diff --git a/hermes/branding/index.html b/hermes/branding/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..975fa92 --- /dev/null +++ b/hermes/branding/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ + + + + + +Hermes — brand — Silent Mode + + + + + + + + +
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Hermes brand

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Mark, palette, name, tone. One page so client builds, add-on + chrome, screenshots and third-party press stay consistent without a + design review.

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The name

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In English the product is Hermes — after the Greek god of messengers, + travellers, and crossings. In modern Greek the same name is Ermis + (Ἑρμῆς). Both pronunciations are correct; written form is always Hermes + outside Greek contexts.

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The keyboard shortcut inside Theseus is Ctrl+Shift+E — + E for Ermis, and off the collision path with Chrome's own Ctrl+Shift+M + ("switch profile").

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Not Hermès. The French + fashion house owns the mental model for the word with the grave accent and + the orange. We spell it Hermes (no accent) and we do not use that + orange. If a visitor confuses the two, the mark alone should set them + straight.
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The mark

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A winged envelope. Reads as "messenger" at a glance, works + monochrome, scales from 16 px (sidebar icon) to 160 px (hero) without + legibility loss. SVG uses currentColor so it + inherits whatever text colour it sits in.

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+ 16 px — simplified stroke variant +
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+ 32 px — standard +
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+ 64 px — on panel +
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+ on acid green +
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+ ⬇️ mark.svg (standard, 3 feathers per wing) + ⬇️ mark-stroke.svg (16–20 px variant) +
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Keep the envelope horizontal, wings symmetrical.Rotate, mirror or detach the wings.
Let the mark inherit text colour (currentColor).Hard-code a colour inside the SVG; it limits reuse.
Use the stroke variant below 24 px display size.Scale the standard mark below 20 px — feathers merge.
Pair with the wordmark "Hermes" when context is unclear.Pair with the Hermès logotype or any horsey mascot.
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Palette

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Hermes rides on Silent Mode's colour system — same acid green, + same deep panels — so it never looks like a separate app glued on. + One extra accent, warm amber, is reserved for Hermes-specific moments + (unread badge, "winged sandals" nod). Not Hermès orange.

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bg#0b0e14 — primary surface
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panel#141a24 — cards, sidebar
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acid#d6ff3d — primary action
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amber#f4c430 — Hermes accent, unread
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ink#e7eaf1 — body text
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mut#8b98a9 — muted text
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Hermès-collision check. Hermès corporate orange is + #FF6D00-ish. Our amber is #f4c430: + yellower hue, lower saturation. Side by side they are clearly different; + on their own, the amber reads as warm highlight, not luxury-brand orange.
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Attribution + reuse

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Mark + palette are MPL-2.0 along with the rest of the Hermes client + source. Use for reviews, press, interoperability docs and the client's own + chrome. Don't apply to products not actually Hermes (that includes forks + with different protocols or trust models).

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Hermes designed · not yet built

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Hermes MVP · desktop

End-to-end encrypted DMs over Nostr, addressed by your .bch name instead of a public-key string. Same wallet is your identity — no email, no phone number, no company, no server that can delete your account.

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+ Lives inside Theseus: open with the Hermes icon in the + left sidebar, or Ctrl+Shift+E + (E as in Ermis, the Greek spelling). Brand kit at + /hermes/branding. +

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What ships today

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The desktop MVP is live inside Theseus. Core messaging works + end to end; polish and mobile follow.

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Threaded chat live

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Contact list on the left (search + unread badges), selected conversation + on the right with bubbles + inline reply. Enter to send, Shift-Enter for + newline.

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Send & receive by name live

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Type alice.bch — the client resolves on-chain, + wraps NIP-17, publishes to the recipient's declared relays. Sealed-sender: + the relay never sees who sent what to whom.

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Address book live

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Named contacts stored locally. Optional vCard import for existing + address books — opt-in, nothing uploaded, you preview who gets added.

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History on your device live

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Messages persist to disk (per identity) so close-reopen keeps your + threads. Unread marks survive restarts.

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Mobile next

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Shipping inside Ariadne mobile (same wallet seed, same Nostr identity, + zero extra onboarding).

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Tor transport planned

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Relay traffic over the Tor exit Theseus already runs, so even connection + IP leaves the relay.

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The one idea that makes this different

Every existing Nostr client has the same wart: identity is