diff --git a/escher/Makefile b/escher/Makefile
index eeec26888..724867771 100644
--- a/escher/Makefile
+++ b/escher/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ objs += $(addprefix escher/src/,\
   container.o\
   invocation.o\
   label_view.o\
+  metric.o\
   palette.o\
   responder.o\
   scroll_view.o\
diff --git a/escher/include/escher.h b/escher/include/escher.h
index de2fe9b81..28efecf53 100644
--- a/escher/include/escher.h
+++ b/escher/include/escher.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <escher/container.h>
 #include <escher/invocation.h>
 #include <escher/label_view.h>
+#include <escher/metric.h>
 #include <escher/palette.h>
 #include <escher/responder.h>
 #include <escher/scroll_view.h>
diff --git a/escher/include/escher/metric.h b/escher/include/escher/metric.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e309ac1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/escher/include/escher/metric.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef ESCHER_METRIC_H
+#define ESCHER_METRIC_H
+
+#include <kandinsky/coordinate.h>
+
+class Metric {
+public:
+  constexpr static KDCoordinate VerticalMargin = 20;
+  constexpr static KDCoordinate MarginLabel = 5;
+};
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/escher/include/escher/table_view_cell.h b/escher/include/escher/table_view_cell.h
index d0f050543..22daedfb9 100644
--- a/escher/include/escher/table_view_cell.h
+++ b/escher/include/escher/table_view_cell.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <escher/view.h>
 #include <escher/label_view.h>
 #include <escher/palette.h>
+#include <escher/metric.h>
 
 
 class TableViewCell : public View {
diff --git a/escher/src/metric.cpp b/escher/src/metric.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04c339561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/escher/src/metric.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include <escher/metric.h>
+
+constexpr KDCoordinate Metric::VerticalMargin;
+constexpr KDCoordinate Metric::MarginLabel;