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+  <path class="g g-u" d="m 118,36 v 34 c 0,12.15 9.85,13 22,13 12.15,0 22,-3.1 22,-13 V 36" fill="none" stroke="#b83670" stroke-width="14" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" transform="translate(-3,0)"/>
+  <path class="g g-c" d="M 78,118 H 36 V 164 H 78" fill="none" stroke="#176a92" stroke-width="14" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" transform="translate(3,0)"/>
+  <path class="g g-h" d="M 118,118 V 164 M 162,118 V 164 M 118,141 H 162" fill="none" stroke="#12857e" stroke-width="14" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" transform="translate(-3,0)"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/globals.css b/apps/web/src/app/globals.css
index 7e6d5cc..b71bc59 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/globals.css
@@ -318,4 +318,12 @@
 }
 /* Soft aura behind the hero title (decorative). Gentle breathing scale/opacity. */
 @keyframes hero-aura { 0%, 100% { opacity: 0.55; transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1); } 50% { opacity: 0.8; transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.08); } }
-.hero-aura { animation: hero-aura 7s ease-in-out infinite; }
\ No newline at end of file
+.hero-aura { animation: hero-aura 7s ease-in-out infinite; }
+/* Pre-paint splash suppression. The inline <head> script stamps this attribute when the
+   visitor has already entered this session (or asked for reduced motion), so the
+   server-rendered overlay is hidden in the very first painted frame instead of being
+   removed a frame later by hydration -- which is what the refresh flash was. The overlay
+   is `fixed`, so this removes nothing from the document flow and shifts no layout. */
+html[data-splash="skip"] #splash-overlay {
+  display: none !important;
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/layout.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/layout.tsx
index d06f0de..c14b68c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -111,6 +111,28 @@ export default function RootLayout({
           type="application/ld+json"
           dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: JSON.stringify(websiteData) }}
         />
+        {/*
+          The splash is server-rendered, so on a refresh the browser painted it and only
+          THEN did hydration decide this visitor had already entered and remove it. That
+          one painted frame is the flash. React cannot prevent it: even useLayoutEffect
+          runs after the first paint of the server HTML.
+
+          So the decision moves before paint. This script is synchronous and in <head>,
+          which means it runs before the body is painted; it stamps the root element and
+          a plain CSS rule (globals.css, [data-splash="skip"]) hides the overlay in the
+          same frame it would otherwise have appeared in. The splash is `fixed`, so
+          hiding it moves nothing and costs no layout shift.
+
+          Kept deliberately tiny and dependency-free because it is render-blocking.
+        */}
+        <script
+          dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
+            __html:
+              "try{if(sessionStorage.getItem('such:entered')==='1'||" +
+              "matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches)" +
+              "{document.documentElement.dataset.splash='skip'}}catch(e){}",
+          }}
+        />
       </head>
       <body className={inter.className}>
           <ThemeProvider
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/landing/hero-splash.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/landing/hero-splash.tsx
index 393c39d..1bf68bf 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/landing/hero-splash.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/landing/hero-splash.tsx
@@ -1,41 +1,42 @@
 "use client";
 
-import Link from "next/link";
-import { ChevronDown, LayoutGrid, Smartphone, Wrench, Info } from "lucide-react";
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { SPLASH_LOGO_SRC_DARK, SPLASH_LOGO_SRC_LIGHT } from "./splash-logo-data";
 
-const navButtons = [
-  { label: "Portfolio", href: "/products", Icon: LayoutGrid, corner: "left-4 top-6 sm:left-6 sm:top-24 lg:left-8 lg:top-32" },
-  { label: "Apps", href: "/apps", Icon: Smartphone, corner: "right-4 top-6 sm:right-6 sm:top-24 lg:right-8 lg:top-32" },
-  { label: "Services", href: "/services", Icon: Wrench, corner: "left-4 bottom-6 sm:left-6 sm:bottom-24 lg:left-8 lg:bottom-32" },
-  { label: "About", href: "/about", Icon: Info, corner: "right-4 bottom-6 sm:right-6 sm:bottom-24 lg:right-8 lg:bottom-32" },
-];
+// How long the splash holds before it hands over. This MUST match the pack's
+// motion.splash.ms: the morph asset is generated to end exactly on this number, so a gate
+// that closes early cuts the last letter mid-draw and one that closes late holds a still
+// frame. See such-graphics packs/such-software/pack.json.
+const SPLASH_MS = 1337;
 
