brand showcase · phase 0 visual smoke test

The operating system
of the quiet church.

Six required deliverables. Five sub-brand voices. One anchor that survives every translation.

§01 · the anchor

The dot is the brand.

128 · glow

64 · glow

32 · glow

16 · flat

§02 · six required deliverables

One brand. Six lockups.

we gather

.church

v1 · stacked primary

we gather .church

v2 · inline single-line

v3 · mark only

we gather

.church

v4 · dark mode reverse

silas at wegather

v5 · sub-brand (silas)

眾聚

v6 · zh-TW primary · 眾 ● 聚

§03 · the 950ms signature moment

The signature moment.

Four corner sprites converge to the dot, then the wordmark fades up. Total runtime 950ms. After completion it transitions to a 4-second idle pulse loop. Respects prefers-reduced-motion.

we gather

.church

§04 · sub-brand system

Same anchor. Four voices.

silas at wegather

西拉

silas

#5A6E50

ezra at wegather

以斯拉

ezra

#3B4F70

phoebe at wegather

非比

phoebe

#B86969

epaphras at wegather

以巴弗

epaphras

#A88B5C

§05 · locked design decisions

Don't re-decide these.

English dot offset translateY(-0.20em) x-height upper third (Option D)

Chinese dot offset translateY(-0.30em) CJK em-box equivalent

Dot asymmetric padding 0 0.03em 0 0.12em compensates Fraunces side-bearings

Ellipse asymmetry rx 15 / ry 14.7 2% horizontal stretch — hand feel

Radial gradient origin 40% / 35% light source from upper-left

Modular scale 1.25 · Major Third Display 72 → Caption 12