SYNAPSECOMMAND(R)
LOGO AND IDENTITY MANUAL - REVISION A - AUGUST 2026
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The formatted version of this manual ships in this folder as
SynapseCommand-Logo-Manual.html; open it in any browser and print to PDF.
This text copy carries the same rules.

01 THE MARK
  A joint force compass rose held inside a broken octagon.
  Eight arms   the eight specialised agents; four solid, four in steel.
  Eight nodes  each arm ends on a node at a vertex of the octagon.
  Core         the commander interface, one decision point at the centre.
  Breaks       the octagon is severed at every vertex: the air gap.
  North        the single accent diamond, the decision axis.
  Geometry is fixed: 160 unit square, centre 80,80, node ring at radius 76,
  arm tips at radius 71, all angles multiples of 45 degrees, mitred corners.
  No curves, no gradients, no glows.

02 LOCKUPS
  Horizontal   primary. Site headers, documents, proposals, signatures.
  Stacked      square and narrow spaces, slides, apparel, plaques, covers.
  Mark alone   app icons, favicons, avatars, patches, hardware badging.
  One colour   engraving, stamping, embroidery, single colour print.
  Do not build new lockups.

03 CLEAR SPACE AND MINIMUM SIZE
  Clear space is one node height on all sides, measured from the outermost
  geometry. Double it beside a partner mark.
  Screen minimums: horizontal 180 px, stacked 120 px, mark 16 px.
    Below 24 px use the simplified mark from the favicon set.
  Print minimums: horizontal 40 mm, stacked 28 mm, mark 8 mm,
    embroidery 45 mm.

04 COLOUR
  Gunmetal  #0D1117  rgb 13 17 23     Cool Gray 11 C
  Steel     #8B949E  rgb 139 148 158  Cool Gray 8 C
  Bone      #C9D1D9  rgb 201 209 217  Cool Gray 1 C
  Signal    #FF4D29  rgb 255 77 41    Pantone 172 C
  Pantone values are close matches, not exact; proof before production.
  One accent only, on the north node. Never on type, rules or panels.
  On light stock bone becomes gunmetal and steel darkens to #6E7681.

05 TYPOGRAPHY
  Wordmark   Sora. SYNAPSE Light 300, COMMAND ExtraBold 800, one word,
             tracking 7 percent of type size. No substitutions.
  Symbol     registered sign at 32 percent of wordmark size, top aligned
             to the cap height of the final D.
  Tagline    IBM Plex Mono, uppercase, tracked 12 percent or more:
             SOVEREIGN POST-QUANTUM AI FOR COMMAND DECISIONS. Optional.
             Drop it below 300 px or 60 mm instead of shrinking it.
  Support    Sora for headings and body, IBM Plex Mono for labels and data.
  Outline the type before sending files to any supplier.

06 WHAT NOT TO DO
  1. No rotating, skewing, stretching or squashing. Scale proportionally.
  2. No changing line weights and no closing the octagon gaps.
  3. No recolouring the accent, no second accent, no accent on type.
  4. No gradients, bevels, shadows, glows or 3D.
  5. No circles, rounded boxes or badges other than those supplied.
  6. No rebuilding the wordmark in another typeface or in sentence case.
  7. No busy photographic backgrounds. Use a solid gunmetal panel.
  8. No JPG where transparency is needed, no upscaled PNG. Use the SVG.

07 BACKGROUNDS
  Built for near black: #05060A or #0D1117. On light stock use the one
  colour version in gunmetal. Mid greys from #3A4250 to #9AA4B2 are not
  permitted. On any other colour, place the logo on a gunmetal panel with
  full clear space inside the panel edge.

08 DIGITAL
  Serve SVG where possible, PNG as fallback.
  <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="any">
  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png">
  <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
  <link rel="manifest" href="/site.webmanifest">
  <meta name="theme-color" content="#05060A">
  Social sizes are pre built: 1200x630 Open Graph, 1200x1200 feed,
  1584x396 LinkedIn, 1500x500 X. Do not crop them further.

09 PRINT AND FABRICATION
  Offset, digital  SVG or PDF, type outlined. Gunmetal as a rich black build.
  Screen print     steel plus accent on gunmetal garments; gunmetal alone
                   on light garments.
  Embroidery       mark alone, 45 mm minimum, satin stitch the accent node.
  Engrave, etch    one colour version, 8 mm on metal, 12 mm on anodised.
  Cut vinyl        one colour version, keep the octagon gaps open.

10 FILES AND NAMING
  *.svg      vector masters, editable curves
  png/       transparent, up to 3600 px
  jpg/       flattened on gunmetal or white, 2400 to 400 px
  webp/      web delivery
  favicon/   ICO, PNG 16 to 1024, touch icons, manifest
  social/    pre sized preview images
  Keep the supplied names: lockup, colour treatment, width in pixels.

11 TRADEMARK
  SynapseCommand is a registered trademark. Carry the registered sign on
  the first or most prominent use. In running text the name is one word,
  capital S and capital C, never hyphenated, never shortened to SC in
  customer facing material. The logo may not be altered, redrawn or used
  to imply endorsement without written approval.
