FOLIO 098 · § — Brand guidelines · v1.0 · Phosphor scheme
Brand

The Phosra brand.

Logos, marks, colors, typography, and usage guidelines for press, partners, and adopters. The brand follows the v1.0 Phosphor scheme — phosphor green signal on deep ink canvas, with three sober fonts.

01 · Logos

Wordmark + Mark

Wordmark · White
Phosra wordmark, white on dark
phosra-wordmark-white.svgDownload
Wordmark · Dark
Phosra wordmark, dark on light
phosra-wordmark.svgDownload
Mark · White
Phosra mark, white on dark
phosra-mark-white.svgDownload
Mark · Dark
Phosra mark, dark on light
phosra-mark.svgDownload
02 · Capability glyphs

The nine atoms

The 9 named capabilities are the visual atoms of the brand. Single-weight wireframe SVGs, 1.5px stroke, square line caps. Use them as POWERED BY badges, in registry listings, on conformance reports, and as the visual mark beside any capability name.

Charter

OCSS §1

Age

OCSS §3

Tier

OCSS §4

Consent

OCSS §5

Block

OCSS §6

Alert

OCSS §7

Privacy

OCSS §8

Audit

OCSS §9

Receipt

OCSS §10
03 · Color

Phosphor on deep ink

The palette is monochromatic dark + one signal green + four muted network accents.

Ink ramp · Canvas + surfaces
Deepest--ink-0#02060B
Canvas--ink-1#050B14
Band--ink-2#0A1422
Card--ink-3#0F1D30
Raised--ink-4#14253D
Hover--ink-5#1B3050
Phosphor signal

The brand color. Used sparingly — eyebrows, pills, the one CTA per fold, glyph fills.

100--signal-100#E6FFF4
200--signal-200#B8FFDF
300--signal-300#7AFFC4
400--signal-400#3FF5A8
500--signal-500#0FD988
600--signal-600#08B86F
700--signal-700#04945A
800--signal-800#016E44
900--signal-900#004A2D
Network accents

Used for capability tints and chart series. Always sparing.

Cyan--net-cyan#5BD5FF
Violet--net-violet#B388FF
Magenta--net-magenta#FF6FB5
Amber--net-amber#FFC857
Coral--net-coral#FF7A59
Paper · Light-mode

Light is opt-in via data-theme="light". Used for one or two hero moments per page (manifesto card).

Canvas--paper-1#FFFFFF
Band--paper-2#F6F7F4
Manifesto warm note--paper-bone#EDE6DA
04 · Typography

Three families, three jobs

Each family carries a distinct register. Don't mix them — display, body, mono.

Display · Instrument Serif

High-contrast modern serif. The “engraved certificate” type. Used for hero headlines so the brand reads as a notarial document, not another tech startup. Variable weight, italic available. Free via Google Fonts.

Define once. Protect everywhere.

font-display · Instrument Serif
Body · Public Sans

The United States Web Design System body font. Literal civic-infrastructure type. Phosra is a public protocol; pairing with the public-government font is conceptually aligned and visually distinctive. Variable weight 300-900. Free via Google Fonts.

Phosra publishes the open registry of age-appropriate-design rules that browsers, app stores, routers, and operating systems can implement verbatim.

font-sans · Public Sans
Mono · JetBrains Mono

Honest engineering monotype with the right amount of personality. Used for eyebrows, protocol labels, data, code citations. Free via Google Fonts.

PHOSRA · OPEN PROTOCOL · OCSS v1.0

phosra check --rule algo_feed_control
font-mono · JetBrains Mono
05 · State vocabulary

Five roles, never decorative

Every status-bearing element picks a role from this five-role vocabulary. The signal green is sacred — only LIVE pulses.

LIVE

LIVE

Actively notarizing right now. The only role that glows.

--state-live
ATTEST

ATTEST

Sealed / cryptographically attested but not propagating.

--state-attest
QUEUE

QUEUE

Pending action. Approaching deadlines.

--state-queue
STALE

STALE

Superseded, expired, off. No glow.

--state-stale
DENY

DENY

Explicit block. Failed verdict. Hard error.

--state-deny
06 · Usage

Do · Don't

Do
  • Use the wordmark on dark canvas by default
  • Maintain minimum clear space around the mark equal to the cap height
  • Use signal-400 for the one CTA per fold; let the rest stay quiet
  • Use the bone manifesto card for one warm note per page
  • Use capability glyphs at 16/24/48/64/96px (single stroke at all sizes)
Don't
  • Use emoji anywhere
  • Stretch, skew, or recolor the wordmark or mark
  • Use the signal green for "feature enabled" — only for live, signed events
  • Stack two signature backgrounds (network grid + conic mesh — pick one)
  • Use stock photography or AI-generated imagery of children
FOLIO 098 · § — Colophon
07 · Press

Press inquiries

For press inquiries, brand asset requests, or trademark questions: