@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to GraphCompose are documented here. Versions
 follow semantic versioning; release dates are ISO 8601.
 
+## v1.6.5 — Planned
+
+### Templates v2
+
+- Added the `CenteredHeadline` CV preset to the `cv/v2` layered
+  template surface, including its isolated theme tokens, visual
+  regression baselines, and reusable `Subheadline` /
+  `SectionHeader.flatSpacedCaps` widget support.
+
 ## v1.6.4 — 2026-05-22
 
 Bug fix + structured-block patch. Adds two new public Block types —
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ template family from empty folder to merged PR.
 presets/      composition: data + theme + widgets → DocumentTemplate
    │ compose from
    ▼
-widgets/      LEGO bricks: Headline, ContactLine, SectionHeader, …
+widgets/      LEGO bricks: Headline, Subheadline, ContactLine, SectionHeader, …
    │ delegate to                                  read tokens from
    ▼                                              ▼
 components/   internal renderers + primitives    theme/    palette
 
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Authoring Presets — write your own visual style
 
-You like the layered architecture, but the three shipped presets
-(`BoxedSections`, `MinimalUnderlined`, `ModernProfessional`) don't
-match the design you want. This doc walks you through writing a
-new preset from scratch — **without subclassing, without duplicating
-rendering code**.
+You like the layered architecture, but the shipped presets
+(`BoxedSections`, `MinimalUnderlined`, `ModernProfessional`,
+`CenteredHeadline`) don't match the design you want. This doc walks
+you through writing a new preset from scratch — **without subclassing,
+without duplicating rendering code**.
 
 If you haven't read [quickstart.md](quickstart.md) and
 [using-templates.md](using-templates.md), do those first.
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ visual decision you can read like a recipe.
 <a id="the-widget-catalog"></a>
 ## The widget catalog
 
-Today, three widget classes live in
-`com.demcha.compose.document.templates.cv.v2.widgets`. Each has 2-3
-named variants.
+Today, four widget classes live in
+`com.demcha.compose.document.templates.cv.v2.widgets`. Each has a
+small set of named variants.
 
 ### `Headline` — top-of-document name
 
@@ -71,12 +71,19 @@ named variants.
 | `Headline.rightAligned(host, name, theme)` | Right-aligned plain bold (`Jane Doe`) |
 | `Headline.render(host, name, theme, align, spacedCaps)` | Low-level — any (alignment, transform) combo |
 
+### `Subheadline` — secondary tagline under the name
+
+| Variant | Visual |
+|---|---|
+| `Subheadline.centeredSpacedCaps(host, text, style)` | Centred letter-spaced uppercase tagline (`P R O F E S S I O N A L   T I T L E`) |
+
 ### `ContactLine` — phone / email / address / links row
 
 | Variant | Visual |
 |---|---|
 | `ContactLine.centered(host, identity, theme)` | Centred, phone → email → address → links |
 | `ContactLine.rightAligned(host, identity, theme)` | Right-aligned, address → phone → email → links |
+| `ContactLine.twoRowRightAligned(host, identity, theme, bodyStyle, linkStyle, separatorStyle)` | Right-aligned address/phone row plus email/link row |
 | `ContactLine.render(host, identity, theme, align, order)` | Low-level — any alignment + field-order combo |
 
 ### `SectionHeader` — title above each section body
@@ -86,6 +93,7 @@ named variants.
 | `SectionHeader.banner(host, title, theme)` | Pale-grey panel + centred spaced-caps inside |
 | `SectionHeader.underlined(host, title, theme)` | Small left spaced-caps + thin rule below |
 | `SectionHeader.flat(host, title, color, theme)` | Large bold title in a given colour, no panel |
+| `SectionHeader.flatSpacedCaps(host, title, color, theme, titleStyle)` | Small left spaced-caps title in a soft colour, no panel |
 
 The separator glyph used by `ContactLine`, the bullet glyph used by
 `RowRenderer`, and other character-level choices come from
@@ -303,9 +311,10 @@ When you do add a new widget:
 
 1. **One file per widget** in `cv/v2/widgets/`.
 2. **`public final class`** with a private constructor.
-3. **2-3 named factories** + a lower-level `.render(...)`.
+3. **1-3 named factories** + a lower-level `.render(...)` when useful.
 4. **First parameter is always `SectionBuilder host`**.
-5. **Last parameter is always `CvTheme theme`**.
+5. **Pass `CvTheme theme` when the widget reads shared tokens**;
+   pass an explicit style only when the preset owns that unique style.
 6. **No instance state** — all static, all stateless.
 7. **JavaDoc the visual** — what does this look like? Who uses it?
 8. **Add to `WidgetSmokeTest`** with a basic "renders without
 
