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# Design Guidelines

This document outlines the design guidelines for the Digital Freezone Customer Portal, covering visual design, interaction patterns, and user experience principles.


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## Design Principles

### 1. Core Principles

#### 1.1. User-Centered
- **Focus on User Needs**: Design decisions should be driven by user needs and goals.
- **Reduce Cognitive Load**: Minimize the mental effort required to use the platform.
- **Progressive Disclosure**: Present information and options gradually, as needed.
- **Contextual Relevance**: Show information and actions relevant to the user's current context.

#### 1.2. Clarity
- **Clear Communication**: Use clear, concise language throughout the interface.
- **Visual Hierarchy**: Establish a clear visual hierarchy to guide attention.
- **Purposeful Design**: Every element should serve a clear purpose.
- **Reduce Ambiguity**: Prevent confusion through clear labeling and feedback.

#### 1.3. Consistency
- **Visual Consistency**: Maintain consistent visual elements across the platform.
- **Behavioral Consistency**: Interactions should work consistently throughout.
- **Pattern Recognition**: Leverage familiar patterns to reduce learning curve.
- **Platform Conventions**: Follow established conventions for the web platform.

#### 1.4. Efficiency
- **Streamlined Workflows**: Optimize common tasks for efficiency.
- **Reduce Steps**: Minimize the number of steps to complete tasks.
- **Smart Defaults**: Provide sensible defaults to reduce user effort.
- **Keyboard Accessibility**: Support efficient keyboard navigation.

#### 1.5. Trust and Security
- **Transparent Operations**: Make system operations visible and understandable.
- **Security Visibility**: Make security features visible to build trust.
- **Error Prevention**: Design to prevent errors before they occur.
- **Data Protection**: Visibly demonstrate respect for user data.

## Visual Design

### 1. Color System

#### 1.1. Primary Color Palette
- **Primary Blue**: #3A86FF
  - Used for primary actions, key navigation, and brand elements
  - Variations: Light #7AADFF, Dark #0D47A1
- **Secondary Purple**: #8338EC
  - Used for secondary actions and highlights
  - Variations: Light #B78AFF, Dark #5E35B1
- **Accent Pink**: #FF006E
  - Used sparingly for emphasis and calls to action
  - Variations: Light #FF5E9F, Dark #C2185B

#### 1.2. Functional Color Palette
- **Success Green**: #06D6A0
  - Used for success states, confirmations, and positive trends
  - Variations: Light #67E8C2, Dark #00A878
- **Warning Yellow**: #FFD166
  - Used for warnings, pending states, and caution indicators
  - Variations: Light #FFE4A3, Dark #FFC233
- **Error Red**: #EF476F
  - Used for errors, alerts, and negative trends
  - Variations: Light #F47A98, Dark #D81B60

#### 1.3. Neutral Color Palette
- **Background White**: #FFFFFF
  - Primary background color
- **Light Gray**: #F5F7FA
  - Secondary background, cards, containers
- **Medium Gray**: #E1E5EB
  - Borders, dividers, disabled states
- **Dark Gray**: #6B7280
  - Secondary text, icons, less important elements
- **Text Black**: #1F2937
  - Primary text color

#### 1.4. Color Usage Guidelines
- **Accessibility**: All color combinations must meet WCAG 2.1 AA contrast requirements.
- **Meaning**: Don't rely solely on color to convey meaning.
- **Consistency**: Use colors consistently for the same purpose across the platform.
- **Hierarchy**: Use color to reinforce visual hierarchy.
- **Cultural Considerations**: Consider cultural implications of colors for international users.

### 2. Typography

#### 2.1. Font Families
- **Headings**: Montserrat, sans-serif
  - Clean, modern sans-serif for all headings
  - Weights: Regular (400), Medium (500), Semi-Bold (600), Bold (700)
- **Body**: Open Sans, sans-serif
  - Highly readable sans-serif for all body text
  - Weights: Regular (400), Semi-Bold (600)
- **Monospace**: Roboto Mono, monospace
  - For code, technical information, and tabular data
  - Weights: Regular (400)

