diff --git a/client/src/components/Studio/travel/CountryLooks.tsx b/client/src/components/Studio/travel/CountryLooks.tsx
index 20f65f747..02e323b63 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Studio/travel/CountryLooks.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Studio/travel/CountryLooks.tsx
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export function CountryLookView({ el, frameStyle }: { el: BookCountriesElement;
         const key = `${c.code}-${i}`;
         if (el.look === 'stamp') return <Stamp key={key} el={el} c={c} size={Math.min(cellW, cellH)} />;
         if (el.look === 'postcard') return <Postcard key={key} el={el} c={c} w={cellW} h={cellH} />;
-        const Look = MORE[el.look] ?? Visa;
+        const Look = MORE[el.look ?? 'visa'] ?? Visa;
         return <Look key={key} el={el} code={c.code} name={c.name} w={cellW} h={cellH} />;
       })}
     </div>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Studio/travel/StatsLooks.tsx b/client/src/components/Studio/travel/StatsLooks.tsx
index bfbfc2650..0695838c5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Studio/travel/StatsLooks.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Studio/travel/StatsLooks.tsx
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ export function StatsLookView({ el, frameStyle }: { el: BookStatsElement; frameS
     ...metricValue(metric, el.values, el.units, locale),
     label: t(`journey.studio.metric.${metric}`),
   }));
-  const Look = LOOKS[el.look] ?? PosterLook;
+  const Look = LOOKS[el.look ?? 'poster'] ?? PosterLook;
   return (
     <div
       style={{
diff --git a/client/src/components/Studio/travel/travelBuilders.ts b/client/src/components/Studio/travel/travelBuilders.ts
index 157082f58..c7152bb4e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Studio/travel/travelBuilders.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Studio/travel/travelBuilders.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { studioTravelContext } from '../studioTravelContext';
  */
 
 /** The figures a summary offers: how far, how long, where, and how much was kept. */
-export const SUMMARY_METRICS: BookMetric[] = ['distance', 'days', 'countries', 'photos'];
+const SUMMARY_METRICS: BookMetric[] = ['distance', 'days', 'countries', 'photos'];
 
