diff --git a/.planning/phases/14-pax8-ui-surface/14-CONTEXT.md b/.planning/phases/14-pax8-ui-surface/14-CONTEXT.md
index 1d45f1e..c5046ec 100644
--- a/.planning/phases/14-pax8-ui-surface/14-CONTEXT.md
+++ b/.planning/phases/14-pax8-ui-surface/14-CONTEXT.md
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ User deferred to Claude's judgment on all four gray areas identified. Decisions
   `requireAuth()`/`requirePermission()` call, not an implicit "whatever
   middleware allows."
 
+### Typography Exception (user-approved after UI-checker BLOCK)
+- **D-10:** The UI checker's Dimension 4 gate blocked Phase 14's first
+  UI-SPEC draft for using 3 font weights (400/600/700) against its generic
+  2-weight default cap. Presented to the user with the tradeoff (match
+  `DESIGN.md`'s existing sitewide type scale — IBM Plex Sans in weights
+  300-700, already used on every other page — vs. trim to 2 weights for
+  `/pax8` alone, which would look inconsistent with the rest of the app).
+  User explicitly chose to match the sitewide 3-weight pattern. This is a
+  real recorded decision, not Claude's discretion.
+
 ### No-Candidate / Edge-Case Handling
 - **D-09:** A review row with an empty `candidate_company_ids` array shows
   the same review-section UI with an explicit empty state ("No suggested