Worklist

Pending tasks and future improvements for principles.design.

In Progress

None currently

Pending

Font Optimization

Subset Inter font to Latin-only (~80-100KB vs current 291KB)
Requires pyftsubset from fonttools: pip install fonttools brotli
Command: pyftsubset Inter-Variable.woff2 --unicodes="U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+2000-206F,U+2074,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD" --flavor=woff2
Status: Full Inter font (291KB) is now live on master

Legacy Cleanup

Delete _sass/ directory (no longer used, replaced by _includes/css/)
Remove “Help needed” boxes from example pages (legacy feature)
Audit for any remaining hardcoded colors (should use tokens)
Audit for any remaining inline styles that could be classes

The “Help needed” boxes were displayed on example pages when:

Missing overview frontmatter
Missing author frontmatter
Missing source frontmatter
Missing summary for individual principles

These were community contribution prompts that are no longer needed. Files removed:

_includes/missing-info.html (37 lines)
Include removed from _layouts/example.html
.help-footer CSS class remains in footer.css (unused)

Design System

Document remaining components (tile, forms, info-block)
Add component previews to /design-system/ page
Consider adding dark mode tokens (future)

Performance

Audit image sizes and formats (WebP where supported)
Review third-party scripts (Fathom analytics)
Test Core Web Vitals

Field Guide - Schema Markup

Add Book schema markup to field guide page when live

Schema to add:

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Book",
"@id": "https://principles.design/field-guide/design-principles-in-practice/#book",
"name": "Design Principles in Practice",
"subtitle": "A Field Guide",
"url": "https://principles.design/field-guide/design-principles-in-practice/",
"inLanguage": "en-GB",
"author": {
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://principles.design/about/ben-brignell/#person",
  "name": "Ben Brignell"
},
"publisher": {
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "principles.design",
  "url": "https://principles.design"
},
"bookFormat": "https://schema.org/EBook",
"description": "A practical field guide to using design principles as decision-making tools, with worksheets for applying them during real work."
}
</script>

Completed

Feb 2026

Last updated: Feb 2026