Brand
Brand guidelines.
How LFW looks and sounds: the name, the wordmark, color, type and the rules behind every page.
The name and the wordmark.
Always LFW. A standalone website address is written LFW.com. Where the legal entity belongs, use LFW.com LLC d/b/a LFW. The wordmark is Source Serif 4 Display at weight 600, the one place the serif appears.
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Light On dark backgrounds, as in the dark theme SVG PNG
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Near black On white or light backgrounds SVG PNG
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Profile icon White on LFW Blue, square, for social profiles and app icons. Fits a circle crop. SVG PNG
The wordmark files are transparent and tightly cropped, with the letterforms outlined; the profile icon is a full square. Give the mark clear space, keep its proportions and never recolor or stretch it.
Color.
A light palette. LFW Blue opens and closes every page, and marks the actions in between. Every text pairing meets WCAG AA contrast, in both themes.
- LFW Blue #1849B8 The brand color: the header, closing sections, primary buttons, eyebrows and active states.
- Deep Blue #123A96 LFW Blue for dark backgrounds: the header and closing sections in the dark theme, and hover states.
- Ink #0A0A0A Headings and body text on light pages; the dark theme’s background.
- Gray 600 #555555 Secondary text and descriptions.
- Gray 500 #666666 Labels, captions and small print.
- Line #EBEBEB Card outlines and table rows. Space, not lines, separates items.
- Surface #FAFAFA Soft panels, cards on white and the footer.
- White #FFFFFF The page. LFW.com is light by default.
- Green #0E7D57 Healthy status only: checks passed, uptime, published.
Type.
Public Sans for everything people read. Five heading levels, from Display to Small title, then body and label. Every heading on the site uses one of them. Tight tracking on large sizes, none on small ones. Nothing below 14px.
- Your web agency of record.
- What the fee covers.
- Signup form spins on iPhone
- Unlimited small changes
- Office hours
- We make the changes you send, keep your site updated and check it every day.
- Sample data for a fictional organization.
Interface pieces.
Pill buttons, soft cards and product windows with a thin outline and a soft shadow.
Real product screens, drawn at legible size and labeled as samples.
Layout rules.
- Light by defaultWhite pages, with a dark theme for visitors who choose it.
- Blue is an accentButtons, links and active states. Never a full-width band.
- Show the servicePortal, Monitor and report visuals explain the work. Every sample is labeled.
- Sparse and scannableShort headings, one line under each, then the proof.
- Text under its headingNever beside it. Buttons sit under the words that earn them.
- Space between itemsCards and items are separated by space, not dividers.
- Cards, not tablesOptions, timings and comparisons are cards. Tables only inside product visuals.
- Serif for the logo onlyEvery heading and title is Public Sans.
Voice.
Confident, exact and plain. Sound like the people doing the work.
- Positioning
- Mission-critical web operations.
- The relationship
- Your web agency of record.
- The attitude
- There is no lift too heavy.
- Be direct about what we do, what it costs and what happens next.
- Plain facts in the client’s words. No slogans that leave the reader asking what they mean.
- Take ambitious requests seriously, and be honest about scope, tradeoffs and the tools we use, including AI.
- Promise what clients will get, such as response times and full ownership of their site. Don’t make claims about staff size or who does the work, which change as LFW grows.
- State business hours wherever a response time appears.
- Short paragraphs. When the content is a list of steps, features or requirements, make it a real list.
- No em dashes. American spelling. The domain is written LFW.com, and lowercase only when a path follows it.
- WordPress only as a descriptor, as in “sites built on WordPress.”
- A little humor where it feels personal, never in legal, security or procurement copy.