Brand · v1.5.0

One brand, two registers.

Paper is how ASF publishes; Ink is how ASF convenes. Both share one logo family, one ink and one teal-to-mint signal family. Use the files below for anything that carries the ASF name.

ASF brand system v1.5.0 · 2c1ccf0

Registers

Which one to use

Pick a register before anything else.

Register A · Paper

How ASF publishes

  • Website, publications, reports, PDF
  • Accent: teal — text-safe on paper
  • Editorial, durable, evidence-first

Register B · Ink

How ASF convenes

  • Events, LinkedIn, stage slides, podcast covers
  • Accent: mint — on dark grounds only
  • Partner events: host template for cover and thank-you only

Colour

Colour tokens

Copy a token name for code, or read the hex value for other tools.

Signal ramp — shared

--asf-signal-600#137B70
--asf-signal-400#29DDDA
--asf-signal-300#62D7BF
--asf-signal-200#16FFBB

Ink — ground, raised, rule

--asf-ink-900#0B0F19
--asf-ink-800#16212C
--asf-ink-700#263241
--asf-on-ink#EEF5F2
--asf-on-ink-muted#B9CBC0

Paper

--asf-paper#F4F1E9
--asf-surface#FFFFFF
--asf-rule#D7D2C7
--asf-muted#5F6971

Status — Paper / Ink

--asf-positive-paper#137B70
--asf-positive-ink#16FFBB
--asf-info-paper#1F6FA8
--asf-info-ink#37A7E7
--asf-warning-paper#8A6100
--asf-warning-ink#F1C84B
--asf-critical-paper#B3261E
--asf-critical-ink#FF8A7A

Typography

Type roles

Display serif, humanist body, mono metadata (11px floor) and Spline Sans for the brand.

--asf-text-meta · 11pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-xs · 12pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-caption · 13pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-sm · 14pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-ui · 15pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-md · 16pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-body · 17pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-lg · 18pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-xl · 20pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-2xl · 24pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-h3 · 28pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-3xl · 32pxDialogue becomes evidence.
--asf-text-4xl · 48pxDialogue becomes evidence.

Logo

Logo files

Logo lockups and ring-marks for every register. The ASF Signature r3 avatar below is for social, newsletter and partner avatars only.

ASF logo: asf-logo-ink.svg
asf-logo-ink.svgSVG
ASF logo: asf-logo-mono-ink.svg
asf-logo-mono-ink.svgSVG
ASF logo: asf-logo-mono-white.svg
asf-logo-mono-white.svgSVG
ASF logo: asf-logo-paper.svg
asf-logo-paper.svgSVG
ASF logo: asf-mark-ink.svg
asf-mark-ink.svgSVG
ASF logo: asf-mark-paper.svg
asf-mark-paper.svgSVG
ASF logo: asf-mark-reverse.svg
asf-mark-reverse.svgSVG

Avatar

Social avatar · ASF Signature r3

For LinkedIn, newsletter and partner avatars. Standard ≥ 160px · Compact < 160px · Ink only · 300×300 PNG, circle-crop safe.

ASF Signature r3 Standard avatar, square
Standard · ≥ 160pxPNG SVG
ASF Signature r3 Compact avatar, square
Compact · < 160pxPNG SVG

Templates

Presentation templates

Editable example decks for ASF presentations: Paper for publishing, Ink for convening. Sample data, photo and contact slots are placeholders, not ASF facts.

Paper template, slide 1: cover layout with example content
Show a content layoutPaper template, slide 3: argument layout with example content

Editable example deck · 10 core layouts + 2 appendices · v1.0.0 · PowerPoint (.pptx) · 226 KB

Download Paper deck (.pptx)
Ink template, slide 1: cover layout with example content
Show a content layoutInk template, slide 3: argument layout with example content

Editable example deck · 10 core layouts + 2 appendices · v1.0.0 · PowerPoint (.pptx) · 228 KB

Download Ink deck (.pptx)

Built on ASF brand v1.2.2. Set in Georgia, Arial and Courier New (used here in place of Consolas for metadata); fonts are not included. ASF marks remain ASF identity assets; use these files for authorised ASF presentations.

Icons

Icon set

24px grid, 1.7 stroke, always paired with a text label.

arrow
outbound / next (↗)
archive
archive, past records
record
event record
concept
concept / idea (dashed)
publication
document / report
reserved
reserved / planned slot
development
in development (dotted)
download
download
audio
podcast / audio
chapters
chapter list
read
read online
search
search
back
seek −/+
forward
seek −/+
video
video / film
mail
newsletter / email
podcast
podcast channel (subscribe / follow)
community
forum / community / people
image
image / figure at full size

Links

Action Links

Every operation link carries one leading purpose glyph, its label and a trailing arrow. Downloads keep the download glyph and have no arrow. Purpose is declared per link, never guessed from the address.

publication
publication glyph + arrow
read
read glyph + arrow
record
record glyph + arrow
concept
concept glyph + arrow
archive
archive glyph + arrow
video
video glyph + arrow
image
image glyph + arrow
audio
audio glyph + arrow
podcast
podcast glyph + arrow
mail
mail glyph + arrow
community
community glyph + arrow
download
Download glyph, no arrow
linkedin
Third-party mark linkedin-in-bug

The LinkedIn mark is a third-party trademark (LinkedIn Corporation), not an ASF icon: official black file on Paper, white on Ink, unmodified, used only to link to the ASF LinkedIn page.

In code

Using the tokens

Declare a register, then use register-resolved variables.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="asf-tokens-v1.5.0.css">
<section data-register="ink">
  <p style="color: var(--asf-kicker)">Session 3</p>
  <a style="background: var(--asf-accent); border-radius: var(--asf-radius-control)">Register</a>
</section>