diff --git a/packages/cli/src/capture/designStyleExtractor.ts b/packages/cli/src/capture/designStyleExtractor.ts
index b27529be3..601009117 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/capture/designStyleExtractor.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/capture/designStyleExtractor.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
   function rgbToHex(color) {
     if (!color) return "";
     if (color.startsWith('#')) return color.toUpperCase();
-    var m = color.match(/rgba?\\(\\s*(\\d+)\\s*,\\s*(\\d+)\\s*,\\s*(\\d+)/);
+    var m = color.match(/rgba?\\(\\s*(\\d+)\\s*,\\s*(\\d+)\\s*,\\s*(\\d+)\\s*(?:,\\s*([\\d.]+))?/);
     if (!m) return color;
+    // fully-transparent fill (rgba(...,0)) → sentinel, NOT #000000 — otherwise a transparent
+    // chip/tab/stat ground reads as solid black on a light-ground site.
+    if (m[4] !== undefined && parseFloat(m[4]) === 0) return "transparent";
     return '#' + ((1<<24) + (parseInt(m[1])<<16) + (parseInt(m[2])<<8) + parseInt(m[3])).toString(16).slice(1).toUpperCase();
   }
 
@@ -188,6 +191,100 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
     };
   }
 
+  // ── 4b. Chips / pills / badges / tags ──
+  // selector by class-substring, PLUS a shape fallback (small + fully-rounded + short text) so
+  // hashed/utility class names (Tailwind, CSS-modules) still get caught.
+  var chipEls = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(
+    '[class*="pill"], [class*="Pill"], [class*="badge"], [class*="Badge"], ' +
+    '[class*="chip"], [class*="Chip"], [class*="tag"], [class*="Tag"]'
+  )).filter(function(el) {
+    if (!isVisible(el) || el.closest('nav, [role="navigation"]')) return false;
+    var r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+    var txt = (el.textContent || "").trim();
+    return r.height > 0 && r.height <= 60 && r.width <= 360 && txt.length > 0 && txt.length <= 40;
+  });
+  var shapeChips = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('span, div, li, a')).slice(0, 500).filter(function(el) {
+    if (!isVisible(el) || el.closest('nav, [role="navigation"]')) return false;
+    var st = getComputedStyle(el);
+    var r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+    var rad = parseFloat(st.borderRadius) || 0;
+    var txt = (el.textContent || "").trim();
+    var hasSkin = (st.backgroundColor && st.backgroundColor !== "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" && st.backgroundColor !== "transparent") || (parseFloat(st.borderTopWidth) || 0) > 0;
+    return hasSkin && r.height > 0 && r.height <= 44 && r.width <= 260 && rad >= (r.height / 2) - 1 && txt.length > 0 && txt.length <= 24 && el.children.length <= 1;
+  });
+  var allChips = chipEls.concat(shapeChips);
+  var chipMap = {};
+  for (var chi = 0; chi < allChips.length; chi++) {
+    var chs = getStyles(allChips[chi]);
+    var chKey = chs.background + "|" + chs.borderRadius + "|" + chs.border;
+    if (!chipMap[chKey]) {
+      chipMap[chKey] = {
+        label: (allChips[chi].textContent || "").trim().slice(0, 24) || "chip",
+        background: chs.background, color: chs.color, padding: chs.padding, borderRadius: chs.borderRadius,
+        border: chs.border, boxShadow: chs.boxShadow, fontSize: chs.fontSize, fontWeight: chs.fontWeight, height: chs.height
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  var chips = Object.values(chipMap).slice(0, 4);
+
+  // ── 4c. Stat / metric cells (a big numeral + a small label) ──
+  var statEls = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(
+    '[class*="stat"], [class*="Stat"], [class*="metric"], [class*="Metric"], ' +
+    '[class*="kpi"], [class*="KPI"], [class*="figure"], [class*="Figure"]'
+  )).filter(function(el) {
+    if (!isVisible(el)) return false;
+    var r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+    return r.height > 0 && r.height <= 400 && r.width <= 600;
+  }).slice(0, 14);
+  function biggestFontChild(el) {
+    var best = 0, bestEl = null, kids = el.querySelectorAll("*");
+    for (var i = 0; i < kids.length; i++) {
+      if (!isVisible(kids[i])) continue;
+      var fz = parseFloat(getComputedStyle(kids[i]).fontSize) || 0;
+      if (fz > best) { best = fz; bestEl = kids[i]; }
+    }
+    return bestEl;
+  }
+  var statMap = {};
+  for (var sti = 0; sti < statEls.length; sti++) {
+    var numEl = biggestFontChild(statEls[sti]) || statEls[sti];
+    var numFz = parseFloat(getComputedStyle(numEl).fontSize) || 0;
+    if (numFz < 28) continue; // needs a genuinely large numeral to count as a stat cell
+    var cst = getStyles(statEls[sti]);
+    var nst = getStyles(numEl);
+    var stKey = Math.round(numFz) + "|" + cst.background;
+    if (!statMap[stKey]) {
+      statMap[stKey] = {
+        background: cst.background, borderRadius: cst.borderRadius, border: cst.border, boxShadow: cst.boxShadow,
+        numberFontSize: nst.fontSize, numberFontWeight: nst.fontWeight, numberColor: nst.color
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  var statCells = Object.values(statMap).slice(0, 3);
+
+  // ── 4d. Tabs ──
+  var tabEls = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(
+    '[role="tab"], [class*="tab"]:not([class*="table"]):not([class*="Table"])'
+  )).filter(function(el) {
+    if (!isVisible(el)) return false;
+    var r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+    var txt = (el.textContent || "").trim();
+    return r.height > 0 && r.height <= 64 && txt.length > 0 && txt.length <= 30;
+  }).slice(0, 12);
+  var tabMap = {};
+  for (var tbi = 0; tbi < tabEls.length; tbi++) {
+    var tst = getStyles(tabEls[tbi]);
+    var tKey = tst.background + "|" + tst.color + "|" + tst.border;
+    if (!tabMap[tKey]) {
+      tabMap[tKey] = {
+        label: (tabEls[tbi].textContent || "").trim().slice(0, 24) || "tab",
+        background: tst.background, color: tst.color, padding: tst.padding, borderRadius: tst.borderRadius,
+        border: tst.border, boxShadow: tst.boxShadow, fontSize: tst.fontSize, fontWeight: tst.fontWeight, height: tst.height
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  var tabs = Object.values(tabMap).slice(0, 4);
+
   // ── 5. Spacing scale ──
   // Collect padding and margin values from visible elements
   var spacingCounts = {};
@@ -273,7 +370,10 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
     shadows: shadows,
     buttons: buttons,
     cards: cards,
-    nav: nav
+    nav: nav,
+    chips: chips,
+    statCells: statCells,
+    tabs: tabs
   };
 })()`;
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/capture/fontMetadataExtractor.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/capture/fontMetadataExtractor.test.ts
index 38b23cf39..d18d5a3be 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/capture/fontMetadataExtractor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/capture/fontMetadataExtractor.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   canonicalizeFamily,
   extractFontMetadata,
   inferWeightFromSubfamily,
+  isIconCharacterSet,
 } from "./fontMetadataExtractor.js";
 
