Illustration: a Cold War intelligence-dossier collage dominated by a distressed world map with connecting routes, coordinates and highlighted regions.

Brand reference

Identity

The name, logo, colours and type of FRAME, in one place.

Illustration, not an archive object

Design tokens

The same values as the site's stylesheet, read from it at build time.

Show all tokens
name: FRAME
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/
updated: 2026-10-20
standard_followed: https://llmbestpractices.com
fonts:
  heading: Inter
  body: Inter
  mono: IBM Plex Mono
colors:
  light:
    paper: '#f7f5f0'
    paper-2: '#efece4'
    mount: '#d9d9d6'
    ink: '#0b0b0b'
    ink-2: '#4a4a4a'
    muted: '#6f6f6f'
    rule: '#dcdad4'
    accent: '#c8102e'
    logo-red: '#e30613'
    accent-ink: '#ffffff'
    gray-badge: '#4a4a4a'
  dark:
    paper: '#0b0b0b'
    paper-2: '#161615'
    mount: '#262625'
    ink: '#f7f5f0'
    ink-2: '#d9d9d6'
    muted: '#9a9a98'
    rule: '#2e2e2c'
    accent: '#e14a5f'
    logo-red: '#e30613'
    accent-ink: '#0b0b0b'
    gray-badge: '#9a9a98'
logo: https://propagandaarchive.org/static/frame-logo-ink.svg
logo_on_dark: https://propagandaarchive.org/static/frame-logo.svg
favicon: https://propagandaarchive.org/static/favicon.svg
og_image: https://propagandaarchive.org/static/generated/share-default.jpg

Favicon

The favicon is red brackets around a white F on an ink tile, a 32 × 32 SVG declared in every page head as <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml">. PNG versions serve the Apple touch icon and the web manifest. favicon.svg · apple-touch-icon.png · icon-192.png · icon-512.png

Color palette

TokenLightDarkRole
paper #f7f5f0 #0b0b0bPage background
paper-2 #efece4 #161615Footer and quiet panels
mount #d9d9d6 #262625Poster mounts and content-note panels
ink #0b0b0b #f7f5f0Body text and headings
ink-2 #4a4a4a #d9d9d6Secondary text
muted #6f6f6f #9a9a98Captions and labels
rule #dcdad4 #2e2e2cDividers and borders
accent #c8102e #e14a5fEvidence red: links, buttons and the content-note bar
logo-red #e30613 #e30613Logo brackets and rule (the same red in both themes)
accent-ink #ffffff #0b0b0bText on the accent colour
gray-badge #4a4a4a #9a9a98Gray-source badge

Typography

Headings and body text use Inter, with the system UI font as the fallback. Labels and tags use IBM Plex Mono, falling back to the system monospace font. The full name beside the logo in the header is set in the body font, semibold capitals with wide letter-spacing. The site loads no web fonts, so each visitor sees Inter or IBM Plex Mono only if it is installed on their device.

RoleFamilyFallback
Headings and bodyInter-apple-system, Segoe UI, system-ui, Helvetica Neue, Arial
Labels and tagsIBM Plex Monoui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas

Media assets

The AI-generated images below are illustrations, not archive objects, and each is labelled as such. The site uses them as page heroes, as in-body section breaks that reuse a hero, as the link-share image, on technique cards, and as site graphics (section breaks and spot graphics in the same style as the heroes). None depicts a real, identifiable person, a real flag or a real artefact, and none counts toward the real-image requirement on a page. The technique-card images are named for their technique id: static/generated/technique-cards/<technique-id>.jpg. Archive images (posters, cartoons, documents) are not brand assets; each object page states its source and rights.

Section and page heroes

One per section index page, plus the home page and the link-share image. Where a hero is reused, each page that shows it is listed.