#### 2.2. Type Scale
- **Display**: 40px/48px, Montserrat Bold
  - For major page headers and hero sections
- **H1**: 32px/40px, Montserrat Bold
  - For page titles
- **H2**: 24px/32px, Montserrat Semi-Bold
  - For section headings
- **H3**: 20px/28px, Montserrat Medium
  - For subsection headings
- **H4**: 18px/24px, Montserrat Medium
  - For card headings and minor sections
- **Body Large**: 16px/24px, Open Sans Regular
  - For primary content
- **Body**: 14px/20px, Open Sans Regular
  - For secondary content and general text
- **Caption**: 12px/16px, Open Sans Regular
  - For labels, captions, and helper text
- **Button**: 14px/20px, Open Sans Semi-Bold
  - For buttons and interactive elements

#### 2.3. Typography Guidelines
- **Line Length**: Aim for 50-75 characters per line for optimal readability.
- **Alignment**: Use left alignment for most text (RTL languages will use right alignment).
- **Hierarchy**: Establish clear typographic hierarchy through size, weight, and spacing.
- **Responsive Adjustments**: Scale typography appropriately for different screen sizes.
- **Accessibility**: Ensure text can be resized up to 200% without loss of content or functionality.

### 3. Iconography

#### 3.1. Icon Style
- **Style**: Line icons with consistent 2px stroke weight
- **Corner Radius**: 2px rounded corners where applicable
- **Size**: Base size of 24x24px with clear 1px padding
- **Consistency**: Visually consistent across the icon set
- **Simplicity**: Simple, recognizable shapes without unnecessary detail

#### 3.2. Icon Usage
- **Functional Icons**: Used for actions and navigation
- **Categorical Icons**: Used to represent categories or types
- **Status Icons**: Used to indicate status or state
- **Illustrative Icons**: Used to visually represent concepts
- **Always pair icons with text** except for universally recognized icons

#### 3.3. Icon Guidelines
- **Accessibility**: Icons should not be the only means of conveying information.
- **Consistency**: Use the same icon for the same action throughout the platform.
- **Recognition**: Choose icons that clearly represent their purpose.
- **Sizing**: Scale appropriately for different contexts (navigation, buttons, etc.).
- **Color**: Follow color system guidelines for icon coloring.

### 4. Layout and Spacing

#### 4.1. Grid System
- **Base Grid**: 8px grid for all measurements and spacing
- **Column Grid**: 12-column responsive grid system
- **Margins**: Consistent outer margins based on screen size
  - Desktop: 64px
  - Tablet: 32px
  - Mobile: 16px
- **Gutters**: Consistent spacing between columns
  - Desktop: 24px
  - Tablet: 16px
  - Mobile: 8px

#### 4.2. Spacing Scale
- **4px**: Micro spacing (within components)
- **8px**: Extra small spacing (between related elements)
- **16px**: Small spacing (between component elements)
- **24px**: Medium spacing (between components)
- **32px**: Large spacing (between groups of components)
- **48px**: Extra large spacing (between major sections)
- **64px**: 2x large spacing (major page divisions)

#### 4.3. Layout Guidelines
- **Consistency**: Use consistent spacing throughout the interface.
- **Proximity**: Group related elements together.
- **Alignment**: Maintain strong alignment of elements.
- **White Space**: Use white space deliberately to improve readability and focus.
- **Responsive Behavior**: Define how layouts adapt to different screen sizes.

### 5. Imagery and Graphics

#### 5.1. Photography
- **Style**: Clean, professional imagery with natural lighting
- **Subject**: Diverse representation of users and contexts
- **Purpose**: Support content rather than dominate
- **Quality**: High-resolution, properly cropped and scaled
- **Consistency**: Visual consistency across all photography

#### 5.2. Illustrations
- **Style**: Simple, geometric illustrations with consistent line weight
- **Color**: Using the established color palette
- **Purpose**: Explain concepts, add visual interest, guide users
- **Consistency**: Consistent illustration style throughout
- **Scalability**: Works at various sizes

#### 5.3. Data Visualization
- **Clarity**: Focus on clear communication of data
- **Simplicity**: Avoid chart junk and unnecessary decoration
- **Consistency**: Consistent styles across all visualizations
- **Color**: Strategic use of color to highlight important data
- **Accessibility**: Multiple ways to distinguish data (not just color)

#### 5.4. Imagery Guidelines
- **Relevance**: All imagery should be relevant to the content.
- **Performance**: Optimize for fast loading without quality loss.
- **Accessibility**: Provide alternative text for all meaningful images.
- **Responsive Behavior**: Define how images scale and crop at different screen sizes.
- **Cultural Sensitivity**: Ensure imagery is culturally appropriate for the audience.

