Brand  ·  Trademark guidelines

One word.
One mark, cut in two.

Trademarks tell the world the source of a good or service. Protecting them for an open-source project matters precisely because anyone can fork the code: limiting use of the RetractorDB trademarks lets users know they’re getting the project’s own product, or a variant it has approved, rather than someone else’s modified version under the same name.

Word mark Device mark Usage rules
One word mark, RetractorDB, protected under exclusive right R.332224 from the Polish Patent Office
Word mark

RetractorDB, one word, no space

Retractor starts with a capital letter; DB is always capitals. It’s correct to use a single word in the text: RetractorDB without spaces or dashes. If you want to use the color form, you must follow certain rules. If font is selected — it is set in Ubuntu Italic. “Retractor” is black on a light plane, white on a dark plane. “DB” is always baby blue, #6699FF.

RetractorDB word mark, light background

Light background  ·  Download .svg

RetractorDB word mark, dark background

Dark background  ·  Download .svg

html Ubuntu Italic  ·  #6699FF
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Ubuntu:ital,wght@0,300;1,300&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
<i><font face="Ubuntu">Retractor</font><font face="Ubuntu" color="#6699FF">DB</font></i>
Device mark

The scissors: a de-interleave, drawn

The primary graphic mark is the scissors / “cut-here” lockup — a literal drawing of the de-interleave operator. The mark is distributed as SVG in two ink variants — black for light backgrounds, white for dark backgrounds — so it stays crisp at any size. The pivot ring is always baby blue, #6699FF, in both.

RetractorDB scissors mark, black ink for light backgrounds

Black ink, light backgrounds  ·  Download .svg

RetractorDB scissors mark, white ink for dark backgrounds

White ink, dark backgrounds  ·  Download .svg

Usage

Four rules for the marks

  1. 01
    Don’t recolor the device mark outside black / white / #6699FF.
  2. 02
    Don’t distort, rotate, or add effects (shadows, gradients, outlines).
  3. 03
    Keep clear space around the mark of at least one mark-width on every side.
  4. 04
    Use *-onblack.svg (word mark) and *-dark.svg (device mark) on dark surfaces; don’t place the light variant on a dark background or vice versa.