Generated illustration: page hero for campaigns
Page hero: campaigns
Used on: Campaigns, Elections/us presidential, Regimes Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: page hero for case studies
Page hero: case studies
Used on: Case studies, Presentations Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: page hero for collection
Page hero: collection
Used on: Collection Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: page hero for home
Page hero: home
Used on: Home Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: page hero for learn
Page hero: learn
Used on: Learn Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: page hero for map
Page hero: map
Used on: Technique map, Map and timeline Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: page hero for techniques
Page hero: techniques
Used on: Techniques Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: page hero for then and now
Page hero: then and now
Used on: Then and now Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: page hero for watch briefs
Page hero: watch briefs
Used on: Watch briefs Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: page hero for write
Page hero: write
Used on: Write Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: link-share image
Link-share image Illustration, not an archive object

Detail-page heroes

A pool of heroes for individual pages (technique, case-study, campaign, brief, Learn and Write pages). Each page draws one from the pool, matched to its era where it has one.

Generated illustration: detail-page hero for cold war global south
Detail-page hero: cold war global south Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: detail-page hero for contemporary evidence wall
Detail-page hero: contemporary evidence wall Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: detail-page hero for evidence wall
Detail-page hero: evidence wall
Used on: About Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: detail-page hero for interwar
Detail-page hero: interwar Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: detail-page hero for map heavy
Detail-page hero: map heavy Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: detail-page hero for pre1914
Detail-page hero: pre1914 Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: detail-page hero for wwi
Detail-page hero: wwi Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: detail-page hero for wwii pacific
Detail-page hero: wwii pacific Illustration, not an archive object

Technique cards

Generated illustration: technique card for accusation in a mirror
Technique card: accusation in a mirror Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for ad hominem
Technique card: ad hominem Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for appeal to emotion
Technique card: appeal to emotion Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for astroturf
Technique card: astroturf Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for bandwagon
Technique card: bandwagon Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for big lie
Technique card: big lie Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for bothsidesism
Technique card: bothsidesism Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for card stacking
Technique card: card stacking Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for corpus poisoning
Technique card: corpus poisoning Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for cult of personality
Technique card: cult of personality Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for dehumanization
Technique card: dehumanization Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for demagoguery
Technique card: demagoguery Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for disclosure theater
Technique card: disclosure theater Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for dog whistle
Technique card: dog whistle Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for euphemism
Technique card: euphemism Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for false dilemma
Technique card: false dilemma Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for false flag
Technique card: false flag Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for fear appeal
Technique card: fear appeal Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for firehosing
Technique card: firehosing Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for flooding the zone
Technique card: flooding the zone Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for gaslighting
Technique card: gaslighting Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for glittering generalities
Technique card: glittering generalities Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for identity fusion
Technique card: identity fusion Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for limited hangout
Technique card: limited hangout Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for loaded language
Technique card: loaded language Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for manufactured consensus
Technique card: manufactured consensus Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for motte and bailey
Technique card: motte and bailey Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for name calling
Technique card: name calling Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for narrative laundering
Technique card: narrative laundering Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for outrage bait
Technique card: outrage bait Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for overton shift
Technique card: overton shift Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for plain folks
Technique card: plain folks Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for red herring
Technique card: red herring Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for repetition
Technique card: repetition Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for scapegoating
Technique card: scapegoating Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for semantic hijack
Technique card: semantic hijack Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for sleeper effect
Technique card: sleeper effect Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for straw man
Technique card: straw man Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for synthetic media
Technique card: synthetic media Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for testimonial
Technique card: testimonial Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for transfer
Technique card: transfer Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: technique card for whataboutism
Technique card: whataboutism Illustration, not an archive object

Site graphics: wide

23 wide (21:9) illustrations for section breaks and full-width bands anywhere on the site. Every long page shows one as a section break, the one whose topics best match the page's subject, so a page always gets the same image.

