backend/static/logo.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 200 172" role="img" aria-label="mangaBookmark">
+  <title>mangaBookmark</title>
+  <g fill="#100f0e" stroke="#f2ece5" stroke-width="5" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-linecap="round">
+    <path fill="none" d="M28 36H4v114h192V36h-24"></path>
+    <path fill="none" d="M28 23H17v127h166V23h-11"></path>
+    <g id="mb-half">
+      <path d="M28 7 88 55v97L28 138z"></path>
+      <g fill="#f2ece5" stroke="none">
+        <path d="M37 25 55 39v41L37 66z"></path>
+        <path d="M60 42 79 57v42L60 84z"></path>
+        <path d="M37 75 79 108v13L37 88z"></path>
+        <path d="M37 98 79 129v11L37 131z"></path>
+      </g>
+    </g>
+    <use href="#mb-half" transform="matrix(-1 0 0 1 200 0)"></use>
+    <g stroke="#e0452c">
+      <path d="M100 4l9 5v11l-9 5-9-5V9z"></path>
+      <path d="M94 24h12v24H94z"></path>
+      <path d="M70 47h60v14H70z"></path>
+      <path d="M91 61h18v87l-9 20-9-20z"></path>
+    </g>
+  </g>
+</svg>

backend/static/style.css

@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
   --danger-ink: #150808;
   --danger-soft: #e2aaa1;
   --brass: #b8912f;        /* favourite — a second, cooler metal */
+  /* One accent per action, so a press says which lane it belongs to. All three
+   are held at the same weight as --brass: muted, no ember competition. */
+  --slate: #7fa0c0;        /* archive */
+  --moss: #7fae86;         /* finished */
+  --clay: #b5906f;         /* set chapter */
   --trash: #977671;        /* remove, resting — icons need 3:1, not 4.5:1 */
 
   /* Desktop cell borders for the two coloured action states. */
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@
   --measure: 760px;
   /* Cover width + row gap: the disclosure panels indent past the cover on
      desktop, so both live here rather than as magic numbers. */
-  --cover-w: 86px;
+  --cover-w: 93px;
   --row-gap: 14px;
 }
 
@@ -131,6 +136,9 @@
     --danger-ink: #fff;
     --danger-soft: #7c2c22;
     --brass: #8a681c;
+    --slate: #3f6689;
+    --moss: #3d6c46;
+    --clay: #7c5533;
     --trash: #8c6558;
 
     --play-hot-line: #f0cfc6;
@@ -189,14 +197,21 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 /* ---- brand + chrome ---- */
 .brand {
   margin: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 10px;
   font: 400 26px/1 var(--font-display);
   color: var(--paper);
 }
 .brand em { color: var(--ember); font-style: italic; }
+.brand .mark { width: 30px; height: 26px; flex: none; overflow: visible; }
+/* The line art is drawn at a 5px stroke on a 200-unit grid; at brand size that
+   thins out, so it is nudged up rather than scaled down blindly. */
+.brand .mark g { stroke-width: 6.5; }
 
 .topbar {
   display: flex;
-  align-items: baseline;
+  align-items: center;
   justify-content: space-between;
   gap: 16px;
   padding: 22px 20px 14px;
@@ -285,6 +300,35 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   border: 1px solid currentColor;
 }
 
+/* ---- action key: one permanent line under the tabs, so the icon strip below
+   never has to be guessed at. Lean on a phone (28px, edge to edge), a step
+   bigger on desktop where there is room to read it. ---- */
+.keyrow {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 10px;
+  padding: 9px 18px 10px;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
+}
+/* On a phone each key stacks: icon over word, so the word gets the full cell
+   width and can stay the long form. */
+.keyrow .pair {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  color: var(--mute);
+}
+.keyrow .pair svg { width: 14px; height: 14px; flex: none; }
+.keyrow .pair span {
+  font: 500 10px/1 var(--font-mono);
+  letter-spacing: .04em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.keyrow .pair.brass svg { color: var(--brass); }
+.keyrow .pair.trash svg { color: var(--trash); }
+
 /* ---- continue reading ---- */
 .recent {
   display: flex;
@@ -311,7 +355,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 }
 .recent-strip::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
 .recent-card {
-  width: 92px;
+  width: var(--cover-w);
   flex: none;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
@@ -319,8 +363,8 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 }
 .recent-cover {
   position: relative;
-  width: 92px;
+  width: var(--cover-w);
-  height: 123px;
+  height: calc(var(--cover-w) * 4 / 3);
   background: var(--hatch);
   display: grid;
   place-items: center;
@@ -328,7 +372,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 }
 .recent-cover img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
 .recent-title {
-  font: 400 15px/1.2 var(--font-display);
+  font: 400 16px/1.25 var(--font-display);
   color: var(--paper-dim);
   display: -webkit-box;
   -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
@@ -336,7 +380,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 .recent-chapter {
-  font: 500 10px/1 var(--font-mono);
+  font: 500 11px/1 var(--font-mono);
   letter-spacing: .1em;
   color: var(--mute-2);
 }
@@ -374,7 +418,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 }
 .card.is-dim { background: var(--dim); }
 
