Everything needed to represent AlignCube correctly: the mark, the palette, the type, and the handful of rules that keep a verdict legible. Download the files below rather than redrawing them.
Top plane split into two panels, flat fills, a centre registration dot. This is the only mark. The earlier faceted, gradient-filled gem cube is retired and should not appear anywhere.
On paper · #f4f5f1 / #fcfdfb
On ink · #0a120c
Minimum size16px on screen, 5mm in print. Below that the registration dot disappears; use the wordmark alone.
Clear spaceHalf the mark's width on every side. Nothing sits inside it, including the wordmark.
Do notRecolour, add gradients or bevels, rotate, outline, or set it in three dimensions. Flat, as supplied.
02 · the lockup
Mark, then wordmark. Always horizontal.
The wordmark is set in Bricolage Grotesque 700 with letter-spacing of −0.02em, in ink. Proportions: the gap between mark and wordmark equals a quarter of the mark's width, and the mark's height matches the cap height of the wordmark plus its descender space.
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03 · colour
Paper, ink, and one brand green.
Background#f4f5f1
Surface#fcfdfb
Border#e1e6df
Ink · headings, figures#0a120c
Secondary text#4d564c
Accent · buttons, links#036c4f
Accent partner · hover#047857
Graphics only · never text#10b981 · #34d399
04 · the four verdicts
The colour is the container. The word is ink.
Each verdict has one hue, used for its fill, dot, border and left rule. The verdict word itself is always #0a120c. Review and Consolidate are deliberately in the same amber family, since both mean “not resolved yet”, but they are two distinct ambers. Consolidate is never blue.
Keep#024c37 · emerald
Cut#b91c1c · red
Review#d97706 · light amber
Consolidate#b45309 · dark amber
Keep's #024c37 is a verdict colour, not the brand green. Buttons and links use #036c4f so a green button never reads as a verdict. A verdict tag never travels without its reason.
05 · type
Three faces, three jobs.
Bricolage GrotesqueHeadings. 600 or 700, tracking −0.02 to −0.035em.
Evidence for every cut.
InterBody and interface. 400 to 700.
A verdict tag never travels without its reason attached. Every hero number carries a line stating data completeness.
IBM Plex MonoFigures only, tabular. Never prose, never headings.
$1,326 / mo
06 · money
Three figures, never one.
Any visual that shows AlignCube output shows all three, in ink. Reviewable spend is never called savings, and nothing is labelled “estimated”. Captured stays at $0 until a change is confirmed complete.
Reviewable / mo$1,326Includes items that still need evidence.
Identified to cut$690Excludes $636: two items still under review and one held as a fallback until its replacement is proven.
Captured / mo$0Until a change is confirmed complete.
07 · never
Trust comes from structure and evidence, not effects.
Emerald text that fails contrastA single savings number, or “estimated” on anythingA verdict word set in its own hueConsolidate in blueGradient mesh, glowing orbs, glassmorphismFloating or three-dimensional cubes“Watch the AI think” animation, count-upsWarm cream and coral, neon on blackLiterary serif, Space Grotesk headlinesMono in prose, a self-scored confidence ring