Generated illustration: a reel-to-reel tape recorder and wiretap console with headphones and typed transcripts
Wide graphic: tape console Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a shortwave radio transmitter hall with antenna towers, frequency charts and broadcast logs
Wide graphic: shortwave hall Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a rotary printing press with bundles of printed leaflets and proof sheets
Wide graphic: printing press Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: loudspeaker horns on city rooftops with cable diagrams and crowd-density maps
Wide graphic: rooftop loudspeakers Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a teleprinter and telegraph office with paper tape strips and intercepted cable forms
Wide graphic: teleprinter office Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: overlapping newspaper front pages with unreadable headlines, red grease-pencil circles and clippings
Wide graphic: front pages Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: an aircraft scattering leaflets over farmland, with drop-zone maps and bundles of pamphlets
Wide graphic: leaflet drop Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a rally crowd seen from behind as anonymous silhouettes, with crowd-estimate charts
Wide graphic: rally silhouettes Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a censor's desk with letters under black redaction bars, red pencils, scissors and stamps
Wide graphic: censors desk Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a rotor cipher machine beside code books and coded message strips
Wide graphic: cipher machine Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a microfilm reader and card-catalogue drawers with film strips and index cards
Wide graphic: microfilm archive Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a newsreel projector beam in a dark screening room with film strips and contact sheets
Wide graphic: newsreel projector Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: an archive reading room with long tables, lamps and stacked case files
Wide graphic: reading room Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a map table with pins and red string across an unnamed region
Wide graphic: map table Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: rubber stamps, ink pads and filing forms on a clerk's desk
Wide graphic: stamp wall Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a photo darkroom where prints are retouched, with negatives, enlargers and cropping marks
Wide graphic: darkroom retouching Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a lithographic poster workshop with inked stones, colour-separation proofs and drying racks
Wide graphic: lithography workshop Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a vintage television control room with monitor banks, camera cables and cue sheets
Wide graphic: tv control room Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a contemporary analyst's wall of blurred printed posts, network graphs and a server rack
Wide graphic: evidence wall posts Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a telephone switchboard room with patch cables, silhouetted operators and call logs
Wide graphic: switchboard Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a postal sorting room with mailbags, pigeonholes and bundles of mass-mailed pamphlets
Wide graphic: postal sorting Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: an empty speaker's podium with a cluster of vintage microphones and rows of empty chairs
Wide graphic: empty podium Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a radio-jamming station with an antenna array, oscilloscopes and interference charts
Wide graphic: jamming station Illustration, not an archive object

Site graphics: spot

12 square illustrations with an aged-paper border, floated beside a later section on pages over 3,000 words.

Generated illustration: a rubber stamp and ink pad on a redacted typewritten page
Spot graphic: stamp and pad Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: typewriter keys and a half-typed page
Spot graphic: typewriter keys Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a magnifying glass over a halftone-printed image with a red circle
Spot graphic: halftone loupe Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a film spool unspooling across a contact sheet
Spot graphic: film spool Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a typewritten page with most lines blacked out and one red-circled gap
Spot graphic: redacted page Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a hand-held megaphone on a stack of leaflets
Spot graphic: megaphone Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a vintage broadcast microphone beside torn script pages
Spot graphic: microphone Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a brass compass on a torn map fragment with red route lines
Spot graphic: compass map Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a sealed manila envelope with string and a red wax seal
Spot graphic: sealed envelope Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: shredded document strips falling into a pile, one with a red redaction bar
Spot graphic: shredded strips Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: a vintage radio tuning dial with a red needle
Spot graphic: radio dial Illustration, not an archive object
Generated illustration: an old keyhole plate and a camera lens on a dossier folder
Spot graphic: keyhole lens Illustration, not an archive object

