SENSEIDUKES · Nov 13, 2026 · Nov 12, 2026 · Nov 12, 2026 · Nov 12, 2026 · Nov 12, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/distribution.yml b/.github/workflows/distribution.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: '22'
       - name: Install outline, raster and shaping verification tools
-        run: pip install 'fonttools[woff]>=4.62' 'skia-pathops>=0.9' 'freetype-py>=2.3' 'uharfbuzz>=0.56' 'playwright==1.63.0' 'fontbakery==1.1.0'
+        run: pip install 'fonttools[woff]>=4.62' 'skia-pathops>=0.9' 'freetype-py>=2.3' 'uharfbuzz>=0.56' 'numpy>=2.0' 'playwright==1.63.0' 'fontbakery==1.1.0'
       - name: Install Chromium for title width parity
         run: python -m playwright install chromium
       - name: Gate every Display glyph and construction regression

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 
 Newest first.
 
+- **SEIHouse Noto Redraw 02, a candidate reimagining (2026-11-12)**
+  Added `noto/studies/redraw/`: a new drawing engine (`pen.py`) with direction-based stroke
+  modulation, tapered joins and one family-wide corner softness; every letter redrawn on it
+  (`letters.py`); outline-based automatic kerning (`spacing.py`); and Light, Regular, Medium and
+  Bold fonts with 314 characters (keyboard symbols, Latin-1 and Latin Extended-A). Balanced's
+  softness, full curves, two-storey a/g, hooked l and distinct I/l/1 are kept. The new
+  [comparison page](noto/studies/redraw/index.html) shows it beside the unchanged Refinement 01
+  and is now the homepage's Noto workspace; the version archive lists it with all four weights.
+  It is a candidate for owner review, not a release: Balanced stays the approved direction and
+  all earlier study fonts are byte-for-byte unchanged. `tests/test_noto_redraw.py` gates
+  outlines, counters, heights, weights, shaping, kerning clearance and delivery; the test job
+  now installs `numpy`. See [the study notes](noto/studies/redraw/README.md).
+
 - **Monochrome studio symbol refinement, Sans 0.43 & Living Titles 0.1.4 (2026-11-12)**
   Redrew and tuned all 44 monochrome brand, cultivation, web-novel, player, and music
   symbols (`★ ☯ ⚡ ☀ ☾ ☽ ⚔ ✦ ☆ ◆ ◇ ▲ ▼ ▶ ◀ ♥ ♡ ♪ © ® ™ Ⓢ ♩ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯ ⏸ ⏹ ⏺ ⏭ ⏮ 🎧 💻 📖 🔖 🔍 🔔 ⚙ ⌂ 🎤 💿 🔊`,

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ under [`display/`](display/README.md).
 ## Font Lab homepage, version archive & Vercel
 
 Open [`index.html`](index.html) for the workshop homepage, organized into two clear sections:
-- **01 / Regular & Reading Fonts:** Live specimen and workspaces for **SEIHouse Sans 0.43** (Reader Lab, 3-chapter reading test, Literata/Rubik benchmark, and quick version comparison) alongside the **SEIHouse Noto (`Balanced · Refinement 01`)** warmth study.
+- **01 / Regular & Reading Fonts:** Live specimen and workspaces for **SEIHouse Sans 0.43** (Reader Lab, 3-chapter reading test, Literata/Rubik benchmark, and quick version comparison) alongside **SEIHouse Noto (`Balanced · Redraw 02`, a candidate for review)**.
 - **02 / The Title Engine:** Live cut switcher (**Soft, Edge, Ink, Wide**) and workspaces for **SEIHouse Display 0.1**, **Living Titles 0.1.4**, and **Elemental Title 0.1.0** (Display Lab, Elemental Title Lab, specimen gallery, and NovelExpanded living-title cover mock).
-- **Version History & Compare ([`site/versions/index.html`](site/versions/index.html)):** Browse and compare every preserved version side by side across **SEIHouse Sans** (`0.6` → `0.43`), **Display** (8 milestones), and **SEIHouse Noto** (4 warmth studies). Both Labs can save browser drafts and download JSON settings on a normal website.
+- **Version History & Compare ([`site/versions/index.html`](site/versions/index.html)):** Browse and compare every preserved version side by side across **SEIHouse Sans** (`0.6` → `0.43`), **Display** (8 milestones), and **SEIHouse Noto** (4 warmth studies and Redraw 02). Both Labs can save browser drafts and download JSON settings on a normal website.
 
