Counter Column

What happens when your data replaces the sample

What Counter Column does when the data is longer, shorter or emptier than the sample:

Fixed page furnitureNever grows, never moves

running head built from a terracotta section tab, the section name and the folio, over a 1.5px rule; footer strip over a hairline; constant 56px side margins and a 32px column gutter (fixed height — nothing placed in it may grow)

Repeats per recordOne block per row of your data

numbered sections; kicker-led articles inside the two-column measure; rota, pay, tips, holiday, temperature and notice table rows; allergen matrix rows; opening and closing checklist items; escalation steps; contents rows

Grows with your dataAbsorbs long values without breaking

article bodies in either column; the founder's letter; section standfirsts; the five house rules; table cell prose; acknowledgement affirmations

Pinned to every pageHolds position across page breaks

running head at the top and footer strip at the bottom of every page; side margins and gutter constant across all pages

Order on the pageWhat sits after what

contents after the letter; the house-rules page before section 1; sections run in number order; the acknowledgement follows the notice 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 and a two-column article may split between columns; a table row, an allergen row, an escalation step and the signature block must not

Last pageHow the document ends

the acknowledgement and the contact directory may occupy the final page alone; the section tab, folio and footer strip carry that page

Palette and type