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01 - Wordmark

The wordmark is the type.

There is no drawn logo. The wordmark is Bricolage Grotesque set live, pinned to its text optical size. Tight set for naming; tracked-out reserved for signatures.

Treatments

Tight set reads as a name; tracked-out reads as decoration. The site needs a name first - tight is the default everywhere.

Tight set · on dark
Pitvolt
Bricolage Grotesque · wght 700 · opsz 14 · −1% tracking
Tight set · on elevated
Pitvolt
Bricolage Grotesque · wght 700 · opsz 14 · −1% tracking
Tracked-out · on dark · signature use only
P I T V O L T
wght 600 · opsz 14 · 42% tracking · uppercase
Tracked-out · on elevated · signature use only
P I T V O L T
wght 600 · opsz 14 · 42% tracking · uppercase
Nav use · 22px tight
Pitvolt
wght 700 · opsz 14 · −0.5% tracking
Nav use · 22px tight
Pitvolt
wght 700 · opsz 14 · −0.5% tracking

Clear space and minimum size

Give the wordmark room equal to the cap height of its P on all sides. Below minimum size, use the tight set only.

cap height of P on all sides Pitvolt
  • Minimum tight set - 18px
  • Minimum tracked-out - 22px; below that, don't use it
  • Colour - accent yellow on dark, near-black ink on elevated. Nothing else.

The optical-size pin

Bricolage Grotesque is a variable font whose default optical size (96) is a display cut - it reads as a generic geometric sans. The wordmark's character lives at the text optical size.

/* every wordmark instance pins the axis */
font-variation-settings: "opsz" 14, "wght" 700;

Rules

Do

Set it live. The wordmark is text - selectable, accessible, crisp at every size.

Don't

No SVG, no image, no outline. Exporting the wordmark as a graphic breaks the rule that the brand is type-led.

Do

Tight set for naming - nav, documents, product chrome, anywhere Pitvolt is being named.

Don't

Don't decorate with the tracked set. It's reserved for footer signatures, slipcases and the press kit.

Do

Pin opsz 14. Every instance, every size. The pin is what makes it ours.

Don't

Don't re-track, re-weight or recolour. Two treatments exist. There is no third.