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quotes: new /quotes ledger + AE-2026-001 UCLA Social Software quote

First quote under Aesthetic Inc. vendor route. Flat-fee technical
documentation engagement for UCLA Social Software (co-directed by
Casey Reas and Lauren Lee McCarthy). Delivered as written material
published at sosoft.arts.ucla.edu. XeLaTeX source with AC letterhead
styling (YWFT Processing + pals mark); README tracks the ID format
and ledger for future quotes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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quotes/AE-2026-001-ucla-social-software/quote.pdf

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quotes/AE-2026-001-ucla-social-software/quote.tex
··· 1 + % !TEX program = xelatex 2 + % Aesthetic Inc. — Quote Letter for UCLA Social Software 3 + % Vendor onboarding quote for services (technical documentation). 4 + % Build: tectonic -X compile quote.tex 5 + 6 + \documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article} 7 + 8 + % === GEOMETRY === 9 + \usepackage[top=0.6in, bottom=0.75in, left=0.9in, right=0.9in]{geometry} 10 + 11 + % === FONTS === 12 + \usepackage{fontspec} 13 + 14 + \setmainfont[ 15 + Extension = .otf, 16 + UprightFont = lmroman10-regular, 17 + BoldFont = lmroman10-bold, 18 + ItalicFont = lmroman10-italic, 19 + BoldItalicFont = lmroman10-bolditalic, 20 + ]{lmroman10} 21 + \setsansfont[ 22 + Extension = .otf, 23 + UprightFont = lmsans10-regular, 24 + BoldFont = lmsans10-bold, 25 + ItalicFont = lmsans10-oblique, 26 + ]{lmsans10} 27 + 28 + % AC custom fonts — YWFT Processing 29 + \newfontfamily\acbold{ywft-processing-bold}[ 30 + Path=../../system/public/type/webfonts/, 31 + Extension=.ttf 32 + ] 33 + \newfontfamily\aclight{ywft-processing-light}[ 34 + Path=../../system/public/type/webfonts/, 35 + Extension=.ttf 36 + ] 37 + \newfontfamily\acregular{ywft-processing-regular}[ 38 + Path=../../system/public/type/webfonts/, 39 + Extension=.ttf 40 + ] 41 + 42 + % === PACKAGES === 43 + \usepackage{xcolor} 44 + \usepackage{graphicx} 45 + \graphicspath{{../../papers/arxiv-ac/figures/}} 46 + 47 + % === QUOTE METADATA === 48 + \newcommand{\quoteid}{AE-2026-001} 49 + \newcommand{\permalink}{https://tangled.org/aesthetic.computer/core/blob/main/quotes/AE-2026-001-ucla-social-software/quote.pdf} 50 + \newcommand{\permalinkdisplay}{tangled.org/aesthetic.computer/core/blob/main/quotes/AE-2026-001-ucla-social-software/quote.pdf} 51 + \usepackage{hyperref} 52 + \usepackage{microtype} 53 + \usepackage{parskip} 54 + \usepackage{fancyhdr} 55 + \usepackage{tikz} 56 + \usepackage{eso-pic} 57 + 58 + % === COLORS (AC palette) === 59 + \definecolor{acpink}{RGB}{180,72,135} 60 + \definecolor{acpurple}{RGB}{120,80,180} 61 + \definecolor{acdark}{RGB}{64,56,74} 62 + \definecolor{acgray}{RGB}{119,119,119} 63 + 64 + % === HYPERREF === 65 + \hypersetup{ 66 + colorlinks=true, 67 + linkcolor=acpurple, 68 + urlcolor=acpurple, 69 + pdfauthor={Aesthetic Inc.}, 70 + pdftitle={Aesthetic Inc. --- Quote \quoteid}, 71 + pdfsubject={Vendor Quote \quoteid}, 72 + } 73 + 74 + % === HEADER / FOOTER === 75 + \pagestyle{fancy} 76 + \fancyhf{} 77 + \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} 78 + \fancyfoot[C]{\footnotesize\color{acgray} 79 + {\acregular Quote \#\quoteid} \; \textperiodcentered \; 80 + Page \thepage 81 + } 82 + 83 + \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} 84 + \setlength{\parskip}{0.45em} 85 + 86 + \begin{document} 87 + 88 + % ============ LETTERHEAD ============ 89 + \noindent 90 + \begin{minipage}[c]{0.22\linewidth} 91 + \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{pals} 92 + \end{minipage}% 93 + \hfill 94 + \begin{minipage}[c]{0.76\linewidth} 95 + \begin{flushright} 96 + {\acbold\fontsize{30pt}{34pt}\selectfont\color{acdark} Aesthetic Inc}{\color{acpink}\fontsize{30pt}{34pt}\selectfont .}\par 97 + \vspace{0.15em} 98 + {\aclight\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont\color{acpink} Software, design, and technical documentation}\par 99 + \vspace{0.3em} 100 + {\footnotesize\color{acgray} 101 + Los Angeles, California \; \textperiodcentered \; 102 + \href{mailto:mail@aesthetic.computer}{mail@aesthetic.computer} \; \textperiodcentered \; 103 + \href{https://aesthetic.computer}{aesthetic.computer} 104 + } 105 + \end{flushright} 106 + \end{minipage} 107 + 108 + \vspace{0.3em} 109 + {\color{acgray}\rule{\linewidth}{0.6pt}} 110 + \vspace{0.6em} 111 + 112 + % ============ DATE + QUOTE ID ============ 113 + \begin{flushright} 114 + {\aclight\color{acdark} \today}\\[0.1em] 115 + {\acregular\color{acpink} Quote \#\quoteid} 116 + \end{flushright} 117 + 118 + \vspace{0.3em} 119 + 120 + % ============ RECIPIENT ============ 121 + Jinwoo Park \\ 122 + UCLA Design Media Arts --- Social Software \\ 123 + \href{https://sosoft.arts.ucla.edu/}{sosoft.arts.ucla.edu} \\ 124 + Los Angeles, CA 125 + 126 + \vspace{0.5em} 127 + 128 + % ============ SUBJECT ============ 129 + {\acbold\color{acdark} Re: Technical Documentation Services Quote for UCLA Social Software} 130 + 131 + \vspace{0.1em} 132 + 133 + % ============ BODY ============ 134 + Dear Jinwoo Park, 135 + 136 + Aesthetic Inc.