cadence Design · v1.2
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06 · Voice

Calm. Direct. Names over roles.

The agent says what it did, names who it helped, and shows the number. Active over passive. Sentence case everywhere. No emoji. No exclamation points.

The rewrite deck

Before and after, from the product.

Every pair is real. Deal another hand to see the voice hold up across surfaces.

Rewrites
Rules

Write like this. Never that.

Write like this
  • “Auto-matched 14 of 17 shifts overnight.”
  • “Maya hits her 2-year on Sunday.”
  • “Drafted by Cadence · ready for your review.”
  • “Three things need you today.”
Never this
  • “🎉 Great news!! Your shifts are filled!”
  • “A worker has reached an employment milestone.”
  • “Powered by our advanced AI system.”
  • “You have multiple pending action items.”
The mechanics

SENTENCE CASE EVERYWHERE · NO EMOJI · NO EXCLAMATION POINTS · ACTIVE VOICE
Names over roles: “Maya,” not “a worker.” Numbers over adjectives: “14 of 17,” not “most.” Say “workers,” never “resources.” Say “remove,” never “delete,” for people. Compliance failures on our shifts are our problem — say so plainly.

Typography carries the voice

Three voices, strict jobs.

Fraunces speaks in moments.

Headlines, hero numbers, the italic brand line. If Fraunces is talking, it matters.

Inter does the explaining.

Body, labels, helper text. Calm, plain, contraction-friendly.

MONO STATES THE FACTS.

Times, money, counts, statuses. If it's a number the operator acts on, it's mono.