The island's economy is the palette: cream of raw clay for the page, dark fired brown for every word, and terracotta, the exact note of a pot leaving the kiln, as the single action colour. Chao Phraya teal carries the data; Mon red appears rarely, like the chedi's wrap. Trirong, a Thai-born serif, gives the headlines their accent without costume.
Two recurring devices: the river divider, incised wave lines in kiln gold with a terracotta ring, after the carving on a Mon water jar; and the stamped disc as section numeral, like the maker's mark on a pot's base. The mark sets the leaning chedi over the current.