import { UNIFIED_FONTS } from '$entities/Font/testing';
-import { queryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+import { getQueryClient } from '$shared/api/queryClient';
+
+const queryClient = getQueryClient();
 import {
     beforeEach,
     describe,
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ const mockStorage = vi.hoisted(() => {
         configurable: true,
     });
 
+    storage.destroy = vi.fn();
+
     return storage;
 });
 
@@ -82,6 +86,12 @@ vi.mock('$entities/Font/model', async importOriginal => {
     };
 });
 
+const mockTypography = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+    weight: 400,
+    renderedSize: 48,
+    reset: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
 vi.mock('$features/AdjustTypography', () => ({
     DEFAULT_TYPOGRAPHY_CONTROLS_DATA: [],
     createTypographyControlManager: vi.fn(() => ({
@@ -89,15 +99,6 @@ vi.mock('$features/AdjustTypography', () => ({
         renderedSize: 48,
         reset: vi.fn(),
     })),
-}));
-
-const mockTypography = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-    weight: 400,
-    renderedSize: 48,
-    reset: vi.fn(),
-}));
-
-vi.mock('$features/AdjustTypography/model', () => ({
     getTypographySettingsStore: () => mockTypography,
 }));
 

src/widgets/ComparisonView/ui/Line/Line.svelte

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <!--
     Component: Line
     Renders one laid-out line as three regions: a fontA bulk run (past the
-    slider), an N-char crossfade window straddling it, and a fontB bulk run (not
+    slider), a crossfade window straddling it (its size derived per line from
+    the line's grapheme count via `windowSizeForLine`), and a fontB bulk run (not
     yet past). Bulk runs are native shaped text (kerning, ligatures); only the
     window uses per-char DOM. `split` is a primitive so the render-model
     `$derived` skips recomputation on ticks that leave it unchanged.
@@ -10,10 +11,13 @@
 import {
     type ComparisonLine,
     computeLineRenderModel,
+    windowSizeForLine,
 } from '$entities/Font';
 import { getTypographySettingsStore } from '$features/AdjustTypography';
+import { computeStrutHeight } from '../../lib';
 import { getComparisonStore } from '../../model';
 import Character from '../Character/Character.svelte';
+import SettledText from '../SettledText/SettledText.svelte';
 
 interface Props {
     /**
@@ -24,16 +28,14 @@ interface Props {
      * Count of chars the slider has passed, from `findSplitIndex`.
      */
     split: number;
-    /**
-     * Number of chars in the crossfade window around the split.
-     */
-    windowSize: number;
 }
 
-let { line, split, windowSize }: Props = $props();
+let { line, split }: Props = $props();
 
 const comparisonStore = getComparisonStore();
 
+const windowSize = $derived(windowSizeForLine(line.chars.length));
+
 const model = $derived(computeLineRenderModel(line, split, windowSize));
 
 const typography = getTypographySettingsStore();
@@ -44,36 +46,9 @@ const fontSizePx = $derived(typography.renderedSize);
 const lineHeightPx = $derived(typography.height * typography.renderedSize);
 const letterSpacingPx = $derived(typography.spacing * typography.renderedSize);
 
-/**
- * Class and style are single short bindings so the formatter keeps
- * `<span ...>{text}</span>` on one line. A wrapped text expression would leak
- * its indentation into the span content under `white-space: pre`.
- */
-const BULK_LEFT_CLASS =
-    'inline-block align-baseline leading-none text-swiss-black/75 dark:text-brand/75 transition-colors duration-300';
-const BULK_RIGHT_CLASS =
-    'inline-block align-baseline leading-none text-neutral-950 dark:text-white transition-colors duration-300';
-
-const leftStyle = $derived(`font-family:${fontA?.name ?? ''};font-size:${fontSizePx}px`);
-const rightStyle = $derived(`font-family:${fontB?.name ?? ''};font-size:${fontSizePx}px`);
-
-/**
- * Stops the whole line from jumping up or down as the slider moves. The browser
- * pins a line box's baseline to its tallest inline box, so without a fixed
- * reference the baseline (and every glyph) shifts the moment a bulk run appears
- * or disappears, or the last window char morphs to a font with a taller ascent.
- * This invisible strut is always the tallest box — `overflow: hidden` puts its
- * baseline at its bottom edge — so it owns the line baseline and holds it still.
- * Its height also sets the text's vertical position (the container is block, so
- * nothing else centers it).
- *
- * Height factors are empirical: the first term centers the text, the `* 1.1`
- * floor keeps the strut above the fonts' ascent at tight line-heights.
- */
-const strutHeightPx = $derived(Math.max(lineHeightPx / 2 + fontSizePx * 0.34, fontSizePx * 1.1));
-const strutStyle = $derived(
-    `display:inline-block;width:0;overflow:hidden;vertical-align:baseline;height:${strutHeightPx}px`,
-);
+// Invisible strut that pins the line baseline so glyphs don't jump as the
+// slider moves; `computeStrutHeight` explains the why and the formula.
+const strutHeightPx = $derived(computeStrutHeight(lineHeightPx, fontSizePx));
 </script>
 
