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Built for the metal age

1
Reflection drives clarity
Every pixel aligned to a 4px grid, measured at 2× scale.
2
Precision in every layer
Six stages of review. Each surface gets specular highlight.
3
Speed has a surface
Render pipelines complete in under 16ms—one frame, no jitter.
4
The future ships polished
Weekly releases since launch. Every one passes the mirror test.
This is the Y2K Frutiger Metal design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Y2K Frutiger Metal guide → designbycurio.com/learn/y2k-frutiger-metal-2002