Unit wordmarks

Already settled

• The nine wordmarks are one type design, measured letter by letter in the original files. They are composed from one glyph library on a shared grid, with one spacing table (ADR-0008).

Specification

1. The nine wordmarks are composed from one library of 19 glyphs (a b c e f g i k l m n o p r s t u z 4), drawn on a shared grid: x-height 500, baseline at 750, box 1000. No wordmark is drawn by hand.
2. Each glyph exists once. Every letter was measured in all nine original files: every occurrence of a letter is the same outline (distance ≤ 0.05 units at scale 1), so the library takes each letter from a file exported at scale 1 and well placed.
3. Spacing follows one table of side bearings per glyph, fitted on the six originals that agreed with each other (AKRIBIS, AKURALAB, AKUTEMP, AKZOTEC, SOLFARMA, SINGULAR4), except SINGULAR4's i→n and n→g, which sat outside the family's rhythm; glyphs built the same way share bearings (n as m, g as o). AKRIMET, AKLEIA and AKIoT, which were spaced differently, take the table.
4. Clearspace: half the x-height on all four sides. The files carry it; the "tight" version does not, and exists to align baselines in layout.
5. Minimum size (proposed): x-height of 10 px on screen and 3 mm in print.
6. Colourways: ink and white. Each unit's own colour is set with the colour system (2.4), and the on-dark versions with its ramps.
7. Never: stretch, outline, add effects, change the spacing, set the name in type instead of the wordmark, or use versions older than this one.
8. Favicons and app icons (ADR-0017): tile in the signature; in white, the mark's letters from the library at its own spacing: "ak" for the ak- units and the parent, "sf" for SOLFARMA, "s4" for SINGULAR4, at one scale on every tile (the widest pair spans 72 %); AKRIBIS One carries the ring (60 % of the tile) and the AKIoT platform its cloud (70 %). Rounded square (radius 22 %) where nothing crops; full-bleed square where the platform masks, its letters fitted by their ink to the 80 % safe circle (ADR-0019), which is also the profile picture. Published with a site.webmanifest per brand; the AKIoT app under /marks/akiot/app/.
9. A new unit is composed from the same library. Missing letters are drawn to the recorded construction (stem widths, overshoots, terminals) and added to the library with their bearings.

To re-reason

• AKRIMET: measured, it was never redrawn. Its outlines are the same; it was only exported at 1.19× with a tighter k→r. The composed version still needs a visual check with the unit.
• SOLFARMA: the two-colour version ("sol" + "farma") has still not been discussed with the unit. The library can compose it in two colours if decided.
• Minimum sizes and clearspace, to confirm on real pieces.
• Favicons and icons: confirm the size of the letters and of the ring on real tabs and home screens, and whether a drawn circular version is needed besides the one the platforms crop.

Evidence to audit

• communications-platforms · Branding/akribis-group-logotypes/ (nine SVG exports), Branding/AI/
• brand/src/analyse.ts · measured scales 1.0 / 0.8413 (AKRIMET) / 0.75 (AKLEIA) / 0.5763 (AKIoT); outline distance per letter; pair gaps per file
• brand/evidence/wordmarks-before-after.png
• communications-platforms · Branding/akribis-group-favicons/ (delivered: «ak», «sf», «s4» in colour on white circles; the AKIoT dashboard's cloud on violet), Branding/akiot-app-icon/ (the cloud, inside the central 56 %)
• AKRIBIS-Group/design@main · brand/decisions/08-logos.md, brand/scripts/logos.py (normalised by one bbox; superseded)

Delivers

• Master SVGs in ink
• white
• tight and inline; PNG at 512
• 1024 and 2048 px; the glyph library and the spacing table as data.

Decision

• ADR-0008 Compose every wordmark from one glyph library on a shared grid Accepted
• ADR-0017 Set the favicons as two letters on the signature, with the ring for One and the cloud for the AKIoT app Proposed
• ADR-0019 Make the tile the profile picture, fit its letters to the circle, and centre the stacked One lockup without the ring Accepted