-// How long the splash holds before it enters the site on its own.
-const SPLASH_AUTO_ENTER_MS = 1500;
+// Long enough to read as a cross-fade, short enough that it does not feel like a second
+// gate stacked on the first.
+const FADE_MS = 260;
 
-// The "SUCH" mark is served as /images/branding/splash-such.svg and rendered as an
-// <img> below: an <img> is a valid Largest-Contentful-Paint candidate, whereas an
-// inline <svg> is not, which is what was producing NO_LCP on mobile (where the
-// tagline text is hidden, leaving the logo as the only large element).
-
-export function HeroSplash({ onEnter, sectionRef, leaving }: { onEnter: () => void; sectionRef?: any; leaving?: boolean }) {
-  const [entering, setEntering] = useState(false);
+/**
+ * First-load splash: the pillar signature.
+ *
+ * Four dots become the four pillar symbols become the word SUCH, then the page takes over.
+ * The whole thing is one generated SVG (morph_splash*.svg) whose CSS timeline is scaled to
+ * land on SPLASH_MS, so this component only has to hold it and then get out of the way.
+ *
+ * It is a FIXED overlay from its first paint, never a block in document flow. That is not
+ * cosmetic: in flow, removing it pulled a viewport of height out of the page and shifted
+ * the hero by a full screen (CLS 1.0). A click used to hide that from CLS, since shifts
+ * within 500ms of input are excused, but visitors who never clicked ate it in full.
+ *
+ * Returning visitors never see this at all, and crucially never see a FRAME of it: the
+ * decision is made by a synchronous script in <head> (see layout.tsx) that hides the
+ * overlay before the first paint. Doing it in React cannot work -- even useLayoutEffect
+ * runs after the server HTML has been painted, which is the flash.
+ */
+export function HeroSplash({ onEnter, leaving }: { onEnter: () => void; leaving?: boolean }) {
   const [fadeOut, setFadeOut] = useState(false);
-  // warmed: set on idle, well after LCP. It (a) paints a 1px element through the water
-  // filter so the browser compiles the filter graph BEFORE the first real use (the
-  // first-click stutter was the graph compiling mid-transition), and (b) turns on
-  // will-change for the logo so its layer is promoted ahead of the zoom. Doing this
-  // on requestIdleCallback keeps it invisible to Lighthouse.
-  const [warmed, setWarmed] = useState(false);
-  const dispRef = useRef<SVGFEDisplacementMapElement>(null);
-  const turbRef = useRef<SVGFETurbulenceElement>(null);
-  // Latest-handler ref so the window listeners below never hold a stale closure.
+  const entered = useRef(false);
+  // Latest-handler ref so the window listeners never hold a stale closure.
   const enterRef = useRef<() => void>(() => {});
 
-  // When the page asks the splash to leave, it first becomes a fixed overlay; one
-  // frame later we drop opacity so it cross-fades into the revealed content.
+  // Once asked to leave, drop opacity on the NEXT frame: the browser needs a painted
+  // start value to transition from, and setting both in one frame is a cut, not a fade.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!leaving) return;
     const id = requestAnimationFrame(() => setFadeOut(true));
@@ -43,218 +44,63 @@ export function HeroSplash({ onEnter, sectionRef, leaving }: { onEnter: () => vo
   }, [leaving]);
 
   const handleEnter = () => {
-    if (entering) return;
-    if (window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches) {
-      onEnter();
-      return;
-    }
-    setEntering(true);
-    // Begin the cross-fade immediately so the water shimmer plays ON the splash as
-    // it fades into the revealed content (snappier and more blended than shimmer-
-    // then-cut).
+    if (entered.current) return;
+    entered.current = true;
     onEnter();
-    // Water refraction: ramp the displacement scale up and back down while the
-    // turbulence drifts, so the logo ripples like a disturbed liquid surface.
-    const DURATION = 800;
-    const MAX_SCALE = 40;
-    const start = performance.now();
-    const tick = (now: number) => {
-      const t = Math.min(1, (now - start) / DURATION);
-      const env = Math.sin(Math.PI * t); // 0 -> 1 -> 0
-      if (dispRef.current) dispRef.current.setAttribute("scale", String(env * MAX_SCALE));
-      if (turbRef.current) {
-        const f = 0.008 + t * 0.02;
-        turbRef.current.setAttribute("baseFrequency", `${f.toFixed(4)} ${(f * 1.3).toFixed(4)}`);
-      }
-      if (t < 1) requestAnimationFrame(tick);
-    };
-    requestAnimationFrame(tick);
   };
   enterRef.current = handleEnter;
 
