Variant tests
Spanner patterns as section backgrounds.
Twenty-two tilings of the spanner from the wordmark, all deliberately muted, under the same block of copy. The first twelve are from 6 September, the rest from 8 September. Each section carries a caption with its settings. Nothing here is final copy.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
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- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
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1. Heads, tight grid. Head only, 18 px, ink at 6%. Reads as texture, almost a dot screen.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
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- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
2. Single, 45° tilt, outline. Single spanner outlined, 36 px, each one tilted 45° in its cell, staggered. Ink at 10%.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
3. Double, rows. Double-ended spanners end to end in rows, 28 px, ink at 5%. The rule motif from the variants, as a field.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
4. Watermark. Single spanner at 220 px, one per cell, ink at 3%. Closer to a watermark than a pattern.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
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- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
5. Radial fade, light. Heads at 24 px, ink at 8%, fading out from the top-left so the copy sits on clean white.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
6. Grey field, brick. On ink-200. Single spanners 48 px in a brick stagger, ink at 5%.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
7. Dark, heads. On ink-900. Heads 20 px, white at 5%.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
8. Dark, big diagonal. On ink-900. Single spanners 120 px, tiling rotated -30°, white at 4%.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
9. Dark, red outline. On ink-900. Double spanners outlined in brand red at 14%, 40 px, staggered. The only test with colour in the field.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
10. Dark, fade from the bottom. On ink-900. Heads 28 px at 45°, white at 7%, strongest along the bottom edge and gone by mid-height.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
11. Red, white outline. On brand red. Single spanners outlined in white at 12%, 44 px, tilted 45°.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
12. Herringbone. Single spanners 30 px alternating ±45° by row (two patterns overlaid), ink at 7%.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
13. Off-white, sparse heads. On ink-50. Heads 16 px with four heights of space each way, ink at 12%. A polka dot rather than a screen; the ground is warm rather than white.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
14. Pinstripe. Single spanners 56 px stood upright in columns, ink at 5%. Reads as a fine vertical stripe until you look.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
15. Lattice. Single spanners outlined at 40 px, one tiling in rows and a second turned 90° over it, ink at 5% each. A cross-hatch, densest where the two meet.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
16. Ladder. Double spanners outlined at 64 px, upright, in a brick stagger, ink at 6%. The rungs are the jaws.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
17. Fades under the copy. Single spanners 52 px, tiling rotated 15°, staggered, ink at 9%, full strength at the right edge behind the card and gone by the time it reaches the heading.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
18. Bottom band. Heads 24 px at 45°, ink at 8%, confined to a 7 rem strip along the bottom of the section. A pattern as a rule rather than a field.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
19. Grey, giant double outline. On ink-200. Double spanners outlined at 300 px, tilted -15°, staggered, ink at 5%. One or two per screen; the jaws are what you notice.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
20. Dark, double outline, fading from the top. On ink-900. Double spanners outlined at 36 px, staggered, white at 8%, strongest along the top edge and gone by mid-height. The mirror of test 10.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
21. Red, ink heads. On brand red. Heads 26 px in a plain grid, ink-900 at 12%. Darker on red rather than lighter; a deeper red field.
Since 1990 · Family-run
Heating, plumbing and renewables, done by our own engineers.
Boilers, central heating, solar, batteries and heat batteries across Sussex, Kent and south London, installed and looked after by people employed here, never subcontracted. Emergencies answered 24 hours a day.
- Gas Safe, OFTEC, MCS and NICEIC registered
- Around 50 vehicles, the first now electric
- Established tepeo ZEB installer
22. Dark, spotlight. On ink-900. Single spanners 80 px tilted 45°, staggered, white at 6%, strongest in the top-left corner behind the heading and faded out by the card.