 /** The looks of a summary, in the order the panel offers them. */
 export const SUMMARY_LOOKS: BookStatsLook[] = [
diff --git a/shared/src/book/auto/auto-elements.ts b/shared/src/book/auto/auto-elements.ts
index 944f4452c..7566f6b03 100644
--- a/shared/src/book/auto/auto-elements.ts
+++ b/shared/src/book/auto/auto-elements.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ export function statsEl(
     frame,
     metrics,
     layout,
-    look: 'classic',
     showIcons: true,
     units: 'metric',
     values: statsValues(stats),
@@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ export function countriesEl(
     showFlag: false,
     showName: true,
     align: 'center',
-    look: 'classic',
     ...opts,
   } as BookElement;
 }
@@ -296,7 +294,6 @@ export function countryWatermark(newId: NewId, frame: BookFrame, code: string |
     showFlag: false,
     showName: false,
     align: 'center',
-    look: 'classic',
     opacity: 0.1,
   } as BookElement;
 }
diff --git a/shared/src/book/auto/auto-templates.data.ts b/shared/src/book/auto/auto-templates.data.ts
index 1ed5f81c1..2b2c8226f 100644
--- a/shared/src/book/auto/auto-templates.data.ts
+++ b/shared/src/book/auto/auto-templates.data.ts
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ export const AUTO_TEMPLATES: readonly AutoTemplate[] = [
         kind: 'stats',
         metrics: ['distance', 'days', 'steps', 'photos', 'countries', 'places'],
         layout: 'grid',
-        look: 'classic',
         showIcons: true,
         units: 'metric',
         values: {
@@ -223,7 +222,6 @@ export const AUTO_TEMPLATES: readonly AutoTemplate[] = [
         showFlag: false,
         showName: true,
         align: 'center',
-        look: 'classic',
       },
     ],
   },
diff --git a/shared/src/book/book-op-enums.ts b/shared/src/book/book-op-enums.ts
index 060c916ca..0280d6f4a 100644
--- a/shared/src/book/book-op-enums.ts
+++ b/shared/src/book/book-op-enums.ts
@@ -110,11 +110,7 @@ export const bookRouteArcSchema = map.routeArc
   .unwrap()
   .describe('bow draws the long legs as a curve, the way a flight is shown.');
 export const bookRouteDashSchema = map.routeDash.unwrap().describe('arcs dashes the bowed legs; solid dashes nothing.');
-export const bookPinStyleSchema = map.pinStyle
-  .unwrap()
-  .describe(
-    'A stop as a dot, a small round photo of it, its number in the order travelled, or only the start and the end marked.',
-  );
+export const bookPinStyleSchema = map.pinStyle.unwrap().describe('How the stops are marked.');
 export const bookMapClipSchema = map.clip
   .unwrap()
   .describe('rect is a map in a box; country cuts it to the outline of its countries.');
@@ -126,24 +122,12 @@ export const bookMapSourceSchema = z
 export const bookStatsLayoutSchema = bookStatsElementSchema.shape.layout
   .unwrap()
   .describe('The figures in a grid, one row or one column.');
-export const bookStatsLookSchema = bookStatsElementSchema.shape.look
-  .unwrap()
-  .describe(
-    'How the figures are drawn: classic (icon, figure, caption), poster (one big figure, the rest beside it), ticket (a ticket stub), tiles (a tile per figure), band (one line of figures between hairlines), medal (a round medal per figure), odometer (the drums of a counter), sign (a road sign listing them), note (a handwritten note) or sketch (drawn by hand).',
-  );
+export const bookStatsLookSchema = bookStatsElementSchema.shape.look.unwrap().describe('How the figures are drawn.');
 export const bookCountriesLayoutSchema = bookCountriesElementSchema.shape.layout
   .unwrap()
   .describe('The countries as a list, a grid or one column.');
-export const bookCountryLookSchema = bookCountriesElementSchema.shape.look
-  .unwrap()
-  .describe(
-    'How a country is drawn: classic (name over its outline), stamp (a round passport stamp), postcard, visa (an entry stamp), flag (the flag in cloth), pin (a map pin), label (a luggage label) or sketch (the outline drawn by hand).',
-  );
-export const bookBadgeStyleSchema = bookBadgeElementSchema.shape.style
-  .unwrap()
-  .describe(
-    'plain words, a chip (filled capsule), an outline, stacked over its line, a passport stamp, a luggage tag, a pill with its icon in a disc, a ribbon, a die-cut sticker, an embroidered patch or a frame drawn by hand.',
-  );
+export const bookCountryLookSchema = bookCountriesElementSchema.shape.look.unwrap().describe('How a country is drawn.');
+export const bookBadgeStyleSchema = bookBadgeElementSchema.shape.style.unwrap().describe('How the mark is set.');
 export const bookBadgeVariantSchema = z
   .enum(BOOK_BADGES)
   .describe(
diff --git a/shared/src/book/book-travel.ts b/shared/src/book/book-travel.ts
index 4c40839c7..6fc4f539c 100644
--- a/shared/src/book/book-travel.ts
+++ b/shared/src/book/book-travel.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ export function bookTravelStats(
     frame: input.frame,
     metrics: [...input.metrics],
     layout: 'grid',
-    look: 'classic',
     showIcons: true,
     units: 'metric',
     values: liveMetrics(stats),
@@ -282,7 +281,6 @@ export function bookTravelCountries(
     showFlag: false,
     showName: true,
     align: 'center',
-    look: 'classic',
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/shared/src/book/book.schema.ts b/shared/src/book/book.schema.ts
index 37cddc696..83a6643bb 100644
--- a/shared/src/book/book.schema.ts
+++ b/shared/src/book/book.schema.ts
@@ -692,16 +692,16 @@ export const bookStatsElementSchema = z.object({
   metrics: z.array(z.enum(BOOK_METRICS)).max(7).default(['distance', 'days', 'steps', 'photos']),
   layout: z.enum(['grid', 'row', 'column']).default('grid'),
   /**
-   * How the figures are drawn. `classic` is the icon, figure and caption every
-   * summary placed so far draws, and the default for exactly that reason: a
-   * stored book must not change the day it is opened. The others are newer
+   * How the figures are drawn. Absent, or `classic`, is the icon, figure and
+   * caption every summary placed so far draws: optional rather than defaulted,
+   * so a stored book reads and saves exactly as it did. The others are newer
    * compositions: one figure set as a poster with the rest beside it, a ticket
    * stub, a tile per figure, a band of figures between hairlines, a round
    * medal per figure with its name running round the rim, the drums of an
    * odometer, a road sign listing them, a handwritten note, and a pencil
    * sketch with a hand-drawn frame.
    */
-  look: z.enum(BOOK_STATS_LOOKS).default('classic'),
+  look: z.enum(BOOK_STATS_LOOKS).optional(),
   showIcons: z.boolean().default(true),
   units: bookUnitsSchema.default('metric'),
   /**
@@ -738,15 +738,15 @@ export const bookCountriesElementSchema = z.object({
   showName: z.boolean().default(true),
   align: z.enum(['left', 'center', 'right']).default('center'),
   /**
-   * How a country is drawn. `classic` is the name over its silhouette that
-   * every country placed so far draws, kept as the default so a stored book
-   * stays as it was. `stamp` sets it as a round passport stamp, `postcard` as
+   * How a country is drawn. Absent, or `classic`, is the name over its
+   * silhouette that every country placed so far draws, so a stored book stays
+   * as it was. `stamp` sets it as a round passport stamp, `postcard` as
    * an airmail card, `visa` as an entry stamp with cut corners, `flag` as the
    * flag in cloth, `pin` as a map pin carrying the flag, and `label` as an old
    * luggage label with the name on a ribbon, `sketch` as the outline drawn by
    * hand and hatched, with the name written under it.
    */
-  look: z.enum(BOOK_COUNTRY_LOOKS).default('classic'),
+  look: z.enum(BOOK_COUNTRY_LOOKS).optional(),
 });
 
 export const BOOK_BADGES = [