## UI Components

### 1. Navigation Components

#### 1.1. Main Navigation
- **Desktop**: Sidebar navigation with expandable sections
  - Width: 240px (expanded), 64px (collapsed)
  - Clearly indicates current section
  - Supports up to 3 levels of hierarchy
- **Tablet**: Collapsible sidebar, expanded on demand
- **Mobile**: Bottom navigation for primary sections, hamburger menu for full navigation
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Active, Focused

#### 1.2. Secondary Navigation
- **Tabs**: For switching between related views
  - Horizontal arrangement
  - Clear active state
  - Scrollable on smaller screens
- **Breadcrumbs**: For hierarchical navigation and context
  - Shows path from home to current page
  - Truncates middle sections when space is limited
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Active, Focused

#### 1.3. Page Navigation
- **Pagination**: For navigating through multi-page content
  - Shows current page and total pages
  - Provides previous/next and first/last options
- **Infinite Scroll**: For content feeds and continuous data
  - Clear loading indicators
  - Maintains scroll position when navigating back
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Active, Disabled, Loading

### 2. Input Components

#### 2.1. Text Inputs
- **Text Field**: For single-line text input
  - Clear labeling above field
  - Placeholder text for guidance
  - Validation states with helpful messages
- **Text Area**: For multi-line text input
  - Resizable when appropriate
  - Character/word count when limits apply
- **Search Field**: For search functionality
  - Search icon for recognition
  - Clear button when text is entered
  - Suggestions as user types
- **States**: Normal, Focus, Filled, Error, Disabled

#### 2.2. Selection Inputs
- **Dropdown**: For selecting from a list of options
  - Clear labeling
  - Support for option groups
  - Search functionality for long lists
- **Multi-select**: For selecting multiple options
  - Clear indication of selected items
  - Ability to remove selections individually
- **Radio Buttons**: For mutually exclusive options
  - Vertical arrangement by default
  - Clear labeling for each option
- **Checkboxes**: For multiple selections or toggles
  - Clear labeling for each option
  - Support for indeterminate state when appropriate
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Selected, Focused, Disabled

#### 2.3. Date and Time Inputs
- **Date Picker**: For selecting dates
  - Calendar view with month/year navigation
  - Highlight relevant dates (today, selected)
  - Support for date ranges
- **Time Picker**: For selecting times
  - 12/24 hour format based on locale
  - Minute increments appropriate to context
- **Date-Time Picker**: For selecting both date and time
  - Combined interface or sequential selection
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Selected, Focused, Disabled

#### 2.4. File Inputs
- **File Upload**: For uploading files
  - Drag-and-drop area
  - File browser button
  - Progress indication during upload
  - Preview for uploaded files
  - Support for multiple files when appropriate
- **States**: Normal, Drag Over, Uploading, Success, Error

### 3. Action Components

#### 3.1. Buttons
- **Primary Button**: For main actions
  - Filled background (Primary Blue)
  - High visibility
  - Used sparingly (typically one per section)
- **Secondary Button**: For alternative actions
  - Outlined style (border only)
  - Medium visibility
- **Tertiary Button**: For less important actions
  - Text only, no background or border
  - Low visibility
- **Icon Button**: For common actions with recognizable icons
  - Clear tooltip on hover
  - Consistent sizing
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Active, Focused, Loading, Disabled

#### 3.2. Links
- **Text Links**: For navigation within or between pages
  - Underlined or distinctly colored
  - Clear hover state
- **Action Links**: For triggering actions (similar to tertiary buttons)
  - No underline by default
  - Clear hover state
- **External Links**: For navigation to external sites
  - Visual indicator for external destination
  - Consider opening in new tab
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Visited, Focused

#### 3.3. Action Menus
- **Dropdown Menu**: For presenting multiple actions
  - Clear trigger element (often an icon)
  - Consistent positioning
  - Logical grouping of options
- **Context Menu**: For context-specific actions
  - Triggered by right-click or long press
  - Positioned near the target element
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Active, Focused, Disabled

### 4. Feedback Components

#### 4.1. Notifications
- **Toast**: For temporary notifications
  - Appears briefly and auto-dismisses
  - Non-blocking
  - Used for confirmations and non-critical information
- **Alert**: For important information requiring attention
  - Persistent until dismissed
  - Different styles for different severity levels
  - May require action
- **Banner**: For system-wide announcements
  - Appears at the top of the interface
  - Can be dismissible or persistent
- **States**: Information, Success, Warning, Error

