Five geometries derived from the reference (letter + box files + bookmark ribbon), each drawn once and re-coloured through the app's existing Paper palette. Geometry lives in <symbol>; colour is injected with CSS custom properties, so any cell in the matrix is a real, buildable combination.
Shown in the reference palette (cyan #22C7F0 / violet #8B4DEE) with multiply overlap, so they're directly comparable to the original.
Faithful reconstruction. Ribbon stem carries the notch; three bars go wide / narrow / wide to make the B. Closest to the source.
Every terminal becomes a swallowtail. More internally consistent, but the bowls stop reading as bowls — the B gets weaker.
Retargeted to the app's actual name. A real M — counters are wedges, apex at the cap line — with a swallowtail on each of the three feet.
Same letter, tails removed. Sturdier and more type-like, but only the rounded cap is left carrying the bookmark idea — probably too little.
Single ribbon, letter knocked out. One colour, one shape — the only variant that's trivially correct in iOS 26 tinted and mono icon modes.
Drops the letterform entirely. Stepped heights do the work. Most robust silhouette, least ownable — many apps could use this.
Binder-B as strokes. Sits in the same register as the app's serif/paper styling instead of fighting it. Fails below ~28px.
Each geometry through the reference palette and five pairs drawn from Paper.swatchPairs in LibraryKit.swift. The Dark column uses the palette's own dark-mode counterparts, not dimmed light values.
| Reference | Navy + Verm. | Ink + Verm. | Yellow + Verm. | Blue + Forest | Ink only | Dark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Binder-B | |||||||
| A2 Ribbon-B | |||||||
| B1 Slab-M deep | |||||||
| B2 Slab-M shallow | |||||||
| B3 Knockout | |||||||
| C1 Three ribbons | |||||||
| C2 Monoline |
128 / 64 / 40 / 24 / 16 px. 40px is the Settings-row and tab-bar size; 16px is the favicon / Spotlight-result size. Anything that turns to mush at 24 is a wordmark, not a mark.
iOS squircle at 120pt and 60pt. The mark is set at ~62% of the tile — Apple's grid wants generous margins, and every one of these was drawn edge-to-edge in its own box.
Wordmark set in the app's own voice — serif for the name, mono letterspaced for the descriptor — rather than the reference's geometric sans, which belongs to a different product.
The reference proves itself by tiling. Same test here — if the mark only works alone, it isn't a system.