4 files changed, 26 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/docs/typ/book.typ b/docs/typ/book.typ
index 7af907c3..803a65e2 100644
--- a/docs/typ/book.typ
+++ b/docs/typ/book.typ
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 #set document(title: "pardes")
 #doc-links.update(true)
 #set page(paper: "a4", fill: palette.paper, margin: (x: 22mm, y: 24mm))
-#set text(font: "Libertinus Serif", size: 10.5pt, fill: palette.ink, lang: "en")
-#set par(justify: true, leading: 0.6em)
+#set text(font: "Libertinus Serif", size: 10pt, fill: palette.ink, lang: "en")
+#set par(justify: true, leading: 0.62em, spacing: 1em)
+#set list(spacing: 0.8em)
+#show heading.where(level: 2): set block(above: 2em, below: 0.9em)
+#show heading.where(level: 3): set block(above: 1.5em, below: 0.7em)
 #show raw: set text(font: mono, size: 0.9em)
 #show heading: set text(fill: palette.tag-name)
 #show heading.where(level: 1): it => {
diff --git a/docs/typ/cheatsheet-a4.pdf b/docs/typ/cheatsheet-a4.pdf
index 7ea41915..d0f7541d 100644
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diff --git a/docs/typ/cheatsheet-a4.typ b/docs/typ/cheatsheet-a4.typ
index 26f19f9d..5ae8b4be 100644
--- a/docs/typ/cheatsheet-a4.typ
+++ b/docs/typ/cheatsheet-a4.typ
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // cheatsheet.typ and the elements' look in style.typ; this is page,
 // type and headings only.
 //   typst compile --ignore-system-fonts docs/typ/cheatsheet-a4.typ
-#import "style.typ": palette, mono
+#import "style.typ": palette, mono, pairs-density
 
 #set page(paper: "a4", fill: palette.paper, margin: (x: 9mm, y: 8mm), columns: 3)
 #set columns(gutter: 4.5mm)
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@
 #show heading.where(level: 3): it => block(above: 0.6em, below: 0.35em, sticky: true,
   text(size: 8.4pt, weight: "bold", fill: palette.grip, it.body))
 
+#pairs-density.update("tight")
 #include "cheatsheet.typ"
diff --git a/docs/typ/style.typ b/docs/typ/style.typ
index 9e98838d..e1bab27d 100644
--- a/docs/typ/style.typ
+++ b/docs/typ/style.typ
@@ -187,18 +187,26 @@
   }
 }
 
+/// How roomy #pairs tables are: "roomy" (the book, the HTML) or "tight"
+/// (the A4 sheet sets it).
+#let pairs-density = state("pairs-density", "roomy")
+
 /// Pairs: a thing and what it means, as a two-column table, key column
 /// first, rows on alternating tints. `split: 2` sets the rows as that many
 /// tables side by side (on paper; HTML gets one table).
 #let pairs(split: 1, ..cells) = {
   let rows = cells.pos().chunks(2)
-  let one(rows) = table(
-    columns: (auto, 1fr), stroke: none, inset: (x: 2pt, y: 1.6pt),
-    fill: (_, y) => if calc.even(y) { palette.tag-bg.transparentize(35%) },
-    ..rows.flatten(),
-  )
-  context if html-out() or split == 1 { one(rows) } else {
-    let n = calc.ceil(rows.len() / split)
-    grid(columns: (1fr,) * split, column-gutter: 2pt, ..rows.chunks(n).map(one))
+  context {
+    let tight = pairs-density.get() == "tight"
+    let one(rows) = table(
+      columns: (auto, 1fr), stroke: none,
+      inset: if tight { (x: 2pt, y: 1.6pt) } else { (x: 7pt, y: 4pt) },
+      fill: (_, y) => if calc.even(y) { palette.tag-bg.transparentize(35%) },
+      ..rows.flatten(),
+    )
+    if html-out() or split == 1 { one(rows) } else {
+      let n = calc.ceil(rows.len() / split)
+      grid(columns: (1fr,) * split, column-gutter: if tight { 2pt } else { 10pt }, ..rows.chunks(n).map(one))
+    }
   }
 }