-  // Scroll intent = enter. Scrolling PAST the splash already dismissed it (the shell's
-  // IntersectionObserver), but only after a full screen of scrolling and with a hard
-  // cut. First wheel tick / touch drag / scroll key now plays the SAME water-ripple
-  // enter as a tap. Listeners are passive (never block the scroll) and the `entering`
-  // guard inside handleEnter dedupes against the button path.
+  // The gate: hand over when the morph ends.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (leaving) return;
-    let touchY: number | null = null;
-    const onWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
-      if (e.deltaY > 8) enterRef.current();
-    };
-    const onTouchStart = (e: TouchEvent) => {
-      touchY = e.touches[0]?.clientY ?? null;
-    };
-    const onTouchMove = (e: TouchEvent) => {
-      if (touchY == null) return;
-      const y = e.touches[0]?.clientY ?? touchY;
-      if (touchY - y > 24) {   // a deliberate upward drag (scroll down), not a resting thumb
-        touchY = null;
-        enterRef.current();
-      }
-    };
+    const id = window.setTimeout(() => enterRef.current(), SPLASH_MS);
+    return () => window.clearTimeout(id);
+  }, [leaving]);
+
+  // Any intent to move on skips the rest. Passive listeners so none of this can block a
+  // scroll, and handleEnter dedupes against the timer.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (leaving) return;
+    const skip = () => enterRef.current();
     const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-      if (e.key === "ArrowDown" || e.key === "PageDown" || e.key === " ") enterRef.current();
+      if (["ArrowDown", "PageDown", " ", "Escape", "Enter"].includes(e.key)) skip();
     };
-    window.addEventListener("wheel", onWheel, { passive: true });
-    window.addEventListener("touchstart", onTouchStart, { passive: true });
-    window.addEventListener("touchmove", onTouchMove, { passive: true });
+    window.addEventListener("wheel", skip, { passive: true });
+    window.addEventListener("touchstart", skip, { passive: true });
+    window.addEventListener("pointerdown", skip, { passive: true });
     window.addEventListener("keydown", onKey);
     return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener("wheel", onWheel);
-      window.removeEventListener("touchstart", onTouchStart);
-      window.removeEventListener("touchmove", onTouchMove);
+      window.removeEventListener("wheel", skip);
+      window.removeEventListener("touchstart", skip);
+      window.removeEventListener("pointerdown", skip);
       window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey);
     };
   }, [leaving]);
 