 Import this repository into Vercel with **Other** as the framework and the repo
 root as the Root Directory. `vercel.json` builds the website with

diff --git a/archive_version.py b/archive_version.py
@@ -353,12 +353,27 @@
 }
 
 NOTO_VERSIONS = [
+    {
+        'version': 'Redraw 02',
+        'label': 'Balanced · Redraw 02 (candidate)',
+        'shortTitle': 'Modulated strokes, tapered joins, four weights & kerning',
+        'date': '2026-11-12',
+        'current': True,
+        'summary': 'A full redraw on the Balanced foundation: strokes that swell and thin, arches that taper into their stems, a proper reading weight, automatic kerning, four weights and 314 characters. A candidate for review; Balanced remains the approved direction.',
+        'highlights': [
+            'Keeps Balanced softness, full bowls, two-storey a and g, and the hooked l',
+            'Light, Regular, Medium and Bold from one set of drawing rules',
+            'Keyboard symbols and accented letters for most European languages',
+        ],
+        'faces': [(f'noto/studies/redraw/fonts/SEIHouseNoto-{name}.woff2', name, weight)
+                  for name, weight in (('Light', 300), ('Regular', 400), ('Medium', 500), ('Bold', 700))],
+    },
     {
         'version': 'Refinement 01',
         'label': 'Balanced · Refinement 01',
         'shortTitle': 'Smoother bowls, clearer openings & steadier spacing',
         'date': '2026-11-11',
-        'current': True,
+        'current': False,
         'summary': 'Refined pass on the chosen Balanced foundation: smoother curves in a, c, e, g, and s, coordinated arches in n, m, h, and r, lighter crossbars on e/f/t, and steadier word spacing.',
         'highlights': [
             'Builds directly on your selected Balanced (Study B) warmth direction',
@@ -761,9 +776,19 @@ def build_versions_manifest(extra_sans_meta: dict | None = None, extra_display_m
     # 3. SEIHouse Noto studies
     noto_entries = []
     for item in NOTO_VERSIONS:
-        rel_path = item['path']
-        data = (ROOT / rel_path).read_bytes()
-        verify_woff2(data, rel_path)
+        faces = []
+        for rel_path, style_name, weight in item.get('faces') or [(item['path'], 'Regular', 400)]:
+            data = (ROOT / rel_path).read_bytes()
+            verify_woff2(data, rel_path)
+            faces.append({
+                'path': rel_path,
+                'styleName': style_name,
+                'weight': weight,
+                'style': 'normal',
+                'night': False,
+                'bytes': len(data),
+                'sha256': sha256_bytes(data),
+            })
         noto_entries.append({
             'version': item['version'],
             'label': item['label'],
@@ -772,16 +797,8 @@ def build_versions_manifest(extra_sans_meta: dict | None = None, extra_display_m
             'current': item['current'],
             'summary': item['summary'],
             'highlights': item['highlights'],
-            'capabilities': {'weights': [400], 'italic': False, 'nightWeights': []},
-            'faces': [{
-                'path': rel_path,
-                'styleName': 'Regular',
-                'weight': 400,
-                'style': 'normal',
-                'night': False,
-                'bytes': len(data),
-                'sha256': sha256_bytes(data),
-            }],
+            'capabilities': {'weights': [face['weight'] for face in faces], 'italic': False, 'nightWeights': []},
+            'faces': faces,
         })
 
     default_sans_compare = '0.39' if any(v['version'] == '0.39' for v in sans_entries) else sans_entries[1]['version']
@@ -814,10 +831,10 @@ def build_versions_manifest(extra_sans_meta: dict | None = None, extra_display_m
                 'id': 'noto',
                 'name': 'SEIHouse Noto',
                 'subtitle': 'Warm Noto-based reading foundation study',
-                'currentVersion': 'Refinement 01',
-                'defaultCompareVersion': 'Study B',
-                'workspaceUrl': '../../noto/studies/warmth/index.html',
-                'workspaceLabel': 'Open Noto Warmth Study',
+                'currentVersion': 'Redraw 02',
+                'defaultCompareVersion': 'Refinement 01',
+                'workspaceUrl': '../../noto/studies/redraw/index.html',
+                'workspaceLabel': 'Open Noto Workspace',
                 'versions': noto_entries,
             },
         },

diff --git a/build_site.mjs b/build_site.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ const root = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const output = join(root, 'dist', 'site');
 const pages = [
   'index.html', 'site/home.css', 'site/home.js', 'site/favicon.svg',
+  'noto/studies/redraw/index.html', 'noto/studies/redraw/README.md', 'noto/studies/redraw/manifest.json',
+  'noto/studies/redraw/proofs/redraw-glyphs.svg',
+  ...['compare','details','dark','mobile','family'].map(view => `noto/studies/redraw/proofs/redraw-${view}.png`),
+  ...['Light','Regular','Medium','Bold'].map(style => `noto/studies/redraw/fonts/SEIHouseNoto-${style}.woff2`),
   'noto/studies/warmth/index.html', 'noto/studies/warmth/README.md',
   'noto/studies/warmth/warmth-01.html',
   'noto/DESIGN.md', 'noto/studies/warmth/proofs/balanced-glyphs.svg',

