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Fix melted clock hand overrun, delegate hair silhouette, and book label overlap

156b2c39f2086c69d18b5e48794066cac548e589 · 2026-09-24 12:15:05 -0700 · Steve Abrams

- Clock hand now terminates in a puddle on the chamber floor, inside the frame
- Hair reads as a side part instead of a flat skull-cap
- TELEPHONE DIRECTORY label moved off the delegate's torso for legibility

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VGPARcQepnFT49pzMk1ZE5

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commit 156b2c39f2086c69d18b5e48794066cac548e589
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 12:15:05 2026 -0700

    Fix melted clock hand overrun, delegate hair silhouette, and book label overlap
    
    - Clock hand now terminates in a puddle on the chamber floor, inside the frame
    - Hair reads as a side part instead of a flat skull-cap
    - TELEPHONE DIRECTORY label moved off the delegate's torso for legibility
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
    Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VGPARcQepnFT49pzMk1ZE5
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 index.html | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 687cae6..434ad84 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
     </g>
 
     <!-- ============ MELTED DALI CLOCK (visual anchor) ============ -->
-    <g id="meltedClock" transform="translate(818,148)">
+    <g id="meltedClock" transform="translate(808,172)">
       <!-- soft mint halo so it reads against the dark chamber -->
       <ellipse cx="0" cy="0" rx="95" ry="80" fill="var(--mint)" opacity=".14"/>
 
@@ -272,15 +272,16 @@
       <line x1="0" y1="-8" x2="-18" y2="-28" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="4" stroke-linecap="round"/>
 
       <!-- THE long melted hand: droops off the clock, down the wall, through the dais,
-           all the way to the chamber floor -->
+           all the way to the chamber floor (terminates well inside the panel) -->
       <path d="M 0 -8
-               C 30 30 8 90 28 150
-               C 46 205 6 250 26 300
-               C 40 345 4 400 18 470
-               C 26 520 -6 560 6 596"
+               C 28 26 6 70 24 118
+               C 40 160 4 196 22 236
+               C 36 270 2 296 18 328
+               C 30 354 0 376 14 402
+               C 22 418 4 428 10 442"
             fill="none" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="6" stroke-linecap="round"/>
-      <!-- puddle where the melted hand touches the floor -->
-      <ellipse cx="6" cy="602" rx="20" ry="6" fill="#0b0b0c" opacity=".85"/>
+      <!-- puddle where the melted hand touches the chamber floor -->
+      <ellipse cx="10" cy="446" rx="20" ry="6" fill="#0b0b0c" opacity=".85"/>
     </g>
 
     <!-- ============ FOREGROUND: spotlight wash on the delegate ============ -->
@@ -359,8 +360,8 @@
         <line x1="490" y1="374" x2="608" y2="384"/>
         <line x1="490" y1="391" x2="608" y2="400"/>
       </g>
-      <text x="392" y="420" font-family="Georgia,serif" font-weight="700" font-size="13" fill="#0b0b0c" letter-spacing="1">TELEPHONE</text>
-      <text x="500" y="420" font-family="Georgia,serif" font-weight="700" font-size="13" fill="#0b0b0c" letter-spacing="1">DIRECTORY</text>
+      <text x="341" y="340" font-family="Georgia,serif" font-weight="700" font-size="9.5" fill="#0b0b0c" letter-spacing=".5">TELEPHONE</text>
+      <text x="341" y="352" font-family="Georgia,serif" font-weight="700" font-size="9.5" fill="#0b0b0c" letter-spacing=".5">DIRECTORY</text>
       <text x="326" y="296" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Georgia,serif" font-style="italic" font-size="12" fill="#0b0b0c" opacity=".7" transform="rotate(-6 326 296)">Vol. XIV</text>
     </g>
 
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@
       <!-- head, perfectly level, perfectly flat expression -->
       <circle cx="500" cy="246" r="42" fill="#e9c9a3"/>
       <!-- side-parted hair, unmoved by the chaos -->
-      <path d="M 458 236 Q 462 198 500 196 Q 540 198 542 238 Q 520 220 500 222 Q 478 220 458 236 Z" fill="#0b0b0c"/>
+      <path d="M 460 224 Q 466 204 500 202 Q 534 204 540 226 Q 522 212 500 213 Q 480 212 460 224 Z" fill="#0b0b0c"/>
       <!-- ears -->
       <circle cx="459" cy="248" r="7" fill="#e9c9a3"/>
       <circle cx="541" cy="248" r="7" fill="#e9c9a3"/>

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