What is fixed about this identity, and what varies per record?
COMMON TAPEThe market prints. Common Tape records it.Working line, not a locked tagline. Exact logo geometry also remains open.
- 01Master mark is fixedOne Common Tape splice. Never generated per screen, never per record.
- 02Player print is variableThe canonical ID deterministically generates the record portrait. Same id, same print, forever.
- 03Provider is secondaryAn official mark or monogram may disambiguate the Team without owning the page.
- 04Spot ink is behaviouralWasabi marks live, recent, selected or newly printed. It is not a generic brand fill and it never means good, verified, winner or recommended.
01 · Masterbrand — fixed
Shell, favicon, report stamp, export signature, API and MCP documentation. It is the same mark in all of them, which is what makes it a publisher stamp rather than decoration.
02 · Player print — deterministic
CT-FIN-BR-001
CT-FIN-BR-002
CT-FIN-BR-003
CT-FIN-BR-004
Generated from the canonical ID. It behaves like a portrait without inventing a human persona or borrowing a vendor’s marketing image. Reload the page — they are identical.
Application shellmaster markMaster mark and wordmark. Small, persistent, never competing with the market canvas.
Player recordplayer printPlayer print, canonical ID and name. Provider follows as Team metadata.
Tape eventplayer printSpot ink may announce a new print, never the evidentiary strength of that print.
Export / reportmaster markPublisher stamp, as-of date and canonical reference, so static output carries visible provenance.
API / MCP docsmaster markCommon Tape is the publisher of the record, whoever consumes it.
PreferredThe implementation name stays the largest identity element on the surface.
AllowedOnly where it materially helps recognition. Never a vendor's complete colour system inside the Common Tape shell.
AvoidVENDOR CAMPAIGN CHROMEGiant logos, branded hero backgrounds or vendor-controlled page chrome. Common Tape remains the neutral publisher of the record.
Frame 01 · 0ms
CT-FIN-BR-001
The canonical entity appears first. No flourish.Frame 02 · 80ms
CT-FIN-BR-001PRICE $1,900 → $1,400
Dither reveals the incoming print.Frame 03 · 160ms
CT-FIN-BR-001PRICE $1,900 → $1,400today
Spot ink briefly marks the live update, then returns to normal.