Brand sheet

01 · The stamp

A rubber stamp, cut as one die: faloos in a double-ruled cell, and the => knocked out of a solid one. The arrow is the product: it’s the middle of every payment sentence.

The thump

1. 1

   Lift. The stamp rises 6px, grows 8% and lightens, as if it’s leaving the paper.

2. 2

   Thump. It comes down hard to 92%, at a slightly different angle each time.

3. 3

   Settle. A damped spring (stiffness 560, damping 16) brings it back. The paper jolts 1.5px.

4. 4

   Smudge. A ghost impression slides off and fades, and the ink texture is reseeded, so no two impressions match.

On paper and on the counter

Seal on Thermal is the default. On the counter use Seal or Thermal ink. On a Seal field, print it in Thermal.

Minimum sizes

Below 48px the ink texture comes off and the stamp sits straight. Keep clear space of one arrow height around it.

02 · Palette

Thermal paper, head ink and one stamp colour. Seal vermilion is the second ink of two-colour till rolls and the colour of a personal seal, so it only marks what is yours or approved by you: the logo, the =>, the approval stamp and the £0.00.

• Thermal#f4f1e9

  --paper · oklch(95.8% 0.011 90)

  The roll. Every surface people read on.

• Head ink#1c1b19

  --ink · oklch(22.2% 0.004 85)

  Type, rules, reverse print. 15.3:1 on Thermal.

• Faded ink#59554d

  --ink-2 · oklch(45.1% 0.014 85)

  Modifiers and fine print. 6.6:1 on Thermal.

• Seal vermilion#c9351f

  --seal · oklch(55.4% 0.188 32)

  The stamp, the =>, approvals, £0.00. Nothing else. 4.6:1 on Thermal.

• Counter#191714

  --counter · oklch(20.6% 0.007 78)

  The surface the receipt lies on.

• Lamp-lit edge#fbf9f4

  --paper-hi · oklch(98.2% 0.007 89)

  The curl at the top, catching the light.

• Fresh roll#f8f7f2

  --slip · oklch(97.6% 0.007 97)

  Stapled slips: a newer roll than the receipt.

03 · Type

Paper Mono, and nothing else (variable, 100–800, SIL OFL). Hierarchy comes from the printer’s own modes: size, weight, tracking and reverse print.

Receipt conventions

Dotted leadersALWAYS

Double rules around totals.

Dashed rules between sections, centred headers, barcodes and tick boxes. The rules are set in the font’s own box-drawing glyphs.

04 · Voice

Plain, short and a bit cheeky. Facts on the receipt, jokes in the margins. If a sentence wouldn’t fit on a till roll, cut it.

We say

“We never hold your money.”

We don’t say

“Bank-grade security for your funds.”

We say

“Nothing moves until you approve it.”

We don’t say

“Lightning-fast, frictionless payments.”

We say

“Just pick your bank.”

We don’t say

“Seamlessly connect your financial institutions.”

We say

“@shah £50 => @amira”

We don’t say

“Send money to your contacts in a tap!”

We say

“Not publicly available yet.”

We don’t say

“Join thousands already on board.”

05 · Motion

1. 01

   Stepped, not smooth

   The paper advances a line at a time while you scroll, and each line prints in dot-row bands with steps(). Nothing glides.

2. 02

   One spring, and it’s the stamp

   The only bounce in the system is the stamp landing. It marks the logo and approvals, so a spring always means “yours” or “approved”.

3. 03

   Nothing loops

   No idle animation. Motion answers a scroll, a tap or a payment, then stops.

4. 04

   Mechanical paper, instant ink

   Paper movement is quantised and a little jerky. Ink appears at once, the way thermal print does.

5. 05

   Less motion means already printed

   With reduced motion the receipt arrives complete, the printer stays away, and pressing the stamp gives a fresh impression without moving it.

Print a line60–720ms · steps(rows)

Paper feed1 line per step

Stamp820ms · lift 21% · spring

Slip drop500ms · spring

06 · App icon

The mark, stamped onto a square of thermal paper at a hand-set −6°. The solid cut is the alternative for dark home screens and the smallest sizes.

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