 describe("inferWeightFromSubfamily", () => {
@@ -174,3 +175,41 @@ describe("extractFontMetadata", () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe("isIconCharacterSet", () => {
+  // codepoint helpers
+  const latin = Array.from({ length: 26 }, (_, i) => 0x41 + i); // A-Z
+  const pua = Array.from({ length: 20 }, (_, i) => 0xe000 + i); // Private Use Area
+  const puaSupp = [0xf0000, 0xf0001, 0x10fffd]; // supplementary PUA-A/B
+
+  it("flags a font whose glyphs are mostly Private-Use-Area (an icon font)", () => {
+    // ~63% PUA, mirroring a real "hushly" icon set
+    expect(isIconCharacterSet([...pua, ...latin.slice(0, 12)])).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("flags a near-100% PUA set (Font-Awesome-style)", () => {
+    expect(isIconCharacterSet([...pua, ...puaSupp])).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT flag a normal Latin text font", () => {
+    expect(isIconCharacterSet(latin)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT flag a unicode-range subset with no Latin letters but 0% PUA", () => {
+    // e.g. a cyrillic/latin-ext subset served by Next.js/Google Fonts — the false-positive case
+    const cyrillic = Array.from({ length: 40 }, (_, i) => 0x0410 + i);
+    expect(isIconCharacterSet(cyrillic)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT flag a PUA-heavy TEXT font that still has a full Latin alphabet", () => {
+    // Apple SF Pro (~81% PUA, ships SF Symbols in the PUA) and Descript's Booton (~50% PUA) are
+    // full text fonts — the Latin alphabet gate must keep them out of the icon bucket.
+    const fullAlphabet = latin; // A-Z (26)
+    const sfProLike = [...fullAlphabet, ...Array.from({ length: 200 }, (_, i) => 0xe000 + i)];
+    expect(isIconCharacterSet(sfProLike)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false for an empty character set", () => {
+    expect(isIconCharacterSet([])).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/capture/fontMetadataExtractor.ts b/packages/cli/src/capture/fontMetadataExtractor.ts
index 121cbe1c9..4dba18dd0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/capture/fontMetadataExtractor.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/capture/fontMetadataExtractor.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ export interface FontFileMetadata {
   variationAxes: string[];
   /** Whether identification came from the binary name table (the trustworthy source). */
   identified: boolean;
+  /**
+   * True when this is an ICON font — it has no basic Latin letters, or its glyphs live mostly in
+   * the Unicode Private Use Area (Font Awesome, swiper-icons, a custom "hushly" icon set, …).
+   * Consumers must NOT treat it as a text family: binding it to one renders headings as tofu/icons.
+   */
+  isIcon: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface FontFamilySummary {
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@ function readSingleFont(fullPath: string, filename: string): FontFileMetadata {
     style: "normal",
     variationAxes: [],
     identified: false,
+    isIcon: false,
   };
 
