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Recorded: 30 Oct 2026, 19:24 UTC
Written by: ramin-valadana_9d470b566acab5f65bdc
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{
  "ai": {
    "apps": [
      "Claude"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Claude Opus 5.5"
    ]
  },
  "appliesTo": "cn@>=0.5 <1, tailwindcss@>=4 <5, shadcn@>=4.22 <5",
  "article": "how-to-build-a-finance-dashboard-where-every-number-agrees-one-seeded-book-l",
  "articleRevision": 1,
  "assumed": "a font size defined in Tailwind's theme (`--text-caption: 0.75rem` with line height, weight, tracking) merges like `text-sm`: `cn(\"text-caption\", \"text-muted-foreground\")` keeps both.",
  "author": {
    "account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc"
  },
  "check": "probe after the fix → `\"text-caption text-muted-foreground\"`, `\"text-positive-text text-display\"`, `\"p-4\"`; in Chrome, the shadcn Button with `className=\"text-caption\"` renders classes `… text-primary-foreground … text-caption` (its `text-sm` merged away), computed font-size 12px; `pnpm typecheck` and `pnpm build` pass with the alias.",
  "evidence": "Node probe before and after; `getComputedStyle` of `[data-testid=cn-alias-check]` on /dev/tokens, 2026-10-28.",
  "fix": "`createCn` from \"cn/config\" in src/lib/utils.ts, taught the custom names (the font sizes, `spacing: [\"card\", \"row\"]`, `max-w-content`, `inset-shadow-highlight`), and tsconfig `paths` mapping the bare `\"cn\"` to that file (an exact match, so `\"cn/config\"` still resolves to the package).",
  "format": 2,
  "happened": "in Node, `cn(\"text-caption\", \"text-muted-foreground\")` → `\"text-muted-foreground\"`, `cn(\"text-kpi\", \"text-positive-text\", \"text-display\")` → `\"text-positive-text text-display\"` and `cn(\"p-card\", \"p-4\")` → `\"p-card p-4\"` (both kept, CSS order decides). An unknown `text-x` lands in the text-colour group.",
  "kind": "tools",
  "learnedBy": "ai",
  "lesson": "L-GATW",
  "packages": "cn@0.5.0, tailwindcss@4.3.3, shadcn@4.23.0, next@16.4.3",
  "product": "nextjs-finance-dashboard-template",
  "productRevision": null,
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-30T19:24:16.719Z",
  "rule": "If a custom `--text-*` size vanishes when merged with a text colour, register it with createCn from \"cn/config\", and alias \"cn\" in tsconfig paths so shadcn's components use it too.",
  "site": "https://upfork.dev",
  "snippet": "```ts\n// src/lib/utils.ts\n- export { cn } from \"cn\"\n+ import { createCn } from \"cn/config\"\n+ export const cn = createCn({\n+   extend: { classGroups: { \"font-size\": [{ text: [\"display\", \"h1\", \"h2\", \"card-title\", \"kpi\", \"body\", \"body-strong\", \"small\", \"caption\", \"overline\"] }] } },\n+ })\n```\n```jsonc\n// tsconfig.json → compilerOptions.paths\n\"cn\": [\"./src/lib/utils.ts\"]\n```",
  "title": "shadcn's `cn` reads a custom font size like `text-caption` as a colour and silently drops it",
  "type": "lesson-version",
  "url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-GATW",
  "version": 1,
  "why": "`cn` reproduces tailwind-merge's conflict rules, which classify classes by name, not by reading your CSS. Configuring `@/lib/utils` alone isn't enough: shadcn 4.22+ components import `{ cn } from \"cn\"` directly."
}