#### 4.2. Progress Indicators
- **Progress Bar**: For operations with known duration
  - Linear representation of progress
  - Percentage or step indication when appropriate
- **Spinner**: For operations with unknown duration
  - Indicates activity without specific progress
  - Consistent animation
- **Skeleton Screens**: For content loading
  - Approximates the layout of loading content
  - Reduces perceived loading time
- **States**: Active, Paused, Completed, Error

#### 4.3. Validation Feedback
- **Inline Validation**: For immediate feedback during input
  - Appears near the relevant field
  - Clear error messages
  - Success confirmation when appropriate
- **Form Validation**: For feedback upon form submission
  - Summary of errors at top of form
  - Individual field highlighting
  - Clear guidance for correction
- **States**: Success, Warning, Error

### 5. Container Components

#### 5.1. Cards
- **Standard Card**: For containing related content
  - Consistent padding (16px)
  - Optional header and footer
  - Clear visual boundaries
- **Action Card**: For selectable or interactive content
  - Clear hover and selected states
  - Optional action buttons
- **Status Card**: For displaying status information
  - Visual indicators of status
  - Consistent status positioning
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Selected, Focused, Disabled

#### 5.2. Modals and Dialogs
- **Modal Dialog**: For focused tasks requiring attention
  - Blocks interaction with the main interface
  - Clear purpose and actions
  - Dismissible via close button, ESC key, or clicking overlay
- **Confirmation Dialog**: For confirming destructive or important actions
  - Clear question or statement
  - Explicit action buttons (avoid Yes/No in favor of specific actions)
- **Side Panel**: For supplementary information or tasks
  - Slides in from edge of screen
  - Does not fully block the main interface
- **States**: Opening, Open, Closing, Closed

#### 5.3. Tables and Lists
- **Data Table**: For structured data presentation
  - Consistent column alignment
  - Sortable columns when appropriate
  - Pagination or virtualization for large datasets
  - Row selection when actions apply to items
- **List**: For sequential information
  - Consistent item structure
  - Clear item separation
  - Support for various content types within items
- **Grid**: For visual collections
  - Consistent item sizing
  - Responsive behavior
  - Support for filtering and sorting
- **States**: Normal, Hover, Selected, Focused, Loading, Empty

## Interaction Patterns

### 1. Navigation Patterns

#### 1.1. Information Architecture
- **Hierarchical Structure**: Clear parent-child relationships
- **Flat Structure**: For peer-level content
- **Hub and Spoke**: Central dashboard with specialized sections
- **Search-Oriented**: For large content repositories
- **Task-Oriented**: Organized around user tasks and workflows

#### 1.2. Navigation Methods
- **Direct Navigation**: Clear paths to specific destinations
- **Exploratory Navigation**: Supporting discovery of content
- **Contextual Navigation**: Related content suggestions
- **Search**: For finding specific content quickly
- **Filters**: For narrowing down large sets of content

#### 1.3. Transitions
- **Page Transitions**: Subtle animations between pages
- **Content Transitions**: Smooth changes within a page
- **State Transitions**: Clear feedback when state changes
- **Loading Transitions**: Indicating content is loading
- **Keep transitions under 300ms** for perceived immediacy

### 2. Input Patterns

#### 2.1. Form Design
- **Single-Column Layout**: For most forms
- **Logical Grouping**: Related fields grouped together
- **Progressive Disclosure**: Show fields as needed
- **Inline Validation**: Immediate feedback on input
- **Clear Submission**: Obvious submission button
- **Autofocus**: First field focused automatically
- **Tabbing Order**: Logical progression through form

#### 2.2. Input Assistance
- **Autocomplete**: Suggestions based on input
- **Type-Ahead**: Predictions as user types
- **Default Values**: Smart defaults when possible
- **Formatting Assistance**: Automatic formatting of specialized inputs
- **Contextual Help**: Guidance specific to the current field
- **Error Prevention**: Constraints that prevent invalid input
- **Error Correction**: Suggestions for fixing errors

#### 2.3. Complex Inputs
- **Multi-Step Forms**: Breaking complex forms into manageable steps
- **Dependent Fields**: Fields that change based on other inputs
- **Repeating Sections**: For variable numbers of similar inputs
- **Drag and Drop**: For spatial arrangement or file uploads
- **Rich Text Editing**: For formatted text input
- **Specialized Inputs**: For specific data types (color, range, etc.)

