Ψ-W2-T1 remediation: scrim the card name over the waveform, hedge two SDK claims, fix a UTF-8-truncation empty-label bug, file the legibility DAW deferral

src/core/ui/card_meta.cpp

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Rect cardNameStrip(const Rect& cell) {
     // is a text block, not a thumbnail.
     const int minHeight = 3 * kCardStripHeight;
     if (cell.width <= 2 * kCardStripPad || cell.height < minHeight) return Rect{};
-    // Inset by 1px from the top edge so the name never sits on the selection border.
+    // Inset by 1px from the top edge so the name never sits on the focused-cell inner ring
+    // (drawn at rect.y+1, panel_render.cpp) — the selection border itself is at rect.y and is
+    // clear regardless.
     return Rect{cell.x + kCardStripPad, cell.y + 1,
                 cell.width - 2 * kCardStripPad, kCardStripHeight};
 }

src/core/ui/card_meta.h

@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ inline constexpr int kCardStripHeight = 12;
 inline constexpr int kCardStripPad    = 3;
 
 // The strip the card's name line occupies: across the top of the cell, drawn OVER the
-// waveform exactly as the length read-out is drawn over it at the bottom. Empty when the
-// cell has no room for both strips plus a waveform worth looking at — the caller draws
-// nothing rather than burying the card under text.
+// waveform exactly as the length read-out is drawn over it at the bottom, rather than a
+// reserved non-drawing band — kCardStripHeight (12px) is a small slice of the shipping 84px
+// cell, and the overlay matches the bottom read-out's existing convention rather than
+// introducing a second layout rule. The draw site scrims behind the text so it stays legible
+// over the waveform's accent fill (`kCardNameScrimAlpha`, `theme.h`). Empty when the cell has
+// no room for both strips plus a waveform worth looking at — the caller draws nothing rather
+// than burying the card under text.
 Rect cardNameStrip(const Rect& cell);
 
 // Musical length inputs, taken straight off a Sample's capture-time stamp. tempoBpm 0 = unknown;

src/core/ui/theme.h

@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ KitColor compositeOver(const KitColor& over, const KitColor& under, double alpha
 // test composes the same value the shell draws with (see compositeOver).
 inline constexpr double kLoopSpanFillAlpha = 0.20;
 
+// The card name strip's scrim: bg/base composited at this alpha UNDER the name text, so
+// text/primary stays readable when a loud capture's waveform peak (accent/primary) reaches
+// into the strip. Named HERE, same reason as kLoopSpanFillAlpha above — test_theme.cpp composes
+// this exact value against the strip's worst-case background (accent/primary) to pin the 4.5:1
+// body floor Font::Micro answers to.
+inline constexpr double kCardNameScrimAlpha = 0.75;
+
 // Relative luminance per WCAG 2.1 (sRGB linearization + 0.2126/0.7152/0.0722 weighting). Alpha
 // is ignored — a translucent overlay's effective color is the caller's to compose first
 // (compositeOver).