Brass Chapter

What happens when your data replaces the sample

What Brass Chapter does when the data is longer, shorter or emptier than the sample:

Fixed page furnitureNever grows, never moves

running head over a brass hairline; folio foot over a rule; constant 58px side margins; the full-bleed navy field on the cover and the three part openers (fixed height — nothing placed in it may grow)

Repeats per recordOne block per row of your data

numbered sections; lettered clauses inside a section; leave, per-diem, hotel, band, notice and classification table rows; benefit cards; checklist items; grievance steps; contents rows

Grows with your dataAbsorbs long values without breaking

clause bodies; the managing partner's letter; section standfirsts; benefit card copy; acknowledgement affirmations; table cell prose

Pinned to every pageHolds position across page breaks

running head at the top and folio at the bottom of every page; side margins constant; the cover and part-opener navy fields fill their own page edge to edge

Order on the pageWhat sits after what

contents after the letter; a part opener before its sections; sections run in number order; the acknowledgement follows the notice-period table; the contact directory follows the acknowledgement — each may start a new page

Page breaksWhat may split, what must not

a section may split across pages; a table row, a benefit card, a grievance step and the signature block must not

Last pageHow the document ends

the acknowledgement and the contact directory may occupy the final page alone; running head, folio and the brass hairline carry that page

Palette and type