### 3. Feedback Patterns

#### 3.1. System Status
- **Loading States**: Clear indication when system is working
- **Success States**: Confirmation when actions complete successfully
- **Error States**: Clear explanation when something goes wrong
- **Empty States**: Helpful guidance when no content exists
- **Partial States**: Indication when content is partially loaded

#### 3.2. User Guidance
- **Tooltips**: Brief explanations on hover
- **Popovers**: More detailed contextual information
- **Coachmarks**: Highlighting features for new users
- **Walkthroughs**: Step-by-step guidance for complex tasks
- **Contextual Help**: Assistance specific to current context
- **Progressive Disclosure**: Revealing complexity as needed

#### 3.3. Confirmation and Alerts
- **Confirmation Before Action**: For destructive or significant actions
- **Undo Capability**: Allow reversal of actions when possible
- **Non-Modal Feedback**: Toast notifications for non-blocking information
- **Modal Alerts**: For critical information requiring acknowledgment
- **Persistent Notifications**: For ongoing conditions or system status

### 4. Data Visualization Patterns

#### 4.1. Chart Types
- **Line Charts**: For trends over time
- **Bar Charts**: For comparing discrete categories
- **Pie/Donut Charts**: For part-to-whole relationships (use sparingly)
- **Scatter Plots**: For correlation between variables
- **Heat Maps**: For showing intensity across two dimensions
- **Tables**: For precise values and multiple metrics

#### 4.2. Data Interaction
- **Filtering**: Narrowing data based on criteria
- **Sorting**: Reordering data for different perspectives
- **Drilling Down**: Moving from summary to detail
- **Highlighting**: Emphasizing specific data points
- **Tooltips**: Revealing details on hover
- **Selection**: Choosing specific data for further action
- **Comparison**: Viewing multiple datasets side by side

#### 4.3. Data Presentation
- **Progressive Disclosure**: Starting with overview, details on demand
- **Appropriate Scale**: Choosing scales that don't distort perception
- **Consistent Baselines**: For accurate comparison
- **Clear Labeling**: Explicit labels for all data elements
- **Legends**: Clear explanation of visual encodings
- **Annotations**: Highlighting important points or anomalies
- **Responsive Adaptation**: Appropriate visualizations for different screen sizes

## Responsive Design

### 1. Breakpoints

#### 1.1. Major Breakpoints
- **Mobile**: 320px - 767px
- **Tablet**: 768px - 1023px
- **Desktop**: 1024px - 1439px
- **Large Desktop**: 1440px and above

#### 1.2. Component-Specific Breakpoints
- Use additional breakpoints as needed for specific components
- Focus on content needs rather than specific devices
- Consider orientation changes (portrait/landscape)

### 2. Responsive Patterns

#### 2.1. Layout Patterns
- **Stacking**: Converting horizontal layouts to vertical
- **Column Drop**: Reducing multi-column layouts
- **Off-Canvas**: Moving navigation off-screen
- **Reveal**: Showing/hiding content based on screen size
- **Reflow**: Reorganizing content for different screen sizes

#### 2.2. Navigation Patterns
- **Desktop**: Sidebar or horizontal navigation
- **Tablet**: Collapsible navigation or tabs
- **Mobile**: Bottom navigation, hamburger menu, or priority navigation

#### 2.3. Content Patterns
- **Progressive Disclosure**: Showing less content initially on smaller screens
- **Prioritization**: Emphasizing most important content on smaller screens
- **Simplification**: Reducing complexity on smaller screens
- **Optimization**: Different content formats for different screen sizes

### 3. Touch Considerations

#### 3.1. Touch Targets
- **Minimum Size**: 44x44px for all interactive elements
- **Spacing**: Adequate spacing between touch targets (minimum 8px)
- **Positioning**: Placing important actions within easy reach
- **Feedback**: Clear visual feedback for touch interactions

#### 3.2. Touch Gestures
- **Tap**: Primary interaction for buttons and links
- **Swipe**: For scrolling, navigation, or dismissal
- **Pinch/Spread**: For zooming when appropriate
- **Long Press**: For contextual actions
- **Provide visible alternatives** for all gesture-based interactions

## Accessibility Guidelines

### 1. Visual Accessibility

#### 1.1. Color and Contrast
- **Contrast Ratio**: Minimum 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large text
- **Color Independence**: Don't rely solely on color to convey information
- **Text Over Images**: Ensure sufficient contrast with backgrounds
- **Focus Indicators**: High-contrast focus states for keyboard navigation
- **Dark Mode**: Support for system dark mode preference

