Some ideas are easier to draw than to describe. A diagram earns its place when it makes a relationship visible at a glance. This short essay exists to show how figures behave in the reading view: correctly sized, lazy by default, and captioned without fuss.
The first thing a figure should do is hold its space. The frame is reserved before the image loads, so the text never jumps.
A caption is not a repeat of the alt text. The alt text describes the image for someone who cannot see it; the caption adds something for someone who can — context, a claim, an aside that belongs near the picture rather than in the body.
One motif, used consistently#
The identity of this site is a single mark: a deliberate move on a board. It shows up as the logo and the favicon, and it can appear, quietly, inside an essay when it earns the room.
Used once, a motif is a signature. Used everywhere, it is a theme park. The discipline is in restraint — the same lesson the rest of the site keeps trying to teach.