Downloads

All 62 files with format, size and link
FileFormatSizeDownload
Logo, ink text (for light backgrounds)SVGvectorstatic/frame-logo-ink.svg
Logo, white text (for dark backgrounds)SVGvectorstatic/frame-logo.svg
Frame mark, inkSVG32 × 32 viewBoxstatic/frame-mark.svg
Frame mark, ivory (for dark backgrounds)SVG32 × 32 viewBoxstatic/frame-mark-ivory.svg
FaviconSVG32 × 32 viewBoxstatic/favicon.svg
Apple touch iconPNG180 × 180static/apple-touch-icon.png
App icon 192PNG192 × 192static/icon-192.png
App icon 512PNG512 × 512static/icon-512.png
Page hero: campaignsJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-campaigns.jpg
Page hero: case-studiesJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-case-studies.jpg
Page hero: collectionJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-collection.jpg
Page hero: homeJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-home.jpg
Page hero: learnJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-learn.jpg
Page hero: mapJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-map.jpg
Page hero: techniquesJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-techniques.jpg
Page hero: then-and-nowJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-then-and-now.jpg
Page hero: watch-briefsJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-watch-briefs.jpg
Page hero: writeJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/hero-write.jpg
Link-share imageJPEG1200 × 630static/generated/share-default.jpg
Detail-page hero: cold-war-global-southJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/detail/hero-cold-war-global-south.jpg
Detail-page hero: contemporary-evidence-wallJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/detail/hero-contemporary-evidence-wall.jpg
Detail-page hero: evidence-wallJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/detail/hero-evidence-wall.jpg
Detail-page hero: interwarJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/detail/hero-interwar.jpg
Detail-page hero: map-heavyJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/detail/hero-map-heavy.jpg
Detail-page hero: pre1914JPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/detail/hero-pre1914.jpg
Detail-page hero: wwiJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/detail/hero-wwi.jpg
Detail-page hero: wwii-pacificJPEG2688 × 1152static/generated/detail/hero-wwii-pacific.jpg
Site graphic (wide): tape consoleJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/tape-console.jpg
Site graphic (wide): shortwave hallJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/shortwave-hall.jpg
Site graphic (wide): printing pressJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/printing-press.jpg
Site graphic (wide): rooftop loudspeakersJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/rooftop-loudspeakers.jpg
Site graphic (wide): teleprinter officeJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/teleprinter-office.jpg
Site graphic (wide): front pagesJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/front-pages.jpg
Site graphic (wide): leaflet dropJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/leaflet-drop.jpg
Site graphic (wide): rally silhouettesJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/rally-silhouettes.jpg
Site graphic (wide): censors deskJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/censors-desk.jpg
Site graphic (wide): cipher machineJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/cipher-machine.jpg
Site graphic (wide): microfilm archiveJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/microfilm-archive.jpg
Site graphic (wide): newsreel projectorJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/newsreel-projector.jpg
Site graphic (wide): reading roomJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/reading-room.jpg
Site graphic (wide): map tableJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/map-table.jpg
Site graphic (wide): stamp wallJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/stamp-wall.jpg
Site graphic (wide): darkroom retouchingJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/darkroom-retouching.jpg
Site graphic (wide): lithography workshopJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/lithography-workshop.jpg
Site graphic (wide): tv control roomJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/tv-control-room.jpg
Site graphic (wide): evidence wall postsJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/evidence-wall-posts.jpg
Site graphic (wide): switchboardJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/switchboard.jpg
Site graphic (wide): postal sortingJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/postal-sorting.jpg
Site graphic (wide): empty podiumJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/empty-podium.jpg
Site graphic (wide): jamming stationJPEG1920 × 823static/generated/graphics/jamming-station.jpg
Site graphic (spot): stamp and padJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-stamp-and-pad.jpg
Site graphic (spot): typewriter keysJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-typewriter-keys.jpg
Site graphic (spot): halftone loupeJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-halftone-loupe.jpg
Site graphic (spot): film spoolJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-film-spool.jpg
Site graphic (spot): redacted pageJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-redacted-page.jpg
Site graphic (spot): megaphoneJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-megaphone.jpg
Site graphic (spot): microphoneJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-microphone.jpg
Site graphic (spot): compass mapJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-compass-map.jpg
Site graphic (spot): sealed envelopeJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-sealed-envelope.jpg
Site graphic (spot): shredded stripsJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-shredded-strips.jpg
Site graphic (spot): radio dialJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-radio-dial.jpg
Site graphic (spot): keyhole lensJPEG1024 × 1024static/generated/graphics/spot-keyhole-lens.jpg

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