#### 1.2. Typography and Readability
- **Text Sizing**: Support for browser text resizing up to 200%
- **Line Height**: Minimum 1.5 times the font size
- **Letter Spacing**: Adequate spacing for readability
- **Font Weight**: Sufficient contrast between weights
- **Text Alignment**: Left-aligned text for LTR languages (right for RTL)
- **Line Length**: Maximum 80 characters per line

#### 1.3. Visual Information
- **Text Alternatives**: For all non-text content
- **Captions**: For video content
- **Transcripts**: For audio content
- **Visual Hierarchy**: Clear without relying on color
- **Iconography**: Paired with text for clarity

### 2. Interaction Accessibility

#### 2.1. Keyboard Navigation
- **Focus Order**: Logical tab order following visual layout
- **Focus Visibility**: Clear visual indication of keyboard focus
- **Keyboard Shortcuts**: For common actions
- **Skip Links**: For bypassing repetitive navigation
- **No Keyboard Traps**: Ensure users can navigate away from all elements

#### 2.2. Input Methods
- **Device Independence**: Support for various input methods
- **Touch Targets**: Adequately sized for all users
- **Error Prevention**: Confirmation for consequential actions
- **Error Correction**: Clear guidance for fixing input errors
- **Labels**: Explicit labels for all form controls

#### 2.3. Time-Based Interactions
- **Timeout Warnings**: Advance notice of session timeouts
- **Extend Time**: Option to extend time limits
- **No Time Limits**: For essential functions when possible
- **Pause/Stop/Hide**: Controls for moving content
- **Reduced Motion**: Support for reduced motion preference

### 3. Cognitive Accessibility

#### 3.1. Content Clarity
- **Plain Language**: Clear, simple writing
- **Consistent Navigation**: Predictable placement of navigation elements
- **Consistent Functionality**: Similar elements function similarly
- **Meaningful Sequence**: Content presented in a logical order
- **Section Headings**: Clear organization of content

#### 3.2. User Assistance
- **Clear Instructions**: Explicit guidance for complex tasks
- **Error Messages**: Specific, constructive error messages
- **Contextual Help**: Assistance available when needed
- **Predictable Interactions**: Consistent behavior across the platform
- **Forgiving Interfaces**: Allow for user errors and provide recovery paths

## Design System Implementation

### 1. Component Library

#### 1.1. Component Structure
- **Atomic Design Methodology**: Atoms, molecules, organisms, templates, pages
- **Component Hierarchy**: Clear parent-child relationships
- **Composition Over Inheritance**: Favoring component composition
- **Stateful Components**: Clear definition of component states
- **Responsive Variants**: Adaptations for different screen sizes

#### 1.2. Component Documentation
- **Usage Guidelines**: When and how to use each component
- **Properties/Props**: All configurable options
- **Accessibility Considerations**: Specific accessibility requirements
- **Code Examples**: Implementation examples
- **Visual Examples**: All states and variations
- **Do's and Don'ts**: Best practices and anti-patterns

### 2. Design Tokens

#### 2.1. Token Categories
- **Colors**: All color values
- **Typography**: Font families, sizes, weights, line heights
- **Spacing**: Margin and padding values
- **Sizing**: Component and element dimensions
- **Borders**: Width, style, radius
- **Shadows**: Box and text shadows
- **Z-index**: Layering values
- **Animation**: Timing, easing functions

#### 2.2. Token Implementation
- **Platform-Agnostic Format**: For cross-platform consistency
- **Naming Convention**: Clear, consistent naming
- **Semantic Tokens**: Named by purpose, not value
- **Token Hierarchy**: Base tokens and derived tokens
- **Documentation**: Clear explanation of token usage

### 3. Design-to-Development Workflow

#### 3.1. Design Handoff
- **Design Specs**: Detailed specifications for implementation
- **Asset Delivery**: Optimized assets in appropriate formats
- **Interaction Specifications**: Clear definition of interactive behaviors
- **Accessibility Requirements**: Specific accessibility considerations
- **Edge Cases**: Handling of extreme content or conditions

#### 3.2. Collaboration Process
- **Shared Language**: Common terminology between design and development
- **Regular Reviews**: Ongoing review of implementation
- **Feedback Channels**: Clear process for providing feedback
- **Version Control**: Tracking changes to design specifications
- **Design QA**: Process for verifying implementation matches design intent