 <!--
@@ -91,15 +66,19 @@ const strutStyle = $derived(
         style:letter-spacing="{letterSpacingPx}px"
         style:font-weight={typography.weight}
     >
-        <span style={strutStyle} aria-hidden="true"></span>
+        <span
+            class="inline-block w-0 overflow-hidden align-baseline"
+            style:height="{strutHeightPx}px"
+            aria-hidden="true"
+        ></span>
         {#if model.leftText}
-            <span class={BULK_LEFT_CLASS} style={leftStyle}>{model.leftText}</span>
+            <SettledText text={model.leftText} fontFamily={fontA.name} fontSize={fontSizePx} side="left" />
         {/if}
         {#each model.windowChars as wc (wc.key)}
             <Character char={wc.char} {fontA} {fontB} isPast={wc.isPast} fontSize={fontSizePx} />
         {/each}
         {#if model.rightText}
-            <span class={BULK_RIGHT_CLASS} style={rightStyle}>{model.rightText}</span>
+            <SettledText text={model.rightText} fontFamily={fontB.name} fontSize={fontSizePx} side="right" />
         {/if}
     </div>
 {/if}

src/widgets/ComparisonView/ui/SettledText/SettledText.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+    Component: SettledText
+    One side's text settled in a single font — left is fontA the slider has
+    passed, right is fontB not yet reached. A native shaped run (kerning,
+    ligatures); the crossfading middle uses per-char Character cells instead.
+-->
+<script lang="ts">
+interface Props {
+    /**
+     * Run text.
+     */
+    text: string;
+    /**
+     * CSS font-family name.
+     */
+    fontFamily: string;
+    /**
+     * Font size in px.
+     */
+    fontSize: number;
+    /**
+     * Window side — selects the color treatment.
+     */
+    side: 'left' | 'right';
+}
+
+let { text, fontFamily, fontSize, side }: Props = $props();
+
+// Left (fontA, passed) is dimmed; right (fontB, pending) is full-strength.
+const SIDE_CLASS: Record<Props['side'], string> = {
+    left:
+        'inline-block align-baseline leading-none text-swiss-black/75 dark:text-brand/75 transition-colors duration-300',
+    right: 'inline-block align-baseline leading-none text-neutral-950 dark:text-white transition-colors duration-300',
+};
+</script>
+
+<span class={SIDE_CLASS[side]} style:font-family="'{fontFamily}'" style:font-size="{fontSize}px">{text}</span>

src/widgets/ComparisonView/ui/Sidebar/Sidebar.svelte

@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ const side = $derived<Side>(comparisonStore.side);
         className,
     )}
 >
-    <!-- ── Header: title + A/B toggle ────────────────────────────────── -->
     <div
         class="
             p-6 shrink-0
@@ -96,14 +95,13 @@ const side = $derived<Side>(comparisonStore.side);
         </ButtonGroup>
     </div>
 
-    <!-- ── Main: content area (no scroll - VirtualList handles scrolling) ─────────────────────────────── -->
+    <!-- No scroll here; VirtualList handles scrolling -->
     <div class="flex-1 min-h-0 surface-canvas">
         {#if main}
             {@render main()}
         {/if}
     </div>
 
-    <!-- ── Bottom: fixed controls ─────────────────────────────────────── -->
     {#if controls}
         <div
             class="

src/widgets/ComparisonView/ui/SliderArea/SliderArea.svelte

@@ -107,12 +107,6 @@ const layout = new DualFontLayout();
 
 let layoutResult = $state<ComparisonResult>({ lines: [], totalHeight: 0 });
 
-/**
- * N-window size for the per-char crossfade zone around the slider split.
- * Tuned so chars complete their 100ms opacity crossfade before exiting the window.
- */
-const WINDOW_SIZE = 5;
-
 // Track container width changes (window resize, sidebar toggle, etc.)
 $effect(() => {
     if (!container) {
@@ -344,7 +338,7 @@ $effect(() => {
                     >
                         {#each layoutResult.lines as line, lineIdx (lineIdx)}
                             {@const split = findSplitIndex(line, sliderPos, containerWidth)}
-                            <Line {line} {split} windowSize={WINDOW_SIZE} />
+                            <Line {line} {split} />
                         {/each}
                     </div>
 

src/widgets/SampleList/model/stores/layoutStore/layoutStore.svelte.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
  * - Desktop Large (>= 1280px): 4 columns
  */
 
-import { createPersistentStore } from '$shared/lib';
-import { responsiveManager } from '$shared/lib';
+import {
+    createPersistentStore,
+    createSingleton,
+    responsiveManager,
+} from '$shared/lib';
 
 export type LayoutMode = 'list' | 'grid';
 
@@ -144,22 +147,25 @@ class LayoutManager {
         this.#mode = DEFAULT_CONFIG.mode;
         this.#store.clear();
     }
-}
 
-let _layoutManager: LayoutManager | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Dispose the persistent store's save effect. Call on store disposal.
+     */
+    destroy(): void {
+        this.#store.destroy();
+    }
+}
 
 /**
  * App-wide layout manager, created on first access. Lazy so its persisted
  * layout preference isn't read at module load.
  */
-export function getLayoutManager(): LayoutManager {
-    return (_layoutManager ??= new LayoutManager());
-}
+const layoutManager = createSingleton(() => new LayoutManager(), instance => instance.destroy());
+
+export const getLayoutManager = layoutManager.get;
 
 // test-only reset, so specs don't share persisted layout state
-export function __resetLayoutManager() {
-    _layoutManager = undefined;
-}
+export const __resetLayoutManager = layoutManager.reset;
 
 // Export class for testing purposes
 export { LayoutManager };

src/widgets/SampleList/model/stores/layoutStore/layoutStore.test.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
     describe,
     expect,
     it,
+    vi,
 } from 'vitest';
 
 // Helper to flush Svelte effects (they run in microtasks)
@@ -69,12 +70,17 @@ describe('layoutStore', () => {
         });
 
         it('should default to list mode when localStorage has invalid data', async () => {
+            // createPersistentStore logs and swallows the parse error; silence
+            // the expected warn so it doesn't pollute test output, and assert it.
+            const warnSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
             localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, 'invalid json');
 
             const { LayoutManager } = await import('./layoutStore.svelte');
             const manager = new LayoutManager();
 
             expect(manager.mode).toBe('list');
+            expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+            warnSpy.mockRestore();
         });
 
         it('should default to list mode when localStorage has empty object', async () => {

src/widgets/SampleList/ui/SampleList/SampleList.svelte

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
 import {
+    FontSampler,
     FontVirtualList,
     createFontRowSizeResolver,
     getFontCatalog,
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import {
     TypographyMenu,
     getTypographySettingsStore,
 } from '$features/AdjustTypography';
-import { FontSampler } from '$features/DisplayFont';
 import { throttle } from '$shared/lib/utils';
 import { Skeleton } from '$shared/ui';
 import { getLayoutManager } from '../../model';
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ const fontRowHeight = $derived.by(() =>
                 getFontStatus reads a $state SvelteMap, so the row stays reactive.
             -->
             {@const status = fontLifecycleManager.getFontStatus(font.id, typographySettingsStore.weight, font.features?.isVariable)}
-            <FontSampler bind:text {font} {index} {status} />
+            <FontSampler bind:text {font} {index} {status} typography={typographySettingsStore} />
         {/snippet}
     </FontVirtualList>
 

tsconfig.json

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
     /* Path Aliases */
     "paths": {
-      "$lib/*": ["./src/lib/*"],
       "$app/*": ["./src/app/*"],
       "$widgets/*": ["./src/widgets/*"],
       "$shared/*": ["./src/shared/*"],

vite.config.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     plugins: [svelte(), tailwindcss()],
     resolve: {
         alias: {
-            $lib: '/src/lib',
             $app: '/src/app',
             $shared: '/src/shared',
             $entities: '/src/entities',

vitest.config.browser.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 
     resolve: {
         alias: {
-            $lib: path.resolve(__dirname, './src/lib'),
             $app: path.resolve(__dirname, './src/app'),
             $shared: path.resolve(__dirname, './src/shared'),
             $entities: path.resolve(__dirname, './src/entities'),