I was wrong about Mercury
I said Archivo was "the exact register of Ramp and Mercury". That is false, and your screenshot shows it. Mercury is neither austere, nor left-aligned, nor image-free. I described what I was proposing and attributed it to them.
What Mercury actually does: an atmospheric full-page photo that fills the screen, a centred title in medium weight laid on top, a gradient veil to hold the contrast, a rounded frosted-glass action bar, and a warm palette. Nothing austere. It is warm and aspirational, not Swiss.
The two mockups below transpose that for byCaliber, on a single page. The block in the centre is a photo placeholder: judge the structure, not the image.
Mercury, froid A
The Mercury structure as is, in a cold palette. Full-page photo, title centred in Inter 600, frosted-glass action bar, the three offer lines at the bottom on vertical rules. Everything fits in one screen, no scroll. The image to find: a runway at dawn, a hangar, a wing in the mist. Atmospheric, never a suit in a frame.
Your next career move,
engineered.
Three years inside French aerospace and defence. Now on the other side of the hiring table.
Mercury, chaud B
The same skeleton in a warm palette, with IBM Plex Sans. Warmth is what makes Mercury feel expensive rather than cold, and it is what every previous proposal of mine was missing. The bronze accent comes back here because it comes out of the image, not out of a brand chart: it no longer competes with the byForja blue since the photo carries it.
Your next career move,
engineered.
Three years inside French aerospace and defence. Now on the other side of the hiring table.