Cool-tinted near-white background (#FAFBFD). The blue undertone is almost imperceptible but your brain registers it. It sets a professional, trustworthy tone before anything else loads. Pure white surface cards create crisp contrast against it. The deep navy text (#0C1B33) is far richer than black. It's the color of a banker's suit.

GT America for headings at weight 600 with -0.025em letter-spacing. This is a premium grotesque with the kind of typographic authority that makes your product feel like it was designed by a firm that charges by the hour. Medium-bold, confident without being aggressive. The 1.2 heading line height keeps the professional tone tight. Not screaming. Stating.

Inter for body text at weight 400 with generous 1.75 line height. In a system where trust is built through restraint, the body text needs to be invisible. Inter does that perfectly. The contrast between the premium heading and the workmanlike body creates subtle hierarchy. You notice the headings. You read through the body. At 18px base size with spacious density, everything has room to breathe. This is a typography system that respects your time.

Layered precision shadows. Dual layers: 1px 2px at 4% and 4px 16px at 6%, both using the navy-black text color for shadow. This creates realistic, grounded depth. Cards feel elevated but never floating. The large shadow (25px at 50px spread) is reserved for important elevated panels. Relaxed motion speed means transitions feel deliberate, not snappy. Lift hover effects are subtle. No glows, no colored shadows, no atmosphere beyond precision. The depth system earns trust through craft. Every shadow says "we measured this."