-.row { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: var(--row-gap); }
+.row { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: var(--row-gap); }
 
 .cover {
   position: relative;
@@ -387,7 +431,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 .cover img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
-.cover .monogram { font-size: 30px; }
+.cover .monogram { font-size: 32px; }
 .is-dim .cover { background: var(--hatch-dim); filter: grayscale(1); opacity: .85; }
 
 .body {
@@ -395,6 +439,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   min-width: 0;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: center;
   gap: 8px;
 }
 
@@ -403,7 +448,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   margin: 0;
   flex: 1;
   min-width: 0;
-  font: 400 19px/1.2 var(--font-display);
+  font: 400 21px/1.2 var(--font-display);
   color: var(--paper-dim);
 }
 /* Heat: crimson title over an ember hairline sized to the text, not the row. */
@@ -416,7 +461,9 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 }
 .is-dim .title { font-style: italic; color: var(--mute); }
 .is-dim .fav-mark { color: var(--mute-2); }
-.fav-mark { flex: none; width: 13px; height: 13px; margin-top: 5px; color: var(--brass); }
+/* The mark always sits at the right edge of the measure, not after the last
+   word — a new-chapter title shrink-wraps, so without this it drifts. */
+.fav-mark { flex: none; margin-left: auto; width: 14px; height: 14px; margin-top: 5px; color: var(--brass); }
 
 .meta {
   margin: 0;
@@ -424,7 +471,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   align-items: center;
   gap: 9px;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
-  font: 500 10px/1 var(--font-mono);
+  font: 500 11px/1 var(--font-mono);
   letter-spacing: .12em;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   color: var(--mute);
@@ -434,7 +481,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 .site-demonic { color: var(--demonic); }
 .new-chapter { color: var(--ember); }
 .state { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 4px; color: var(--mute); }
-.state svg { width: 9px; height: 9px; }
+.state svg { width: 10px; height: 10px; }
 .is-dim .meta { color: var(--mute-2); }
 .is-dim .site-asura, .is-dim .site-demonic { color: var(--mute); filter: grayscale(.6); }
 
@@ -459,6 +506,12 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 .actions > *:last-child { border-right: none; }
 .actions svg { width: 17px; height: 17px; }
 .actions > *:hover { color: var(--paper); }
+/* Per-action accent on hover and press: gold favourite, slate archive, moss
+   finished, clay chapter. Remove keeps --danger, play keeps paper/ember. */
+.actions .fav:hover, .actions .fav:active, .actions .fav:focus-visible { color: var(--brass); }
+.actions .pencil:hover, .actions .pencil:active, .actions .pencil:focus-visible { color: var(--clay); }
+.actions .box:hover, .actions .box:active, .actions .box:focus-visible { color: var(--slate); }
+.actions .finish:hover, .actions .finish:active, .actions .finish:focus-visible { color: var(--moss); }
 .actions .play { color: var(--paper); }
 .is-new .actions .play { color: var(--ember); }
 .actions .play:hover { background: var(--hover); }
@@ -696,9 +749,10 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 
 /* ---- desktop: same measure, actions fold up beside the row ---- */
 @media (min-width: 720px) {
-  :root { --cover-w: 74px; --row-gap: 20px; }
+  :root { --cover-w: 80px; --row-gap: 20px; }
   .topbar { padding: 26px 32px 18px; }
   .brand { font-size: 30px; }
+  .brand .mark { width: 35px; height: 30px; }
 
   .chrome {
     flex-direction: row;
@@ -711,13 +765,25 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   .tabs a { padding: 10px 0 14px; font-size: 18px; }
   .searchbar { order: 2; flex: 1; margin: 0; border-bottom: none; }
   .recent h2, .recent-strip { padding-left: 32px; padding-right: 32px; }
-  .recent-card, .recent-cover { width: 100px; }
+  .keyrow {
-  .recent-cover { height: 133px; }
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: flex-start;
+    gap: 26px;
+    height: 36px;
+    padding: 0 32px;
+  }
+  .keyrow .pair { flex-direction: row; gap: 7px; }
+  .keyrow .pair svg { width: 14px; height: 14px; }
+  .keyrow .pair span { font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .1em; }
+  .keyrow .full { display: inline; }
+    .recent-card, .recent-cover { width: var(--cover-w); }
+  .recent-cover { height: calc(var(--cover-w) * 4 / 3); }
+  .recent-title { font-size: 17px; }
 
