Brand book · Working draft v0.9 · Spring 2026

The PETVITY
brand book.

For designers, partners, press, and anyone reproducing the brand. Premium, Swiss, quiet. The voice of a serious longevity company that happens to be beautiful, not a beautiful company that happens to talk about longevity.

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Brand workshop pending.

This brand book is a working draft. It captures the brand's current voice, palette and typography — but the colors, tagline and visual identity are about to be re-evaluated in the upcoming PETVITY brand workshop. Treat this as a strong reference point, not a frozen specification. The post-workshop edition will be marked v1.0.

→ Pre-workshop reading: brand workshop prep document · the two meta-decisions and five open questions, with reference moodboard.

01 · Logo

The wordmark.

PETVITY is set in Italiana caps, generously letter-spaced (~14 units at display size). The hairline ornament beneath the wordmark — two short rules and a gold dot — references both Swiss precision watchmaking and a hairline ECG. The mark works on ivory, forest-deep, gold, and any soft cream. Never reverse on busy photos.

Default · ivory background
Forest-deep · gold ink
Gold · forest ink
Cream · forest ink

Monogram mark

For app icons, social avatars, packaging tabs. The italic "P" inside a gold hairline ring with a soft halo. Use the mark when there isn't room for the full wordmark.

Clear-space and minimum size

Always reserve at least one cap-height of clear space around the wordmark. Minimum digital size: 140 px wide. Minimum print size: 28 mm wide. The hairline ornament drops below 90 px — use the monogram mark below that.

Don'ts

No drop shadows. No outlines. No rotation. No re-coloring outside the four approved colorways. No tracking changes. No replacing the typeface. The wordmark is not a swooshable logo — treat it like a stamp.

02 · Color

The palette.

Three primaries (Forest-deep · Gold · Ivory) carry every premium surface. Forest is the institutional voice — used for headers, navigation, footers. Gold is the emphasis — italics, accents, badges, never a flat fill of a large surface. Ivory is the page itself, the breath. Five secondary tones support typography hierarchy.

Forest deep
Forest-deep
--forest-deep
#0f2419 · rgb 15 36 25
Forest
Forest
--forest
#1a3a2a · rgb 26 58 42
Gold
Gold
--gold
#d4af37 · rgb 212 175 55
Gold bright
Gold bright
--gold-bright
#e6c450 · rgb 230 196 80
Gold warm
Gold warm
--gold-warm
#c47a4a · rgb 196 122 74
Ivory
Ivory
--ivory
#fefdfb · rgb 254 253 251
Gold light
Gold light
--gold-light
#f5e7c8 · rgb 245 231 200
Linen
Linen (rule)
--linen
#e8e4dc · rgb 232 228 220

Use ratios

A typical PETVITY surface is ~70% Ivory, 18% Forest, 8% Gold accents, 4% imagery. Inverting that ratio (gold-heavy) makes the brand feel like a casino. Resist.

03 · Typography

Two typefaces. Disciplined.

The brand uses exactly two typefaces. Italiana for display and headlines (free, Google Fonts). Inter for body, UI, captions, navigation (free, Google Fonts). No third typeface. No script accents. No marketing fonts.

Italiana

Display only. Headlines, hero text, large numbers, italic emphasis. Never below 18 px. Never bold. Italic for emphasis only.

font-family: 'Italiana', serif;
font-weight: 400;
A longer life,
walked together.

Inter

Body, UI, navigation, labels, fine print. Light (300) for hero leads. Regular (400) for body. Medium (500) for UI emphasis. Semibold (600) for buttons.

font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;
font-weight: 300/400/500/600;
Healthspan, not lifespan, is the goal. Adding two extra years of suffering at the end is not the win — compressing the morbidity window is.

Hierarchy at a glance

H1 · 48–84 px Italiana
H2 · 28–44 px Italiana
H3 · 22 px Italiana
Lede · 18–19 px Inter Light
Body · 16.5 px Inter Regular
EYEBROW · 11 PX 3PX TRACKED INTER
04 · Voice

What we sound like.
What we don't.

The PETVITY voice is Swiss-quiet, editorially honest, vet-aware, founder-grounded. We sound like an essay in a serious magazine, not a wellness influencer. We never use exclamation marks for emphasis. We never write "amazing." We never promise. We show.

We do

  • Cite published evidence — name the study, the year, the cohort
  • Use the editorial we (PETVITY) for institutional voice, the founder's I (Manuel) for personal stories
  • Italicise specific emphasis — sparingly, gold
  • Acknowledge what we don't know · "we'll know more after TRIAD finishes"
  • Use Swiss spellings (zürich, kantonal) where natural
  • Open paragraphs with the conclusion, then the evidence
  • Reference real names and places — Tierspital Zürich, ECVCN, Dog Aging Project
  • Disclose when something is illustrative or composite

We don't

  • Use exclamation marks for emphasis
  • Write "amazing," "incredible," "game-changing," "revolutionize"
  • Promise outcomes ("guaranteed longer life")
  • Use emoji in body copy — ever
  • Call our pets "fur babies" or our owners "pet parents"
  • Capitalise marketing terms mid-sentence (no "Holistic Wellness Journey")
  • Use the words "biohack" or "optimise your dog"
  • Compare ourselves to specific competitors by name
  • Write urgency theatre ("only 47 spots left!")
05 · Tagline lockups

The approved lines.

Five sanctioned tagline forms, ranked by formality. Use the longest one for institutional/press; the shortest for social and packaging.

A longer life, walked together.
Primary brand line. Use on hero surfaces, packaging, the box ribbon. The metaphor of the kit.
Where harmony creates longevity.
Footer / signature line. Already in use across the site footer.
Swiss preventive longevity, for pets.
Press / institutional / one-line description. Schema.org organization.description.
The four pillars. Daily.
Programmatic / educational. Use when teaching the framework.
Quiet, intelligent, every day.
Voice line · for ad creatives, not headlines. Internal use also.
06 · Spacing

The grid.

Vertical rhythm runs in 8-point increments. Section padding is typically 80px. Container max-width is 1200px (or 760px for editorial articles). Cards use 18–24 px border-radius. Buttons are 100 px (pill) for actions, 10 px for forms.

8 px
Base unit
24 px
Card padding
80 px
Section padding
1200
Max width (px)
07 · Downloads

Asset library.

Right-click → Save · or open the SVG and copy. All assets are licensed for partner and press use. Commercial use outside that requires written permission to press@petvity.com.

L
Wordmark

Full PETVITY wordmark · ivory/forest/gold/cream variants.

SVG
M
Monogram

The italic-P mark · for app icons, social avatars, packaging.

SVG
H
Box · The Harmony

Premium quarterly box illustration.

SVG
B
Box · The Bond

Plus tier semi-annual box illustration.

SVG
P
Pet silhouette

Abstract pet silhouette with gold halo.

SVG
F
Press fact sheet

Boilerplate, founder bio, key facts, photos.

HTML
08 · Reach us

For partners and press.

Brand & press inquiries: press@petvity.com · Partnerships: partners@petvity.com · General: hello@petvity.com

Open the marketing kit → Press kit Become a partner