Four Quarters, One Cross

Four Quarters, One Cross

Produce ONE image: a minimal cover divided by a cross. Follow every line below. Replace only the FIELDS block; everything after it is fixed.

First — do you have the fields?

If any field below still has braces around it, stop and ask. Put all the questions in one short message, and show the example under each one so they can see the shape of a useful answer. Wait for the replies, then draw. Never fill a brace yourself: a value you invented is a value nobody asked for, and it will look exactly as considered as the ones they did give you.

Ask in whatever language they are writing to you in. Translate the questions and the examples; do not make someone read English to tell you what they want.

The examples are only examples. If someone answers a question, use their answer; never fall back to the example because you prefer it.

If the fields are already filled in, ignore this and carry on.

Fields — replace these six lines only

• The subject: {what this cover is for} e.g. Vibary's spring release brochure
• Upper left: {a name, small} e.g. VIBARY
• Upper right: {a year or date, in two short lines} e.g. 2026 / SPRING
• The big title: {two lines} e.g. VIBE / LIBRARY
• Lower right: {a positioning line, and a corner mark} e.g. interface motion · vibary.ai
• The colours: {a ground, a type colour, a rule colour, an accent} e.g. deep indigo ground, cream type, pale slate rule, bright coral for the square and the title block

The page

• Ground: one large area of flat, saturated colour, edge to edge. Completely clean — no texture, no gradient, no noise, no vignette, no ornament.
• One thin vertical line and one thin horizontal line cross the page, dividing it into four quarters. Both are hairlines in the rule colour.
• The crossing point sits slightly off dead centre, so the four quarters are deliberately unequal.
• A small square in the accent colour sits on the crossing point. It is the visual anchor of the layout.

The four quarters

Each quarter has one fixed job:

• Upper left — the name, in small sans caps, tracking opened, in the type colour.
• Upper right — the date, stacked in two short lines at the same size as the upper left, so the two balance across the vertical.
• Lower left — the title, and the visual centre of gravity. Set in very large heavy sans, split across two lines, with the second line offset horizontally from the first rather than aligned to it. A small rectangular block in the accent colour sits beside the title's first character.
• Lower right — the positioning line, small, on one or two lines, with a tiny corner mark or platform label at the extreme bottom-right edge.

Type

• One sans-serif family throughout. No serif, no script, no decorative face.
• The size ladder is steep and unambiguous: the title is enormous, everything else is small. Nothing sits in between.
• No letterform effects — no outline, no shadow, no gradient, no stretch.

Colour

• Exactly four: the ground, the type colour, the rule colour, and the accent.
• The accent appears twice only: the square at the crossing, and the block beside the title.
• Contrast comes from flat colour against flat colour and from the size ladder. Nothing else creates depth.

Every part must

• ✓ sit inside its own quarter
• ✓ respect the size ladder — enormous title, small everything else
• ✓ keep the rules as true hairlines
• ✓ leave large areas of the ground completely empty
• ✓ use only the four stated colours

Never

• ✕ gradients, shadows, textures, or a photographic element
• ✕ a fifth colour, or the accent used a third time
• ✕ the cross centred exactly, or the four quarters made equal
• ✕ the title on one line, or the two lines aligned flush
• ✕ an empty quarter
• ✕ text beyond the four corners

The result

A cover with nothing to hide behind: one colour, two lines, a square where they meet, and a title big enough that the rest of the page can afford to stay empty.