Press and brand assets
Everything needed to write about Varve accurately: the media contact, a description you can quote, current release facts, and the approved marks.
Press and media
Press inquiries about Varve, including interviews, review requests, product coverage questions, and requests for brand assets or screenshots.
Product description
Free to quote or adapt. Both versions are current as of this page.
One sentence
Varve is a free, local-first design suite for vector, layout, typography, motion, prototyping, and print production, running natively on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
One paragraph
Varve is in public beta: installers are published for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Core features work, but the file format and interfaces can still change and rough edges remain. Varve combines vector design, page layout, typography, animation, prototyping, and print production in a single application and a single document model. Core editing works offline and requires no account or cloud sync; optional network features such as model downloads and update checks are explicit and consent-based. Varve is source-available under FSL-1.1-MIT and is built in the open.
Facts
- Product name
- Varve (always capitalised, never "VARVE" or "varve" mid-sentence)
- Website
- varve.studio
- Category
- Design suite / creative software
- Platforms
- Linux (x86_64), macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows (x86_64)
- Status
- Public Beta
- Current release
- Varve 0.1.2 — release notes
- Price
- Free. No subscription and no feature lockouts.
- Licence
- FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available; each release converts to MIT after two years) — licence details
- Maintainer
- Varve is an independent project, not a company. Refer to it as "Varve" or "the Varve project" rather than implying a corporate entity.
- Source
- github.com/K-Arthur/varve
Logo and wordmark
These are the current approved marks. Earlier gradient marks and any asset carrying the retired "Strata" name are not approved for use.
- Varve mark (SVG)App icon geometry, no background. Works on light and dark.
- Varve wordmark (SVG, light backgrounds)Fraunces wordmark in the standard colourway.
- Varve wordmark (SVG, dark backgrounds)Same wordmark tuned for dark surfaces.
- Varve wordmark (SVG, single colour)For print, embroidery, and one-colour contexts.
Usage guidance
- Keep clear space around the mark equal to the height of the "V".
- Do not recolour, rotate, outline, add effects to, or redraw the marks.
- Do not place the standard wordmark on a background that leaves it low-contrast — use the dark or single-colour variant instead.
- Do not imply endorsement, partnership, or sponsorship by using the marks.
Screenshots
Current product screenshots are published throughout this site, including the product overview and the feature pages; they may be used in coverage of Varve. If you need a specific view, a particular resolution, or a screenshot of an area not shown, emailpress@varve.studioand it can be produced.
Not a press inquiry?
For partnership, integration, or distribution conversations, emailpartnerships@varve.studio. Every other channel is listed on thecontact page.