Overview
The Community + Code brand is designed to combine humanism with technical expertise. We use friendly, sans-serif fonts for typography because they feel inclusive and welcoming.
Community is stylized in italics because community is always more important than code. A + is used instead of & (with some exceptions) to reflect the union of community and code.
We do not currently have guidance for brand colors, so white on black is used for most things to reflect the dark mode used by many developers.
Typography
We use Source Sans Pro for body text and the Community + Code logo; a simple, readable, open source font designed by Paul D. Hunt for Adobe.
When applicable, we use Victor Mono for code blocks, an open source, monospace font specifically designed for software development.
Logo
The Community + Code logo and favicon uses Source Sans for the ampersand, surrounded by carrot brackets in Victor Mono. An ampersand is used here rather than the + because an ampersand is a more human and organic symbol. In this context, without the wordmark, the ampersand carries the sense of people first.
The logo without the wordmark should be used primarily for profile pictures and favicons where square or round icons are recommended.
Wordmark
The Community + Code wordmark again uses Source Sans entirely with “code” stylized in carrot brackets, broken over two lines with community italicized as the primary focus. Where applicable, it’s recommended to use the wordmark over the logo.
Logo & wordmark combined
The wordmark can be combined with the logo where the wordmark is modifying the logo. The logo is generally presented first/above with the wordmark following. Neither the logo nor the wordmark should be modified from the originals (no fauxgos or fauxmarks).