\ is pleased to submit the following quote for technical documentation services in support of the UCLA Social Software program, co-directed by Professor Casey Reas and Professor Lauren Lee McCarthy. 137 + 138 + {\acbold\color{acdark} Scope of services.} Aesthetic Inc.\ will author and deliver technical documentation for the UCLA Social Software program over the 2026 academic cycle, including written specifications, reference material, and architectural descriptions of the runtime, language, and instructional tools used by students and faculty, together with an analysis of the software in production use across UCLA Design Media Arts and a survey of the open-source and proprietary stacks on which that practice depends. Deliverables will be furnished in written form and published on the Social Software program website at \href{https://sosoft.arts.ucla.edu/}{sosoft.arts.ucla.edu} for ongoing reference by students, faculty, and the public. No software license, hardware, or resalable good is included; the engagement is services-only. 139 + 140 + \vspace{0.2em} 141 + 142 + \begin{center} 143 + \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} 144 + \begin{tabular}{l r} 145 + \hline 146 + {\acbold Description} & {\acbold Amount (USD)} \\ 147 + \hline 148 + Technical documentation services --- 2026 cycle (flat fee) & \$1,200.00 \\ 149 + \hline 150 + {\acbold Total} & {\acbold \$1,200.00} \\ 151 + \hline 152 + \end{tabular} 153 + \end{center} 154 + 155 + \vspace{0.1em} 156 + 157 + {\acbold\color{acdark} Terms.} Flat fee, inclusive of all deliverables described above. Quote valid for sixty (60) days from the date above. Payment by UCLA standard vendor terms upon completion or on an agreed milestone schedule. 158 + 159 + Please let us know what additional documentation UCLA Purchasing needs to complete vendor onboarding for Aesthetic Inc.\ --- we are happy to furnish a W-9, certificate of insurance, or any supplemental forms required. Scope can be refined in writing before engagement. 160 + 161 + Thank you for the opportunity to support the Social Software program. 162 + 163 + \vspace{0.8em} 164 + 165 + {\color{acgray}\rule{0.35\linewidth}{0.4pt}}\\[0.2em] 166 + {\acbold\fontsize{13pt}{15pt}\selectfont\color{acdark} Aesthetic Inc}{\color{acpink}\fontsize{13pt}{15pt}\selectfont .} \; 167 + {\small\color{acgray} Issued for vendor onboarding --- \today}\\[0.25em] 168 + {\footnotesize\color{acgray} Canonical PDF: \href{\permalink}{\permalinkdisplay}} 169 + 170 + \end{document}
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quotes/README.md
··· 1 + # Quotes 2 + 3 + Vendor quotes issued under **Aesthetic Inc.** Source of truth for what was billed, to whom, and for what scope. Each quote lives in its own directory named `<quote-id>-<slug>/` with a `quote.tex` source and built `quote.pdf`. 4 + 5 + ## Quote ID 6 + 7 + Format: `AE-<YYYY>-<NNN>` — `AE` for Aesthetic (Inc.), four-digit year, three-digit sequence resetting each year. Set once per quote via `\newcommand{\quoteid}{...}` at the top of `quote.tex`. 8 + 9 + ## Ledger 10 + 11 + | Quote ID | Date | Recipient | Scope | Amount | Status | 12 + |----------|------|-----------|-------|--------|--------| 13 + | [AE-2026-001](AE-2026-001-ucla-social-software/quote.pdf) | 2026-04-22 | UCLA Design Media Arts — Social Software (Jinwoo Park; program co-directed by Casey Reas and Lauren Lee McCarthy) | Technical documentation of Social Software runtime/language/tools, analysis of software in production across UCLA DMA, survey of open-source and proprietary stacks; hosted at [sosoft.arts.ucla.edu](https://sosoft.arts.ucla.edu/) | $1,200.00 | Issued | 14 + 15 + ## Building 16 + 17 + Each quote builds independently with tectonic: 18 + 19 + ```bash 20 + cd quotes/AE-2026-001-ucla-social-software 21 + tectonic -X compile quote.tex 22 + ``` 23 + 24 + Paths in `quote.tex` are relative: 25 + - Fonts: `../../system/public/type/webfonts/` (YWFT Processing) 26 + - Logo: `../../papers/arxiv-ac/figures/pals.pdf` 27 + 28 + ## Starting a new quote 29 + 30 + 1. Pick the next sequence number (look at the ledger, increment). 31 + 2. `cp -R AE-YYYY-NNN-<prev-slug>/ AE-YYYY-NNN+1-<new-slug>/` (or start from a blank fork of an existing one). 32 + 3. Update `\newcommand{\quoteid}{...}` in `quote.tex`. 33 + 4. Update recipient, subject, scope, amount. 34 + 5. Build, commit, add a row to the ledger above.