   .card { padding: 18px 32px; }
   .row { flex-wrap: nowrap; align-items: center; }
-  .cover .monogram { font-size: 26px; }
+  .cover .monogram { font-size: 28px; }
-  .title { font-size: 21px; }
+  .title { font-size: 22px; }
 
   .actions { flex: none; gap: 4px; border-top: none; }
   .actions > * {
@@ -732,6 +798,10 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   .actions > *:not(.lifecycle) + .lifecycle { margin-left: 10px; box-shadow: none; }
   .is-new .actions .play { border-color: var(--play-hot-line); }
   .actions .on { border-color: var(--fav-line); }
+  /* The cell border follows the icon on hover, so the accent reads as a state
+     rather than a stray colour. */
+  .actions .fav:hover, .actions .pencil:hover,
+  .actions .box:hover, .actions .finish:hover { border-color: currentColor; }
 
   /* Panels line up with the body text, i.e. past the cover and its gap. */
   .chapter-form, .confirm-row, .error-inline {

backend/templates/app.html

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover">
   <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light">
   <title>mangaBookmark</title>
+  <link rel="icon" href="/static/logo.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css">
   <link rel="preload" href="/static/fonts/instrument-serif-400-latin.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
   {{/* Body text before meta lines: DM Sans is the biggest face and the one
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 {{template "icons" .}}
 <div class="sheet">
   <header class="topbar">
-    <h1 class="brand">manga<em>Bookmark</em></h1>
+    <h1 class="brand">{{template "mark" .}}<span>manga<em>Bookmark</em></span></h1>
     <form method="post" action="/logout">
       <button type="submit" class="ghost">Log out</button>
     </form>
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@
   </nav>
   </div>
 
+  {{template "keyrow" .}}
+
   {{template "recent" .}}
 
   <main id="list" class="list">

backend/templates/chrome.html

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{{/* The two regions that live outside the swapped #list: the "Continue
+{{/* The regions that live outside the swapped #list: the "Continue reading"
-     reading" strip and the Updated badge. Both are rendered inline by app.html
+     strip, the Updated badge and the action key. All are rendered inline by
-     and again, out of band, on every /ui/ response — a mutation must not leave
+     app.html and again, out of band, on every /ui/ response — a mutation must
-     them describing the library as it was before the tap.
+     not leave them describing the library as it was before the tap.
 
-     Both always render, hidden when they have nothing to say, so an out-of-band
+     All always render, hidden when they have nothing to say, so an out-of-band
      swap always has an element with the right id to replace. */}}
 
 {{define "recent"}}
@@ -27,4 +27,52 @@
 </section>
 {{end}}
 
+{{/* The action key. The icon strip on a card is unlabelled, so one permanent
+     line under the tabs names every glyph. It follows the tab rather than the
+     row: the archived and finished buckets swap Archive for Restore, and a
+     finished series has no Done to offer. */}}
+{{define "keyrow"}}
+<div class="keyrow" id="keyrow" aria-label="Action key"{{if .OOB}} hx-swap-oob="true"{{end}}>
+  <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-play"/></svg><span>Read</span></span>
+  <span class="pair brass"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-star"/></svg><span>Fav</span></span>
+  <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-pencil"/></svg><span>Chapter</span></span>
+  {{if or (eq .Tab "archived") (eq .Tab "finished")}}
+  <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-undo"/></svg><span>Restore</span></span>
+  {{else}}
+  <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-box"/></svg><span>Archive</span></span>
+  {{end}}
+  {{if ne .Tab "finished"}}
+  <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-check"/></svg><span>Done</span></span>
+  {{end}}
+  <span class="pair trash"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-trash"/></svg><span>Delete</span></span>
+</div>
+{{end}}
+
+{{/* The brand mark, inline so it takes the page's ink and ember rather than the
+     fixed palette of /static/logo.svg (which the favicon needs). */}}
+{{define "mark"}}
+<svg class="mark" viewBox="0 0 200 172" aria-hidden="true">
+  <g fill="var(--ink)" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="5" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-linecap="round">
+    <path fill="none" d="M28 36H4v114h192V36h-24"></path>
+    <path fill="none" d="M28 23H17v127h166V23h-11"></path>
+    <g id="mb-half">
+      <path d="M28 7 88 55v97L28 138z"></path>
+      <g fill="currentColor" stroke="none">
+        <path d="M37 25 55 39v41L37 66z"></path>
+        <path d="M60 42 79 57v42L60 84z"></path>
+        <path d="M37 75 79 108v13L37 88z"></path>
+        <path d="M37 98 79 129v11L37 131z"></path>
+      </g>
+    </g>
+    <use href="#mb-half" transform="matrix(-1 0 0 1 200 0)"></use>
+    <g stroke="var(--ember)">
+      <path d="M100 4l9 5v11l-9 5-9-5V9z"></path>
+      <path d="M94 24h12v24H94z"></path>
+      <path d="M70 47h60v14H70z"></path>
+      <path d="M91 61h18v87l-9 20-9-20z"></path>
+    </g>
+  </g>
+</svg>
+{{end}}
+
 {{define "newcount"}}<span class="count" id="new-count"{{if .OOB}} hx-swap-oob="true"{{end}}{{if not .NewCount}} hidden{{end}}>{{.NewCount}}</span>{{end}}