-  // Auto-advance: the splash is an intro, not a gate. After a beat it runs the same
-  // water-ripple enter the visitor would have triggered themselves; a click, scroll,
-  // or arrow key still fast-forwards it, and handleEnter's `entering` guard dedupes
-  // the two paths. Reduced-motion visitors never get here (the shell skips the splash
-  // outright), and the once-per-session flag is unchanged.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (leaving) return;
-    const id = window.setTimeout(() => enterRef.current(), SPLASH_AUTO_ENTER_MS);
-    return () => window.clearTimeout(id);
-  }, [leaving]);
-
-  // Pre-warm on idle (post-LCP): compile the filter graph + promote the logo layer.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const ric: typeof requestIdleCallback | undefined = (window as any).requestIdleCallback;
-    const id = ric ? ric(() => setWarmed(true)) : window.setTimeout(() => setWarmed(true), 1500);
-    return () => {
-      const cic: typeof cancelIdleCallback | undefined = (window as any).cancelIdleCallback;
-      if (ric && cic) cic(id as number);
-      else window.clearTimeout(id as number);
-    };
-  }, []);
-
-  // The splash is a FIXED overlay from its very first paint, never a block in document
-  // flow. It used to be `relative min-h-[100svh]` and only became fixed on the way out,
-  // which meant removing it pulled a whole viewport of height out of the flow and shoved
-  // the hero up: a layout shift of almost exactly 1.0. A click hid that from CLS (shifts
-  // within 500ms of input are excused), but reduced-motion and returning-session
-  // visitors, who never click, ate it in full and scored 74. As an overlay it is out of
-  // flow already, so dismissing it cannot reflow anything, and the auto-advance costs no
-  // CLS either.
   return (
-    <section
-      ref={sectionRef}
-      aria-label="Such Software"
-      className={`fixed inset-0 z-50 flex flex-col items-center justify-center overflow-hidden bg-background px-4 py-12 text-center ${
-        leaving
-          ? `pointer-events-none transition-opacity duration-700 ${fadeOut ? "opacity-0" : "opacity-100"}`
-          : ""
+    <div
+      id="splash-overlay"
+      role="presentation"
+      className={`fixed inset-0 z-50 flex items-center justify-center overflow-hidden bg-background ${
+        leaving ? `pointer-events-none transition-opacity ${fadeOut ? "opacity-0" : "opacity-100"}` : ""
       }`}
+      style={leaving ? { transitionDuration: `${FADE_MS}ms` } : undefined}
     >
-      {/* Click-to-enter: soft Cherenkov wash. The ripple itself is the SVG water
-          filter refracting the logo (driven by handleEnter's rAF loop). */}
-      {entering && (
-        <div
-          aria-hidden="true"
-          className="splash-wash pointer-events-none fixed inset-0 z-20 backdrop-blur-sm"
-          style={{ background: "radial-gradient(circle at center, rgba(34,211,238,0.28), transparent 65%)" }}
-        />
-      )}
-
-      {/* Water-refraction filter, animated by handleEnter */}
-      <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" className="pointer-events-none absolute h-0 w-0">
-        <filter id="splash-water" x="-25%" y="-25%" width="150%" height="150%">
-          <feTurbulence ref={turbRef} type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.008 0.0104" numOctaves={2} seed={7} result="noise" />
-          <feDisplacementMap ref={dispRef} in="SourceGraphic" in2="noise" scale={0} xChannelSelector="R" yChannelSelector="G" />
-        </filter>
-      </svg>
-
-      {/* Filter pre-warm: a near-invisible 1px paint through the filter (opacity must be
-          non-zero or the paint is skipped and nothing compiles). Idle-gated via `warmed`. */}
-      {warmed && !entering && (
-        <div
-          aria-hidden="true"
-          className="pointer-events-none absolute bottom-0 left-0 h-px w-px opacity-[0.01]"
-          style={{ filter: "url(#splash-water)" }}
-        />
-      )}
-
-      {/* Logo (click to enter) + pulsing Cherenkov glow */}
-      <button
-        type="button"
-        onClick={handleEnter}
-        aria-label="Enter Such Software"
-        className="relative flex cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-3xl border-0 bg-transparent p-0 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-cyan-400/60"
-      >
-        <div
-          aria-hidden="true"
-          className="pointer-events-none absolute h-[120%] w-[120%] rounded-full bg-[radial-gradient(circle,rgba(34,211,238,0.2),transparent_65%)] motion-safe:animate-pulse"
-          style={{ animationDuration: "4.5s" }}
-        />
-        {/* Plain div, no framer: keeps the logo (the LCP element) a clean,
-            statically-painted image. The water filter + zoom only apply on enter. */}
-        <div
-          className={entering ? "splash-zoom" : undefined}
-          style={{
