02/Mark

Two flows. One bound event.

Upper bar is payment evidence. Lower bar is fiscal evidence. The stagger is the bind: one record leading, the other completing. The mark is not a letter, not an invoice, not a checkmark.

Angle

atan(2/3) · 33.69°

Module x

4 units

Bar

H=2x L=6.25x

Bind

G=0.75x S=1.25x

03/Wordmark

Fiscal is 700. 402 is 300. No space, no hyphen, no superscript. The numerals are protocol-native — tabular, same cap-height, optically pulled into the stem of the l.

• Fiscal402
• Fiscal 402
• Fiscal-402
• fiscal402 as wordmark

04/Lockups

05/Spacing & size

Clear space around the mark is 1× bar height (x·2). Around the lockup, 0.75×. Below 16px, use the optical favicon. Below 120px lockup width, drop to mark-only.

06/Color

Brand is paper and ink. Blue is not a logo color. Blue is a system state: focus, live signal, selected protocol control. A visitor should remember Fiscal402 as black-on-paper.

• Paper#F4F1EA
• Paper raised#FCFAF6
• Ink#121211
• Muted#6A6860
• Line#DCD6C8
• Line strong#C4BDB0

• Protocol#1A4DFFState only
• Warning#8A5A16
• Error#8B2E2E

07/Typography

IBM Plex Sans for infrastructure language. IBM Plex Mono for protocol data. Hierarchy comes from scale, weight, and whitespace — not color.

• Display XLFiscal402
• Display LFiscal402
• H1Fiscal402
• H2Fiscal402
• H3Fiscal402
• Body LFiscal402
• BodyFiscal402
• SmallFiscal402
• CaptionFiscal402
• Protocol labelNetwork
• Protocol valueeip155:1
• CodePOST /settlements

08/Grid

Layouts should resemble a specification, a ledger, or a protocol inspector. Hairlines, columns, structured whitespace. Not a decorative cyber grid.

Page max 76rem. Copy max 42rem. Bind-rule is the only recurring motif besides the mark.

09/Protocol language

Labels are muted, uppercase, tracked. Values are ink, mono, tabular. States are system chips — not marketing badges.

• OBSERVED
• DETERMINED
• GENERATED
• BOUND
• SIGNED
• VERIFIED
• PENDING REVIEW
• FAILED

10/Receipt system

fiscal402.receipt is a visual primitive, not only JSON. The object should be as recognizable as the mark.

11/Motion

Separate evidence → convergence → binding → verified event. Computational, not theatrical. 1.2–1.6s intro. 250–350ms UI. Reduced motion: static mark.

• Upper flow enters
• Lower flow enters opposite
• Axis aligns. Bind locks
• One restrained sweep. Hold

No bounce, overshoot, 3D, glow, particles, or generic logo reveal.

12/Iconography

Square terminals. 1.5px stroke. The mark angle is not forced into every glyph.

• Receipt
• Verify
• Settlement
• Jurisdiction
• Invoice
• Ledger
• API
• Key
• Artifact

13/Applications

signature VALID
VERIFIED

Website usage →

14/Misuse

The identity is a standard, not a kit of parts. If it has to be decorated to work, it is being used wrong.

• ×Rotate the mark
• ×Change the angle
• ×Stretch or outline
• ×Add shadows or gradients
• ×Recolor the logo blue
• ×Place inside a circle
• ×Change bar spacing
• ×Change Fiscal/402 weight
• ×Add a space or hyphen
• ×Use lowercase fiscal402 as the wordmark
• ×Put the logo on photography