Reticle
RTC-01 · VERIFICATION DESIGN LANGUAGE

Bring every mark into register.

Reticle turns a production interface into a press-proof bench: one amber ink on charcoal, a measuring data-spine, and a register gauge that locks each value before it ships.

0.02mm
Register tolerance
1 ink
Single-hit amber
98%
First-time-right
THE MECHANIC

A register gauge for everything you ship

Three parts carry the whole language: a concentric reticle that reads alignment, a measuring spine that steps through tone, and flat carton proof panels that hold the work.

01 / GAUGE

The reticle

A concentric crosshair seats inside its inner ring when a value is verified. It recolours on palette swap and reappears as the focal mark on every primary action.

02 / SPINE

The data spine

A measuring tick-rail runs the height of every layout — major ticks at register stops, minor ticks for the dither steps between them.

03 / PANEL

Carton proof

Flat dark panels, hairline rules, a single ticked corner pair, and a 4px dither field for tone — a sample box, never a friendly app card.

ON THE FLOOR

From dieline to locked proof in four register stops

STOP 01

Set the dieline

Lock the master die and the single amber keyline before any ink touches stock.

STOP 02

Seat the reticle

Drop the crosshair into its ring; the gauge confirms plate-to-plate drift under 0.02mm.

STOP 03

Read the dither

Tone comes off a 4px ordered matrix — no gradients, no second ink, just stepped density.

STOP 04

Lock & ship

The proof is stamped, the batch code printed, and the lot clears the floor.

PROOF BEFORE RUN

If it isn't in register, it doesn't ship.

Apply Reticle to your production console, label studio, or QA bench and give every value a verification mark it has to earn.

Pull your first proof