The Style Sheet

BRAND GUIDE

How Agent Hero looks, sounds, and holds a page. A comic-book identity for a serious tool — bold ink, hard shadows, aged paper, and a voice that says the thing plainly.

01 · The Brand

What Agent Hero Is

The identity comes from that promise: a hero for the working agent. Not a mascot gimmick — a confident, comic-book world (issues, powers, villains, recruitment) that frames a genuinely capable general agent. The look is vintage superhero print: aged newsprint, saturated cape colors held back a notch, thick ink outlines, and hard offset shadows. The tone is bold but honest — we make big claims and then show the receipts.

02 · Logo & Emblem

The wordmark stacks AGENT (cream) over HERO (gold) in Anton, each with an ink stroke and a hard red offset shadow. The emblem is a diamond shield (cape red) holding a house (gold) — real estate, defended.

AgentHero

↓ Download wordmark — PNG, transparent

Other versions: Horizontal · White (for dark backgrounds) · Emblem lockup

Diamond shield Cape-red diamond with an ink outline — the superhero badge silhouette.
House inside Gold house mark, ink-outlined — the thing the hero protects: the deal.
Clear space Keep at least the height of the house around the mark. Don't crowd it.
Don'ts Don't recolor the cape red or gold, don't drop the ink outline, don't add gradients or glow.

03 · Color

Palette

A desaturated comic palette: aged paper and deep night as the stage, cape red and gold as the heroes, ink as the line that holds it all together. Every value below is exactly what ships in the CSS.

Foundation

Ink
#16131D
Outlines, body text, hard offset shadows. The line that defines everything.
Ink Soft
#2A2533
Secondary dark surfaces, "villain" panels, muted body on light.
Paper
#EFE6D2
Aged-newsprint background. The default page surface.
Paper 2
#E6DABF
Alternate paper band for rhythm between sections.
Cream
#F7F1E3
Light text on dark, and card surfaces on paper.

The Heroes (accents)

Cape Red
#CF4434
Primary accent — CTAs, kickers, the VS burst, the emblem shield.
Red Deep
#A6312A
Depth under red, hover states, offset shadows on light titles.
Gold
#E6B23E
Highlight — the "HERO" word, hero pills, plan flags, verdict boxes.
Gold Deep
#C8932B
Depth and hover on gold elements.

The Night (support)

Navy
#171C2F
Deep-night sections and the hero backdrop.
Navy 2
#20273F
Alternate dark surface for layering on navy.
Steel
#34456F
Muted meta text and captions on light backgrounds.
Blue Pop
#2F4A86
Rare accent blue — used sparingly for contrast.

04 · Typography

Type System

Three faces, three jobs. Anton shouts, Bangers plays, Inter explains. Never swap their roles. All three are free, open-source Google Fonts — grab them at the links below and match the exact weights.

Anton — DisplayMastheads · section titles · uppercase, tight
Works While You Sleep
Font: AntonWeight: 400 font-family:'Anton', Impact, sans-serif; Get Anton on Google Fonts →
Bangers — Comic accentVS bursts · kicker flourishes · callouts (use sparingly)
Recruit Your Hero!
Font: BangersWeight: 400 font-family:'Bangers', 'Anton', cursive; Get Bangers on Google Fonts →
Inter — Body & UIAll copy · weights 400–900

Every claim gets a plain-spoken sentence and, where it matters, the receipts. Inter carries the argument: readable, confident, and never dressed up. Body runs 400–500; bold is 700–900 for emphasis and labels.

Font: InterWeights: 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900 font-family:'Inter', system-ui, sans-serif; Get Inter on Google Fonts →

The site loads all three from Google Fonts in one request: family=Anton&family=Bangers&family=Inter:wght@400..900.

05 · Visual Language

The Comic Devices

The details that make it a comic, not a template. Use them with intent — a little goes a long way.

Ink Outlines

3–5px ink borders on cards, panels, and buttons. Everything is drawn, not floated.

Hard Offset Shadows

Solid ink shadows (no blur), 5–8px down-right. On hover, the element lifts toward the cursor.

Halftone & Speed Lines

Faint dot fields and radial speed lines add vintage-print texture behind key sections.

The VS Burst

A red starburst reading "VS" — the showdown motif that runs through comparisons.

Caption & Verdict Boxes

Gold caption boxes with a red tab deliver the "quick verdict" — comic narration for the reader.

Kickers & Issue Tags

Small red/gold kickers and "ISSUE #01" trade dress frame each section like a comic page.

06 · Voice & Tone

How We Talk

Bold and plain-spoken, with a comic-hero wink — but clarity always wins over cleverness. We make big claims and then back them, and we're honest about what we don't do.

Do

  • Say the thing plainly: "Answers every lead in seconds, 24/7."
  • Lead with the benefit, then the proof.
  • Use the hero world — powers, recruit, villains — with restraint.
  • Concede real trade-offs. Honesty is the flex.
  • Be confident: short sentences, active verbs.

Don't

  • Reach for buzzwords: "synergistic AI-powered paradigms."
  • Overclaim or bury caveats.
  • Let the jokes crowd out the point.
  • Hedge with filler ("we strive to help you try to…").
  • Whisper. If it's worth saying, say it in Anton.

07 · Assets

Downloads

The live logo files and social card. The emblem is an SVG, so it scales cleanly to any size.

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