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ GraphCompose's templates v2 (layered) gives you:
 - **Themes describing visuals** — `CvTheme` (palette + typography +
   spacing + decoration). Swap a theme to change colours, fonts,
   bullet glyphs without touching renderers.
-- **Widgets as visual LEGO bricks** — `Headline`, `ContactLine`,
-  `SectionHeader`. Each one is a named visual decision you can drop
-  into a preset.
+- **Widgets as visual LEGO bricks** — `Headline`, `Subheadline`,
+  `ContactLine`, `SectionHeader`. Each one is a named visual decision
+  you can drop into a preset.
 - **Presets as compositions** — a preset orchestrates widgets in a
-  page flow. `BoxedSections`, `MinimalUnderlined`, `ModernProfessional`
-  ship today; writing your own is ~150 lines.
+  page flow. `BoxedSections`, `MinimalUnderlined`,
+  `ModernProfessional`, `CenteredHeadline` ship today; writing your
+  own is ~150 lines.
 
 You hand a `CvDocument` to a preset, you get a PDF. The preset
 internally composes widgets that read theme tokens that ultimately
@@ -87,13 +88,14 @@ Same data, different visual. That's the layering.
 ```
 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │  presets/   BoxedSections, MinimalUnderlined,               │
-│             ModernProfessional                              │
+│             ModernProfessional, CenteredHeadline            │
 │             — composition of widgets in a page flow         │
 └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
         │ compose from widgets
         ▼
 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│  widgets/   Headline, ContactLine, SectionHeader            │
+│  widgets/   Headline, Subheadline, ContactLine,             │
+│             SectionHeader                                   │
 │             — named visual LEGO bricks                      │
 └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
         │ delegate to ↓    │ read tokens from ↓
 
@@ -159,8 +159,9 @@ CvDocument doc = CvDocument.builder()
 ```
 
 **Single-column presets** (`BoxedSections`, `MinimalUnderlined`,
-`ModernProfessional`) render only `Slot.MAIN`. Sidebar content is
-silently dropped — switch to a multi-column preset to render it.
+`ModernProfessional`, `CenteredHeadline`) render only `Slot.MAIN`.
+Sidebar content is silently dropped — switch to a multi-column preset
+to render it.
 
 If you don't use slots at all, your sections go to `MAIN` and every
 preset renders them. The slot model is opt-in.
@@ -170,13 +171,14 @@ preset renders them. The slot model is opt-in.
 <a id="picking-a-preset"></a>
 ## Picking a preset
 
-Three shipped today:
+Four shipped today:
 
 | Preset | Visual signature |
 |---|---|
 | `BoxedSections.create()` | Centred letter-spaced name, pale-grey panel section banners, two-page friendly |
 | `MinimalUnderlined.create()` | Centred name with thin rule, small spaced-caps section titles with accent rule, single page |
 | `ModernProfessional.create()` | Right-aligned big slate-blue name, flat bright-blue bold section titles, dense single page |
+| `CenteredHeadline.create()` | Centred spaced-caps name, small subheadline, full-width rules around contact and modules |
 
 Each factory has a no-arg form (uses a sensible default theme) and
 a `create(CvTheme)` form (custom theme).
 
@@ -504,17 +504,17 @@ public static CvDocument sampleCvDocumentV2() {
                 .builder("Education & Certifications")
                 .entry("MSc Computer Science",
                         "University of Manchester",
-                        "2021",
+                        "2020-2021",
                         "Distinction. Thesis: *Composable layout primitives "
                                 + "for deterministic document rendering*.")
                 .entry("BSc Software Engineering",
                         "Imperial College London",
-                        "2019",
+                        "2016-2019",
                         "First-class honours. Specialisation in compilers and "
                                 + "static analysis.")
                 .entry("Oracle Java Certification",
                         "Professional track",
-                        "2023",
+                        "2023-2024",
                         "Java 17 platform deep-dive: records, sealed types, "
                                 + "pattern matching, virtual threads.")
                 .build();
 
@@ -324,16 +324,23 @@ as DSL plumbing. Below is the current catalog.
 
