SAS density case-study evidence
- Primary source: SAS Product Design, “Refactoring Design System Tokens for a Multidimensional Future”
- Authors: Mark Malek and Rebecca Hemstad
- Published: 2024-07-12
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13
SAS does not publish the production token JSON or component source linked from the article. This folder therefore records provenance only; the factual extraction is in the SAS report and the normalized data in _implementation-data.json. The article and its images are linked rather than copied.
Captured material
No upstream/ directory is present because no production repository or downloadable token package is public. This README is the source record for the case study, its publication metadata, and the limits of the evidence.
The article matters because it documents the actual implementation order and organizational change:
base/core
→ optional theme override
→ density override
→ language/locale overrideIt also documents the Token Studio collections (brand, core, density, languages, themes), external/internal mode vocabulary, affected numeric token categories, and the 12 px compact typography floor. Exact values beyond the published 14/12/16 px type example are unavailable.
Coverage limits
The production token names, complete mode matrix, component bindings, Figma library, and runtime activation API are unavailable. No missing values have been reconstructed.