Visual Audit

Visual Audit of Slide Deck

Perform a thorough visual layout audit of a slide deck, checking for overflow, font consistency, box fatigue, and spacing issues.

Steps

1. Read the slide file specified in $ARGUMENTS

2. For Quarto (.qmd) files:

   • Render with quarto render Quarto/$ARGUMENTS
   • Open in browser to inspect each slide

3. For Beamer (.tex) files:

   • Compile and check for overfull hbox warnings

4. Audit every slide for:

   OVERFLOW:

   • Content exceeding slide boundaries
   • Text running off the bottom of the slide
   • Overfull hbox warnings (LaTeX)

   FONT CONSISTENCY:

   • Inline font-size overrides below 0.85em
   • Inconsistent font sizes across similar slides
   • Blanket font reduction via .smaller when spacing would suffice

   BOX FATIGUE:

   • 2+ colored boxes on a single slide (dilutes visual emphasis)
   • Transitional remarks in boxes that should be plain italic
   • .quotebox used for non-quotations

   SPACING:

   • Missing negative margins on section headings
   • Missing fig-align: center on plots
   • Blank lines between bullet items that could be consolidated

   LAYOUT:

   • Missing fragment reveals (. . .) for problem→solution moments
   • Missing standout slides at major conceptual pivots
   • Missing framing sentences before formal definitions
   • .positive/.negative semantic colors not used on binary contrasts

5. Produce a report organized by slide:

   • Slide title/number
   • Issue description
   • Severity (high/medium/low)
   • Recommended fix (spacing-first approach)

6. Follow the spacing-first principle: Priority order for fixes:

   1. Reduce vertical spacing with negative margins
   2. Consolidate lists (remove blank lines)
   3. Move displayed equations inline
   4. Reduce image/SVG size
   5. Last resort: font size reduction (never below 0.85em)