Nativewise / design foundation
Quiet confidence, champagne on navy.
The foundation this site runs on: two themes, one loud word per statement, one action per screen.
brand · the basket mark and the caps wordmark
- The name is written Nativewise: one word, capital N. The domain appears only where it is literally a URL.
- The mark is a 2×2 over-under weave: 32-grid, stroke 2.8, round caps. It is never redrawn; every surface from favicon to footer carries the same geometry.
- The footer signs off with the wordmark rasterised on a 6px dot grid, set a weight heavier than the wordmark itself so the dots hold the line.
grounds & ink
champagne accent family
type roles
Kicker (quiet) · 11px mono · 0.28em
Kicker (section) · 12.5px mono ink · 0.28em
The statement voice with one accent word.
Support line: 18px on 1.65, always a solid ink, never an alpha.
Section lede: 15px on 1.65 at the lede tier of the ladder, measure held to ~36ch.
Body paragraph: 14.5px on 1.6 at the body tier. Trust comes from specificity and honesty, never fabricated proof.
Box/card line: 13px on 1.62 at the line tier (the con-line voice).
Fine print: 10px mono, footer and notes.
muted-ink ladder · each theme runs its own alphas
- mut-fine · footer / fine notes
- mut-lede · section ledes
- mut-note · espresso-band note
- mut-aside · exclusions / asides
- mut-line · box / card lines
- mut-body · answers / body
- mut-cell · table cells
the action · one per screen
surfaces
Panel card
1px hairline border, 2px radius, panel ground. Card copy sits at the line tier of the ladder.
Espresso band
Band statements keep the accent word loud.
The band ground stays dark in both themes; its ink comes from the cream-esp pair, its hairlines from hair-esp.