-            filter: entering ? "url(#splash-water)" : undefined,
-            willChange: warmed && !entering ? "transform, filter, opacity" : undefined,
-          }}
-        >
-          {/* Data URI (no network request) so the logo paints with FCP; it is the
-              mobile LCP element. */}
-          <img
-            src={SPLASH_LOGO_SRC_LIGHT}
-            alt="Such Software"
-            fetchPriority="high"
-            className="h-auto w-[min(72vw,42vh)] dark:hidden"
-          />
-          <img
-            src={SPLASH_LOGO_SRC_DARK}
-            alt=""
-            aria-hidden="true"
-            fetchPriority="high"
-            className="hidden h-auto w-[min(72vw,42vh)] dark:block"
-          />
-        </div>
-      </button>
-
-      {/* Cover text hidden on mobile (logo + corner icons carry it there); fades out on enter */}
-      <p
-        className={`mt-10 hidden sm:block brand-gradient-text pb-1 text-3xl font-bold text-transparent sm:text-4xl md:text-5xl transition-opacity duration-700 motion-safe:animate-in motion-safe:fade-in ${entering ? "opacity-0" : "opacity-100"}`}
-        style={{ animationDuration: "700ms", animationDelay: "120ms", animationFillMode: "backwards" }}
-      >
-        Precision Engineering for Everyone
-      </p>
-      <p
-        className={`mt-4 hidden max-w-xl text-base text-muted-foreground sm:block sm:text-lg transition-opacity duration-700 motion-safe:animate-in motion-safe:fade-in ${entering ? "opacity-0" : "opacity-100"}`}
-        style={{ animationDuration: "700ms", animationDelay: "240ms", animationFillMode: "backwards" }}
-      >
-        A software studio in Kennett Square, PA. Custom e-commerce, apps, games,
-        payments, and consulting.
-      </p>
-
-      {/* Nav buttons in the four corners: icon-only on mobile, labeled pills on larger screens */}
-      {navButtons.map((b, i) => (
-        <Link
-          key={b.href}
-          href={b.href}
-          aria-label={b.label}
-          style={{ animationDuration: "700ms", animationDelay: `${360 + i * 110}ms`, animationFillMode: "backwards" }}
-          className={`absolute flex items-center justify-center rounded-2xl border border-cyan-400/25 bg-foreground/[0.06] backdrop-blur-md shadow-md shadow-black/20 ring-1 ring-inset ring-white/10 transition-all motion-safe:animate-in motion-safe:fade-in motion-safe:zoom-in-95 hover:scale-[1.03] hover:border-cyan-400/60 hover:bg-foreground/10 hover:text-cyan-600 dark:hover:text-cyan-400 hover:shadow-lg hover:shadow-cyan-500/15 h-12 w-12 sm:h-auto sm:w-36 sm:px-6 sm:py-4 lg:w-48 ${b.corner} ${entering ? "opacity-0 pointer-events-none" : ""}`}
-        >
-          <b.Icon className="h-5 w-5 sm:hidden" aria-hidden="true" />
-          <span className="hidden text-base font-semibold sm:inline">{b.label}</span>
-        </Link>
-      ))}
-
-      {/* Enter-the-site affordance */}
-      <button
-        type="button"
-        onClick={handleEnter}
-        style={{ animationDuration: "700ms", animationDelay: "700ms", animationFillMode: "backwards" }}
-        className={`absolute bottom-6 left-1/2 flex -translate-x-1/2 flex-col items-center gap-1 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-muted-foreground transition-all motion-safe:animate-in motion-safe:fade-in hover:text-foreground focus-visible:text-foreground ${entering ? "opacity-0 pointer-events-none" : ""}`}
-      >
-        <span>Explore</span>
-        <ChevronDown className="h-5 w-5 motion-safe:animate-bounce" aria-hidden="true" />
-      </button>
-    </section>
+      {/* The mark is the only content, so it is the LCP candidate: an <img> is a valid
+          LCP element where an inline <svg> is not. */}
+      <img
+        src="/images/animations/morph_splash_light.svg"
+        alt="Such Software"
+        fetchPriority="high"
+        className="h-auto w-[min(62vw,38vh)] dark:hidden"
+      />
+      <img
+        src="/images/animations/morph_splash.svg"
+        alt=""
+        aria-hidden="true"
+        fetchPriority="high"
+        className="hidden h-auto w-[min(62vw,38vh)] dark:block"
+      />
+    </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/landing/home-shell.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/landing/home-shell.tsx
index 8447f9b..cd7dc0f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/landing/home-shell.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/landing/home-shell.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export function HomeShell({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
   // cross-fade overlay (button path only).
   const [splashUp, setSplashUp] = useState(true);
   const [leaving, setLeaving] = useState(false);
-  const splashRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null);
   const restoreScroll = useRef(0);
   const [nebulaPosition, setNebulaPosition] = useState<{ x: number; y: number } | null>(null);
 
