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Brand

The bertiaux.fr guidelines.

Everything the site is made of: the monogram, colours, typefaces, rules, icons, and the concept in seven slides. Files to download.

The concept in 7 slides

One idea per slide, each backed by proof on the site. 16:9 (1920 × 1080) for a presentation, 4:5 (1080 × 1350) for a LinkedIn carousel.

LinkedIn carousel (PDF)
  1. One site, eight links
    01 One site, eight links 16:9 LinkedIn
  2. Framing first
    02 Framing first 16:9 LinkedIn
  3. Show, don't tell
    03 Show, don't tell 16:9 LinkedIn
  4. Fast before pretty
    04 Fast before pretty 16:9 LinkedIn
  5. Animated, not imposed
    05 Animated, not imposed 16:9 LinkedIn
  6. A voice, not jargon
    06 A voice, not jargon 16:9 LinkedIn
  7. Readable by AI
    07 Readable by AI 16:9 LinkedIn

Monogram and favicons

FB in Big Shoulders 900, outlined, with the site's lime dot. The same drawing is used for the browser tab, the phone home screen and the app.

FB

Colours

Black and white for structure, a single fluorescent colour for action. The right-hand chip gives the dark mode value.

  • Paper

    Page background.

    Light Dark

  • Ink

    Text, rules, dark fills.

    Light Dark

  • Ink soft

    Secondary text, labels.

    Light Dark

  • Line

    1px borders.

    Light Dark

  • Tag

    Callout background.

    Light Dark

  • Accent

    Lime: buttons, highlights, what you act on.

    Light Dark

Typefaces

Three open-source families (OFL licence), one per role, self-hosted.

  • Big Shoulders Display

    100 – 900

    Headings, numbers, weight animations. Variable from 100 to 900.

    Google Fonts

    The framing does.

  • Public Sans

    400 – 600

    Body text.

    Google Fonts

    The tool doesn't make the project. The framing does.

  • IBM Plex Mono

    400

    Labels, navigation, buttons.

    Google Fonts

    Innovation consultant · Lille

Usage rules

  1. Lime is a fill, never text on white: behind black text, as an underline or a shape.

  2. Headings in uppercase Big Shoulders, often on two lines: the second one in outline.

  3. Labels in uppercase, letter-spaced IBM Plex Mono. Body text in Public Sans.

  4. An animation moves or thickens. It never hides content on load.

  5. When the weight changes, each letter keeps its width: nothing around it moves.

  6. Asked for less motion? Everything shows flat. The keyboard focus ring always stays visible.

  7. No shadows, no rounded corners except the round contact buttons. 1px rules and flat fills.

Icons

24 grid, 2.25 stroke, square caps. They take the colour and size of the text.

  • Go
  • External link
  • Scroll
  • Sparkle
  • Dot

Components

The building blocks found on every page.

Kicker · Lille
Read the manifesto
LinkedIn Outline

L'outil ne fait pas the framing does.

Frame.

Share images

What LinkedIn, Slack or WhatsApp show when a page is shared. 1200 × 630 px.

  • Home
    Home PNG
  • Home (English)
    Home (English) PNG
  • Manifesto
    Manifesto PNG
  • Manifesto (English)
    Manifesto (English) PNG

Portrait

The official black and white photo. Free to use to introduce Florent Bertiaux (interview, talk, jury).

Download (JPG, 900 × 1200)
Portrait of Florent Bertiaux