 | Variant | Visual | Used in |
 |---|---|---|
-| `Headline.spacedCentered(host, name, theme)` | centred letter-spaced uppercase (`J A N E   D O E`) | BoxedSections, MinimalUnderlined |
+| `Headline.spacedCentered(host, name, theme)` | centred letter-spaced uppercase (`J A N E   D O E`) | BoxedSections, MinimalUnderlined, CenteredHeadline |
 | `Headline.rightAligned(host, name, theme)` | right-aligned plain bold (`Jane Doe`) | ModernProfessional |
 | `Headline.render(host, name, theme, align, spacedCaps)` | low-level: pick any alignment + transform | — |
 
+### `Subheadline` — secondary tagline under the name
+
+| Variant | Visual | Used in |
+|---|---|---|
+| `Subheadline.centeredSpacedCaps(host, text, style)` | centred letter-spaced uppercase tagline | CenteredHeadline |
+
 ### `ContactLine` — phone / email / address / links row
 
 | Variant | Visual | Used in |
 |---|---|---|
-| `ContactLine.centered(host, identity, theme)` | centred, phone → email → address → links | BoxedSections, MinimalUnderlined |
+| `ContactLine.centered(host, identity, theme)` | centred, phone → email → address → links | BoxedSections, MinimalUnderlined, CenteredHeadline |
 | `ContactLine.rightAligned(host, identity, theme)` | right-aligned, address → phone → email → links | ModernProfessional |
+| `ContactLine.twoRowRightAligned(host, identity, theme, bodyStyle, linkStyle, separatorStyle)` | right-aligned address/phone row plus email/link row | ModernProfessional |
 | `ContactLine.render(host, identity, theme, align, order)` | low-level: pick alignment + field order | — |
 
 The separator glyph comes from
@@ -347,11 +354,12 @@ change `   |   ` to `  ·  ` or anything else.
 | `SectionHeader.banner(host, title, theme)` | pale-grey panel with centred spaced-caps inside | BoxedSections |
 | `SectionHeader.underlined(host, title, theme)` | small spaced-caps left-aligned, thin rule below | MinimalUnderlined |
 | `SectionHeader.flat(host, title, color, theme)` | large bold title in a given colour, no panel | ModernProfessional |
+| `SectionHeader.flatSpacedCaps(host, title, color, theme, titleStyle)` | small spaced-caps title in a soft colour, no panel | CenteredHeadline |
 
-Note that `flat` takes a `DocumentColor` argument — the section
-title colour is the preset's signature accent, and the widget
-deliberately surfaces it as a parameter rather than burying it in
-the theme.
+Note that `flat` and `flatSpacedCaps` take a `DocumentColor`
+argument — the section title colour is the preset's signature
+accent, and the widget deliberately surfaces it as a parameter
+rather than burying it in the theme.
 
 ### Composing a preset from widgets
 
 
@@ -20,15 +20,19 @@
  *   │  presets/                                                   │
  *   │    BoxedSections      ← composition: data + theme + render  │
  *   │    MinimalUnderlined  ← another composition, same pieces    │
- *   │    ModernProfessional ← third preset, partial widget use    │
+ *   │    ModernProfessional ← corporate composition variant       │
+ *   │    CenteredHeadline   ← classic centred headline variant    │
  *   └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  *           │ compose from
  *           ▼
  *   ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  *   │  widgets/  ← named visual building blocks (LEGO bricks)    │
  *   │    Headline       .spacedCentered | .rightAligned           │
- *   │    ContactLine    .centered       | .rightAligned           │
+ *   │    Subheadline    .centeredSpacedCaps                       │
+ *   │    ContactLine    .centered | .rightAligned                 │
+ *   │                   .twoRowRightAligned                       │
  *   │    SectionHeader  .banner | .underlined | .flat             │
+ *   │                   .flatSpacedCaps                           │
  *   └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  *           │ delegate to                       │ read tokens from
  *           ▼                                   ▼
@@ -70,8 +74,9 @@
  *   <dt><b>{@code widgets/}</b></dt>
  *   <dd>The LEGO bricks. <em>"Which visual building block do I
  *       want here — a banner, an underlined title, a right-aligned
- *       headline?"</em> Each widget has 2-3 named variants and a
- *       lower-level entry for ad-hoc parameter combinations. This
+ *       headline?"</em> Each widget has a small set of named
+ *       variants and, where useful, a lower-level entry for ad-hoc
+ *       parameter combinations. This
  *       is where most preset code lives — picking widgets and
  *       composing them.</dd>
  *