   try {
@@ -185,12 +192,45 @@ function readSingleFont(fullPath: string, filename: string): FontFileMetadata {
       style,
       variationAxes,
       identified: true,
+      isIcon: detectIconFont(font),
     };
   } catch {
     return empty;
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Detect an ICON font by glyph coverage rather than by name (icon fonts often have arbitrary
+ * names like "hushly" or "swiper-icons" that no name-list can enumerate). See isIconCharacterSet
+ * for the rule (lacks a Latin alphabet AND mostly Private-Use-Area glyphs). `characterSet` is a
+ * fontkit runtime member not always in its typings, so it's read through a narrow local shape.
+ */
+function detectIconFont(font: Font): boolean {
+  const f = font as unknown as { characterSet?: number[] };
+  try {
+    return isIconCharacterSet(Array.isArray(f.characterSet) ? f.characterSet : []);
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Detect an icon font from glyph coverage. Two conditions must BOTH hold:
+ *   1. it lacks a real Latin alphabet (< 26 of A-Za-z) — a text font ships the full alphabet;
+ *   2. most of its glyphs (> 50%) live in a Unicode Private Use Area.
+ * The Latin gate is essential: some text fonts pack thousands of PUA glyphs yet are plainly text —
+ * Apple's SF Pro (81% PUA, full A-Za-z, ships SF Symbols in the PUA), Descript's Booton (50% PUA,
+ * full A-Za-z). Flagging those by PUA ratio alone strips a brand's real typeface. Measured icon
+ * fonts: "hushly" 63% PUA / 7 letters, Font Awesome 95% PUA / 0 letters. Exported for testing.
+ */
+export function isIconCharacterSet(characterSet: number[]): boolean {
+  if (!characterSet.length) return false;
+  const isLatinLetter = (cp: number) => (cp >= 0x41 && cp <= 0x5a) || (cp >= 0x61 && cp <= 0x7a);
+  if (characterSet.filter(isLatinLetter).length >= 26) return false; // has an alphabet → a text font
+  const inPua = (cp: number) => (cp >= 0xe000 && cp <= 0xf8ff) || (cp >= 0xf0000 && cp <= 0x10fffd);
+  return characterSet.filter(inPua).length / characterSet.length > 0.5;
+}
+
 /** Aggregate per-file entries into per-family summaries — most useful shape for DESIGN.md. */
 // fallow-ignore-next-line complexity
 function aggregateFamilies(files: FontFileMetadata[]): FontFamilySummary[] {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/capture/types.ts b/packages/cli/src/capture/types.ts
index 39c3ab45f..150d8a3fc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/capture/types.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/capture/types.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,17 @@ export interface ComponentStyle {
   height: string;
 }
 
+export interface StatCellStyle {
+  background: string;
+  borderRadius: string;
+  border: string;
+  boxShadow: string;
+  /** the large numeral's type */
+  numberFontSize: string;
+  numberFontWeight: string;
+  numberColor: string;
+}
+
 export interface DesignStyles {
   typography: TypographyRole[];
   spacing: {
@@ -200,6 +211,12 @@ export interface DesignStyles {
   buttons: ComponentStyle[];
   cards: ComponentStyle[];
   nav: ComponentStyle | null;
+  /** pill / badge / chip / tag — small rounded labelled elements */
+  chips?: ComponentStyle[];
+  /** metric / KPI cells (a large numeral + label) */
+  statCells?: StatCellStyle[];
+  /** tab controls */
+  tabs?: ComponentStyle[];
 }
 
 // ── Assets ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────