backend/templates/login.html

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover">
   <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light">
   <title>mangaBookmark</title>
+  <link rel="icon" href="/static/logo.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css">
   <link rel="preload" href="/static/fonts/instrument-serif-400-latin.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
 </head>
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
   <main class="login-card">
     <div>
       <span class="eyebrow">Private library</span>
-      <h1>manga<em>Bookmark</em></h1>
+      <h1 class="brand">{{template "mark" .}}<span>manga<em>Bookmark</em></span></h1>
     </div>
     <form method="post" action="/login">
       <div>

backend/web.go

@@ -248,12 +248,14 @@ func currentTab(r *http.Request) string {
 	return u.Query().Get("tab")
 }
 
-// writeChromeOOB appends the two regions that live outside #list — the recent
+// writeChromeOOB appends the regions that live outside #list — the recent
-// strip and the Updated badge — as out-of-band swaps, so a mutation cannot
+// strip, the Updated badge and the action key — as out-of-band swaps, so a
-// leave them describing the library as it was before the tap.
+// mutation cannot leave them describing the library as it was before the tap.
+// The key is in here because it is tab-shaped too: archived and finished swap
+// Archive for Restore.
 func (h *webHandler) writeChromeOOB(w http.ResponseWriter, view listView) {
 	view.OOB = true
-	for _, name := range []string{"recent", "newcount"} {
+	for _, name := range []string{"recent", "newcount", "keyrow"} {
 		if err := h.tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, name, view); err != nil {
 			// The card is already written; stale chrome beats a torn response.
 			log.Printf("render %s oob: %v", name, err)

backend/web_test.go

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func TestBookmarksAPIStillBearerOnly(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestStaticAssetsServed(t *testing.T) {
 	srv, _ := newWebTestServer(t, webConfig())
-	for _, path := range []string{"/static/style.css", "/static/htmx.min.js", "/static/filter.js"} {
+	for _, path := range []string{"/static/style.css", "/static/htmx.min.js", "/static/filter.js", "/static/logo.svg"} {
 		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
 		srv.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, path, nil))
 		if rr.Code != http.StatusOK {

userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js

@@ -1383,7 +1383,31 @@
     <div id="backdrop"></div>
     <aside id="panel" role="dialog" aria-label="Manga bookmarks">
       <header>
-        <span>manga<em>Bookmark</em></span>
+        <span class="brand">
+          <svg class="mark" viewBox="0 0 200 172" aria-hidden="true">
+            <g fill="var(--ink)" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="6.5" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-linecap="round">
+              <path fill="none" d="M28 36H4v114h192V36h-24"></path>
+              <path fill="none" d="M28 23H17v127h166V23h-11"></path>
+              <g id="mb-half">
+                <path d="M28 7 88 55v97L28 138z"></path>
+                <g fill="currentColor" stroke="none">
+                  <path d="M37 25 55 39v41L37 66z"></path>
+                  <path d="M60 42 79 57v42L60 84z"></path>
+                  <path d="M37 75 79 108v13L37 88z"></path>
+                  <path d="M37 98 79 129v11L37 131z"></path>
+                </g>
+              </g>
+              <use href="#mb-half" transform="matrix(-1 0 0 1 200 0)"></use>
+              <g stroke="var(--ember)">
+                <path d="M100 4l9 5v11l-9 5-9-5V9z"></path>
+                <path d="M94 24h12v24H94z"></path>
+                <path d="M70 47h60v14H70z"></path>
+                <path d="M91 61h18v87l-9 20-9-20z"></path>
+              </g>
+            </g>
+          </svg>
+          <span>manga<em>Bookmark</em></span>
+        </span>
         <button id="closeBtn" aria-label="Close">close</button>
       </header>
       <div id="nav">
@@ -1458,11 +1482,15 @@
     }
     #panel.open { transform: translateX(0); }
     header {
-      display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between;
+      display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;
       padding: 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
       font: 400 22px/1 var(--font-display); color: var(--paper);
     }
     header em { color: var(--ember); font-style: italic; }
+    .brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; }
+    /* 5px stroke on a 200-unit grid thins out at this size: the markup carries
+       6.5 instead. overflow visible keeps the topmost blade pip from clipping. */
+    .mark { width: 26px; height: 22px; flex: none; overflow: visible; }
     #closeBtn {
       background: none; border: none; color: var(--mute); cursor: pointer;
       font: 500 10px var(--font-mono); letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase;