Production guides

Every surface has a different failure mode. These guides are written for the file, not the picture: what embroidery, screen printing, signage and workwear actually need, how to tell what your current logo is missing, and what the trade-specific constraints are.

For agents

The same production pack, machine-callable: the API contract, x402 payment, MCP, and what an agent should expect back.

• Logo API for AI agents: production files, not a PNG

  What an agent gets from the Dosie Foxie API: SVG, EPS, PDF, six lockups, favicon, spec.json, QA and a licence. Pay per pack in USDC on Base.

• x402 logo generator: a pack, paid per request

  How x402 works for a logo pack: HTTP 402, USDC on Base, exact scheme, no account or API key, and a production pack when the payment settles.

• MCP logo server: a brand-file tool for agents

  The live Dosie Foxie MCP server: six tools over the same contract as the HTTP API, the exact names it answers to, and why a tool call cannot pay its own x402 invoice.

• SVG logo API: true vector, not a traced bitmap

  What a real SVG logo API should return: outlined type, one ink per file, six lockups, a favicon, a print PDF, spec.json and a QA report.

• Brand file API: the 12 deliverables, in one call

  The production-file checklist an agent should get back: vectors, both layouts, mono/reverse, favicon, app icon, avatars, print PDF, spec.json and a font licence.

• How to give an AI agent a logo

  A practical loop for agent builders: write a structured brief, get three directions, pick one, pay per pack with x402, and hand the files to the user.

Production

What each production process needs from the artwork, and why files fail there.

• Logo for embroidery: what actually stitches

  Why embroidered logos turn into blobs, the stroke and letter-size limits that matter, and exactly what artwork an embroiderer needs. A practical checklist.

• Logo for screen printing: separations, not a JPEG

  Screen printing needs one plate per ink, solid spot colours and no transparency. What to check before your printer quotes, and the file they actually need.

• Logo for vinyl cutting and signage: closed paths and minimum strokes

  A vinyl cutter follows the path, so every open path, hairline and floating island becomes a problem. What a cut-ready logo needs, and how to test it.

• Logo for truck lettering: legible at fifty feet, not on a screen

  Vehicle graphics are read at distance, in motion, through a dirty window. What changes when a logo has to work on a van, and the file the lettering shop needs.

• Logo for workwear: the three-inch test

  A uniform logo is seen at arm's length on fabric, not on a screen. The chest, back and cap each need a different version of the same mark.

Fixing a file

How to tell whether the logo you have is ready, and what to do when it is not.

• Vectorize a logo without inheriting the mess

  Auto-trace turns pixels into paths, not into a design. How to tell a clean vectorisation from a traced bitmap, and when redrawing is the cheaper answer.

• Logo file fix: the twelve files a real business needs

  Most logo downloads are missing the files print, signage and embroidery ask for. A practical audit of the twelve deliverables, and how to check yours.

• Logo print quality: why the colour changed when it went to print

  Screens emit light and ink absorbs it. Why a logo looks different on paper, which colours cannot survive CMYK, and how to keep the brand consistent.

• Does my SVG have an embedded image?

  A file can be called SVG and still contain a bitmap. How to find an embedded image, why it matters for print and cutting, and what to do about it.

By trade

The surfaces a trade actually puts its mark on, and the constraints that follow.

• A plumber's logo: the van, the uniform and the emergency call

  A plumbing brand is seen on a van, a uniform and a phone screen at the worst possible moment. What the mark has to do, and the files each surface needs.

• An electrician's logo: safety, speed and a mark that does not shock

  Electrical work sells competence and safety. How to build a mark that reads on a van, survives embroidery, and avoids the category's stock lightning bolt.

• A dentist's logo: calm at the door, clear on the scrubs

  A dental practice sells calm and competence before treatment. How the mark works on a door sign, a scrub top, a referral card and a Google profile.

• A landscaper's logo: green on green is the trap

  Landscaping brands are applied to green machines, green shirts and outdoor signage. Why the obvious palette fails, and what a mark needs to survive it.

• A café's logo: the window, the cup and the tiny avatar

  A café's mark is read on a window, a cup, a chalkboard and a phone. Why the cup cliché persists, and how to make a small mark work everywhere.

• A contractor's logo: one mark, four rough surfaces

  Contractors put their mark on vans, hard hats, site hoardings and quote sheets. How to build one identity that survives all four.

Comparisons

How production files differ from what a logo maker hands you.

• Looka vs a production-ready logo: what the $96 buys

  A logo maker sells a brand kit; a production pack sells files a printer, sign shop and embroiderer can use. A like-for-like comparison of what is in each.