diff --git a/docs/WEBSITE.md b/docs/WEBSITE.md
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ dedicated **Version History & Side-by-Side Compare** page at [`site/versions/ind
   release with a live interactive specimen (weight, real italic, size, Night-mode optical
   grade status, and a Quick Compare dropdown for older milestones), workspace cards for the
   Reader Lab, 3-chapter reading test, Literata/Rubik benchmark, and version archive, plus a
-  companion card for **SEIHouse Noto (`Balanced · Refinement 01`)** linking directly to
-  `noto/studies/warmth/index.html`.
+  companion card for **SEIHouse Noto (`Balanced · Redraw 02`, candidate)** linking directly to
+  `noto/studies/redraw/index.html`.
 - **Section 02 — The Title Engine:** Showcases **SEIHouse Display 0.1**, **Living Titles 0.1.3**,
   and **Elemental Title 0.1.0** with interactive cut tabs (**Soft, Edge, Ink, Wide**), a live
   title tester, workspace cards for the Display Lab, Elemental Title Lab (`display/elemental/index.html`),
   finished cut gallery, and NovelExpanded living-title cover mock, plus direct `.otf` starter downloads.
 - **Version History & Compare (`site/versions/index.html`):** Tracks and compares every
   preserved release across **SEIHouse Sans** (`0.6` through `0.42`, 17 versions),
   **Title Engine / Display** (7 milestones across Soft, Edge, Ink, and Wide), and
-  **SEIHouse Noto** (Studies A, B, C, and `Balanced · Refinement 01`). Fonts are loaded on
+  **SEIHouse Noto** (Studies A, B, C, `Balanced · Refinement 01`, and `Redraw 02`). Fonts are loaded on
   demand via `FontFace` so visitors only download the two versions they are actively comparing.
 
 ## Deploy to Vercel

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ <h3>SEIHouse Sans</h3>
       <div class="companion-panel noto-panel">
         <div class="companion-copy">
           <div class="badge-row">
-            <span class="version-pill noto-pill">Balanced · Refinement 01</span>
-            <span class="meta-pill">Warmth study</span>
+            <span class="version-pill noto-pill">Balanced · Redraw 02</span>
+            <span class="meta-pill">Candidate for review</span>
           </div>
           <h3>SEIHouse Noto</h3>
-          <p class="panel-summary">A warmer, custom-drawn cousin to Google Noto Sans, refining lowercase bowls and steady word spacing on the Balanced foundation.</p>
+          <p class="panel-summary">A warmer, custom-drawn cousin to Google Noto Sans. Redrawn on the Balanced foundation with modulated strokes, tapered joins, kerning and four weights.</p>
           <div class="companion-actions">
-            <a class="button noto-button" href="./noto/studies/warmth/index.html">Open Noto Workspace <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
-            <a class="history-link" href="./site/versions/index.html?track=noto">Compare 4 studies →</a>
+            <a class="button noto-button" href="./noto/studies/redraw/index.html">Open Noto Workspace <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
+            <a class="history-link" href="./site/versions/index.html?track=noto">Compare 5 versions →</a>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div class="companion-preview">

diff --git a/noto/DESIGN.md b/noto/DESIGN.md
@@ -42,7 +42,29 @@ Compare using the same size, weight, colors, and passage. Review both full parag
 and enlarged letter details. The comparison is the default Noto test page in the
 Font Lab navigation; the first three studies remain accessible from its footer.
 
-## Evidence and boundaries
+## Redraw 02 — candidate, not a new owner decision
+
+On 2026-11-12 the owner asked for SEIHouse Noto to be reimagined: more professional,
+keeping its flavour. Source and outputs: `studies/redraw/` (version 0.010).
+
+- New construction: stroke thickness follows direction (88 upright / 74 horizontal
+  at Regular) and tapers where arches and bowls meet a stem. The constant 74-unit
+  line of the earlier drawings is retired in this candidate.
+- Regular carries a text weight. Light is close to the earlier colour; Medium and
+  Bold come from the same rules.
+- Kept from Balanced: the softness (one corner radius, 13 units at Regular), the
+  .585 full curve, two-storey a and g, hooked l, distinct I / l / 1.
+- Changed from Balanced: vertical proportions (x-height 520, capitals 700,
+  ascender 744), the 1.025 horizontal factor (letters are drawn to width instead),
+  and all spacing, which is now shape-based with automatic kerning.
+- 314 characters: keyboard symbols and composed Latin-1 / Latin Extended-A letters.
+  Not complete: `¤ ¦ § ¨ © ª ¬ ® ¯ ² ³ ´ µ ¶ ¸ ¹ º ¼ ½ ¾` and `ĸ Ĳ ĳ Ŀ ŀ ŉ Ŋ ŋ ſ` are not drawn.
+
+The owner has not yet compared or approved it. Until then Balanced is the approved
+direction and Refinement 01 the last reviewed drawing. See
+[the study notes](studies/redraw/README.md) for limits.
+
+## Evidence and boundaries (Refinement 01)
 
 This pass has 94 encoded characters / 95 glyphs including .notdef: Latin letters,
 digits, selected punctuation and nine precomposed accented letters. It adds no new

diff --git a/noto/studies/redraw/README.md b/noto/studies/redraw/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# SEIHouse Noto — Redraw 02 (candidate)
+
+Owner brief: **a warmer version of Google Noto Sans**, as an original family. On
+2026-11-12 the owner asked for SEIHouse Noto to be reimagined: more professional,
+with its own flavour intact. This folder is that candidate. **Balanced (study B)
+remains the approved direction** until the owner decides otherwise; nothing in
+`../warmth/` is changed.
+
+![Redraw 02 beside Refinement 01](proofs/redraw-compare.png)
+
+[Enlarged letters](proofs/redraw-details.png) ·
+[On dark](proofs/redraw-dark.png) ·
+[Four weights](proofs/redraw-family.png) ·
+[Phone width](proofs/redraw-mobile.png) ·
+[Every glyph](proofs/redraw-glyphs.svg)
+
+## What changed, and why
+
+The earlier drawings expand one centreline by a constant 74 units. That is why they
+read light, why joins clot, and why horizontals look heavier than verticals. Redraw 02
+replaces that construction:
+
+| | Refinement 01 | Redraw 02 |
+|---|---|---|
+| Stroke | One 74-unit line everywhere | Follows direction: 88 upright, 74 horizontal (Regular) |
+| Joins | Arch meets stem at full weight | Arch and bowl taper to about half weight at the stem |
+| Regular weight | Reads as a Light | Text weight, near Noto Sans Regular |
+| Proportions | x-height 530, capitals 717, ascender 710 | x-height 520, capitals 700, ascender 744 |
+| Spacing | Grouped sidebearings, 34 pairs | Shape-based sidebearings, automatic kerning |
+| Weights | Regular | Light, Regular, Medium, Bold |
+| Characters | 94 | 314 (keyboard symbols, most Latin-1 and Latin Extended-A; gaps listed below) |
+
+## What stays (the SEIHouse flavour)
+
+- Balanced's moderate softness: every outside corner is rounded by one radius
+  (13 units at Regular), at every weight.
+- Balanced's full curve (the .585 bowl parameter) on every round letter.
+- Two-storey a and g, hooked l, curved y tail, serifed I and flagged 1, so I / l / 1
+  stay distinct.
+- Original construction. No outlines, metrics or kerning come from SEIHouse Sans,
+  Display, Google Noto or any other font. The Noto reference file is opened only
+  by the comparison page.
+
+## How it is built
+
+- `pen.py` — the drawing engine: a modulated ribbon around a centreline (thickness
+  from stroke direction, optional taper per node), straight bars, unions and one
+  corner-softening pass.
+- `letters.py` — every drawing, plus the accent table. A weight is one number;
+  heavier weights are drawn slightly wider and fitted slightly closer.
+- `spacing.py` — kerning from the outlines: each pair is adjusted until its
+  weighted gap matches "nn" / "HH", with a clearance floor. Accented letters
+  share their base's kerning, with exceptions where an accent meets an overhang.
+- `build.py` — fonts, `manifest.json`, the glyph sheet, and the page's character list.
+
+```sh
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+python noto/studies/redraw/build.py
+python -m unittest tests.test_noto_redraw
+```
+
+## Scope and honest limits
+
+Latin only. This is a design candidate, version 0.010, not a release.
+
+- Bold and Light come from the same rules as Regular and have had less individual
+  attention; Bold counters in a, e, g and s are the first place to look.
+- Coverage is not complete Latin-1 or Latin Extended-A. Not drawn yet:
+  `¤ ¦ § ¨ © ª ¬ ® ¯ ² ³ ´ µ ¶ ¸ ¹ º ¼ ½ ¾` and `ĸ Ĳ ĳ Ŀ ŀ ŉ Ŋ ŋ ſ`. The exact set is
+  in `manifest.json`; the comparison page reports any character it has to borrow.
+- Accented letters are composed by rule and have not had native-reader review.
+  Decomposed (combining-mark) input is not supported yet.
+- No italic, no Night grade, no hinting beyond alignment zones, and no native
+  iPhone / Windows rendering review yet.
+- The stress-angle setting exists in the engine and is left at 0°: at this low
+  contrast a tilt was not visible in text.
+- The public family name is still an open owner decision (handbook OD-01); the
+  fonts carry "SEIHouse Noto" as the working name.