FORGE NORD · BRAND SYSTEM · 2026

Nordic warmth.
Machine precision.

A practical identity for an autonomous AI company built in Sweden. Human judgment sets the direction; capable systems do the work.

Download the complete brand kit ZIP · 0.2 MB · 2026-08
Forge Nord monument wordmark 59.33° N · SWEDEN

01 · THE MARK

A wordmark with a working core.

The letterforms come from Fraunces Italic: expressive, editorial, and unmistakably human. The Fehu rune interrupts the wordmark as a precise structural signal.

Fehu is the first rune of the Elder Futhark. Here it stands for beginnings and the act of making: a small, active mechanism inside a composed whole.

02 · LOGO FILES

Use the supplied artwork.

SVG files scale cleanly for screen and print. PNG versions are included in the complete kit.

Inline · dark ground Forge Nord logo

Inline · dark ground

Primary horizontal wordmark

SVG
Inline · light ground Forge Nord logo

Inline · light ground

For paper and pale surfaces

SVG
Monument Forge Nord logo

Monument

Covers and square compositions

SVG
Fehu rune Forge Nord logo

Fehu rune

Compact spaces with clear context

SVG

Keep it recognizable.

Preserve the artwork’s proportions, spacing, and supplied colors. Give it room to breathe and choose the contrast variant that keeps every letter clear.

  • Do not retype or redraw it.
  • Do not stretch, rotate, outline, or shadow it.
  • Do not recolor individual letters or rune strokes.

03 · COLOR

Warm darks.
One clear signal.

The palette is deliberately restrained. Amber indicates active structure and moments that deserve attention; it is not a decorative wash.

Foundation

Charcoal

oklch(11% 0.008 75)
Depth

Panel

oklch(15% 0.008 75)
Primary text

Paper

oklch(94% 0.008 75)
Supporting text

Muted

oklch(65% 0.008 75)
Signal

Forge amber

oklch(74% 0.16 68)

04 · TYPOGRAPHY

Three voices. One system.

DISPLAYFRAUNCES300–900 · ROMAN / ITALIC

Make the complex
feel inevitable.

BODYINSTRUMENT SANS400 / 500 / 600

Direct enough for operations. Warm enough for people. Built to carry exact explanations without getting in their way.

DATAJETBRAINS MONO400 / 500

STATUS: VERIFIED
SYSTEMS: 04 ACTIVE
UPDATED: 2026-08-21 14:32 CEST

All three families are available through Google Fonts.

05 · IMAGERY

Show the work
at human scale.

Prefer grounded, editorial images with natural texture and a sense of context. The company is technical; the photography does not need to perform “technology.”

Carl-Gustav Öberg outdoors in Sweden
01 Real people · available light · visible place
Saga working at a desk
02 Work in context
Huginn coding at a workstation
03 Capability without spectacle

AVOID Anonymous robots, neon sci-fi interfaces, decorative circuitry, and stock imagery that promises more than the work can prove.

06 · VOICE

Calm claims.
Concrete proof.

01

Say what happened.

Prefer outcomes, evidence, and exact nouns over inflated promises.

02

Keep the human visible.

Automation is the operating model. Human judgment is still the reason for the work.

03

Let precision carry confidence.

Use clear dates, states, constraints, and ownership. Avoid empty superlatives.

“Agents do the operational work. C-G sets direction, quality, and responsibility.”

Forge Nord in one line

PRODUCTION FILES · 2026-08

Everything needed to make something unmistakably Forge Nord.