Marks
You need a glyph people can learn by sight, on a docs footer, a social still, or a dense sidebar. Innsigle ships one seal idea in several stamp families, each with the same composition cues (H / M / A).
Pick a family that fits the surface, then a countermark that matches your colophon. The shapes borrow from craft seals, merchant marks, pottery cartouches, and hallmarks, not traffic-light “AI danger” badges.
This site’s header and footer use the matrix family (innsigle-*.svg). Use any family in your own footers and social posts.
Composition cues
| Cue | File suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| (none) | -base | Neutral / tiny chrome |
| H | -human | human-authored |
| M | -mixed | mixed |
| A | -model | model-primary |
Families
Matrix (default)
Beaded rim and angular monogram field. Site chrome.
Baseinnsigle-base.svg
Hinnsigle-human.svg
Minnsigle-mixed.svg
Ainnsigle-model.svg
Brand
Heavy iron-brand silhouette. Reads at distance (social thumbs, avatars).
Basebrand-base.svg
Hbrand-human.svg
Mbrand-mixed.svg
Abrand-model.svg
Cartouche
Pottery-style square plate inside a round matrix. Light field, dark monogram.
Basecartouche-base.svg
Hcartouche-human.svg
Mcartouche-mixed.svg
Acartouche-model.svg
Ring (signet)
Concentric bezel rings; smaller monogram field. Quieter on dense footers.
Basering-base.svg
Hring-human.svg
Mring-mixed.svg
Aring-model.svg
How to use
- Choose a family that fits the surface (brand for social; ring for dense docs).
- Choose the cue that matches your colophon composition.
- Link the mark to your colophon or attestation, not to a “verified true” claim.
- Export PNG at 128 or 256 if a platform hates SVG.
<a href="/innsigle/path/to/colo-or-claim">
<img src="brand-model.svg" width="48" height="48" alt="Innsigle, model-primary" />
</a>The mark is recognition. Crypto lives in the claim (optional). See Verify for what VALID means.
Sizes on this site
| Place | Size |
|---|---|
| Header brand | 40px (matrix base) |
| Footer seal | 48px (matrix base) |
| Catalog cards | ~88px |
Do / don’t
| Do | Don’t |
|---|---|
| High-contrast solid matrix | Green = human, red = AI |
| Link mark to colophon or claim | Imply “content is true” |
| Same family for all composition states | A human-only purity fork of the product |
| Let makers pick a family | Force one glyph when another reads better |
Check it
Live docs chrome uses the matrix base seal in the site footer (every curated page). The sealed sample uses the A (model-primary) cue with cue text The maker's seal · model-primary · signed.
Source pack: docs/sample/assets/marks/ (synced to site assets at build). Research: RESEARCH.md in that folder.