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ export function HomeShell({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     setTimeout(() => {
       setSplashUp(false);
       tryRelease();
-    }, 800);
+    }, 300);   // the overlay's 260ms cross-fade, plus a frame
   };
 
   return (
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ export function HomeShell({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       <DynamicBackground nebulaPosition={nebulaPosition} visible={entered} />
       <Header floating visible={entered} />
 
-      {splashUp && <HeroSplash sectionRef={splashRef} onEnter={enterFromButton} leaving={leaving} />}
+      {splashUp && <HeroSplash onEnter={enterFromButton} leaving={leaving} />}
 
       {children}
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/landing/splash-logo-data.ts b/apps/web/src/components/landing/splash-logo-data.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a6f733..0000000
--- a/apps/web/src/components/landing/splash-logo-data.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// AUTO-GENERATED from packs/such-software/pack.json (such-graphics).
-// Inlined as data URIs so the splash logo (the homepage LCP element) needs no
-// network request and paints with first contentful paint. Two theme variants:
-// the pack's dark hues are the light hues lifted for contrast on near-black,
-// so each ground gets the palette that was tuned for it. Regenerate from the
-// pack if the mark changes; public/images/branding/splash-such.svg mirrors
-// the dark variant for anything that hotlinks it.
-export const SPLASH_LOGO_SRC_DARK =
-  "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20200%22%20role%3D%22img%22%20aria-label%3D%22Such%20Software%22%3E%3Cdefs%3E%3Cfilter%20id%3D%22splash-glow%22%20x%3D%22-30%25%22%20y%3D%22-30%25%22%20width%3D%22160%25%22%20height%3D%22160%25%22%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur%20stdDeviation%3D%221.6%22%20result%3D%22b%22%2F%3E%3CfeMerge%3E%3CfeMergeNode%20in%3D%22b%22%2F%3E%3CfeMergeNode%20in%3D%22SourceGraphic%22%2F%3E%3C%2FfeMerge%3E%3C%2Ffilter%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%3Crect%20x%3D%2214%22%20y%3D%2214%22%20width%3D%22172%22%20height%3D%22172%22%20rx%3D%2212%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke%3D%22%2345c99e%22%20stroke-width%3D%223.5%22%20filter%3D%22url%28%23splash-glow%29%22%20opacity%3D%220.45%22%2F%3E%3Cg%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-width%3D%2214%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22round%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%2078%2C36%20H%2036%20V%2058%20H%2078%20V%2082%20H%2036%22%20stroke%3D%22%2335925c%22%20transform%3D%22translate%283%2C0%29%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22m%20118%2C36%20v%2034%20c%200%2C12.15%209.85%2C13%2022%2C13%2012.15%2C0%2022%2C-3.1%2022%2C-13%20V%2036%22%20stroke%3D%22%23e8689e%22%20transform%3D%22translate%28-3%2C0%29%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%2078%2C118%20H%2036%20V%20164%20H%2078%22%20stroke%3D%22%234aade0%22%20transform%3D%22translate%283%2C0%29%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20118%2C118%20V%20164%20M%20162%2C118%20V%20164%20M%20118%2C141%20H%20162%22%20stroke%3D%22%233ad4c6%22%20transform%3D%22translate%28-3%2C0%29%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E";
-export const SPLASH_LOGO_SRC_LIGHT =
-  "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20200%22%20role%3D%22img%22%20aria-label%3D%22Such%20Software%22%3E%3Cdefs%3E%3Cfilter%20id%3D%22splash-glow%22%20x%3D%22-30%25%22%20y%3D%22-30%25%22%20width%3D%22160%25%22%20height%3D%22160%25%22%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur%20stdDeviation%3D%221.6%22%20result%3D%22b%22%2F%3E%3CfeMerge%3E%3CfeMergeNode%20in%3D%22b%22%2F%3E%3CfeMergeNode%20in%3D%22SourceGraphic%22%2F%3E%3C%2FfeMerge%3E%3C%2Ffilter%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%3Crect%20x%3D%2214%22%20y%3D%2214%22%20width%3D%22172%22%20height%3D%22172%22%20rx%3D%2212%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke%3D%22%231a5c38%22%20stroke-width%3D%223.5%22%20filter%3D%22url%28%23splash-glow%29%22%20opacity%3D%220.45%22%2F%3E%3Cg%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-width%3D%2214%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22round%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%2078%2C36%20H%2036%20V%2058%20H%2078%20V%2082%20H%2036%22%20stroke%3D%22%231a5c38%22%20transform%3D%22translate%283%2C0%29%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22m%20118%2C36%20v%2034%20c%200%2C12.15%209.85%2C13%2022%2C13%2012.15%2C0%2022%2C-3.1%2022%2C-13%20V%2036%22%20stroke%3D%22%23b83670%22%20transform%3D%22translate%28-3%2C0%29%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%2078%2C118%20H%2036%20V%20164%20H%2078%22%20stroke%3D%22%23176a92%22%20transform%3D%22translate%283%2C0%29%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20118%2C118%20V%20164%20M%20162%2C118%20V%20164%20M%20118%2C141%20H%20162%22%20stroke%3D%22%2312857e%22%20transform%3D%22translate%28-3%2C0%29%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E";