Pictogram construction rules

Summary

The pictogram construction page: it documents the build rules with a 32px-grid breakdown of a pencil pictogram plus five small labeled tiles covering palette, geometry, overlap, corners, and 45-degree angles.

Visual description

White background, standard header ("Visual Elements" / "Pictograms", page "51"). The left column holds "Pictogram Construction" and a bulleted rule list (32px grid and 1:1 ratio; use Cobalt, Mist, and Poppy; build from basic geometry; overlap to create color; keep angles at 45 degrees). The right two-thirds is a cream bento panel. A larger tile at left shows a pencil pictogram built on a visible fine 32px grid, labeled "32px Grid", with the poppy and cobalt fills snapped to the cells. To the right, five smaller labeled demonstration tiles: "Color palette" (three dots, cobalt/mist/poppy), "Basic geometry" (the Nexus document arrowing into a square, circle, and triangle), "Overlap shapes" (two lilac shapes crossing into a darker overlap), "Rounded corners" (a softened square), and "45 angles" (a square with a 45-degree cobalt corner cut).

Key takeaway

Decomposing the build into discrete, individually labeled rule tiles, so each construction principle (grid, palette, geometry, overlap, corners, angle) gets its own tiny worked example rather than a wall of text. Anchoring the main example on a literal pixel grid makes the 32px and 1:1 rules verifiable.

Reuse notes

A reusable construction page for any icon or pictogram system that wants creators to produce on-brand assets without guesswork. The labeled-tile breakdown is the pattern to copy and pairs directly with the preceding pictogram showcase. The 45-degree-angle and Nexus-geometry rules tie the icons back to the brand's core shape language.