hermes-skills/skills/email-style-guide/references/shonuff-signature-format.md

Sho'Nuff Email Signature — Canonical Format

Established Jul 7, 2026

Order

1. Closing quote
2. Red divider bar
3. Signature block (badge + name/title/company/email)

Closing quote

Randomly selected from /root/.hermes/references/shonuff-closings.py (8 Sho'Nuff quotes from The Last Dragon).

Red divider

<hr style="border:none;height:2px;width:40px;background:#cc0000;margin:0 0 12px 0;border-radius:2px;">

Signature block (table layout)

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#2c2c2c;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;">
  <tr>
    <td style="padding-right:14px;vertical-align:middle;width:80px;">
      <img src="..." alt="SB" width="72" height="auto" style="border-radius:50%;display:block;max-width:72px;">
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;">
      <div style="font-size:15px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a1a;letter-spacing:-0.2px;">Sho'Nuff Brown</div>
      <div style="font-size:12px;color:#888888;margin-bottom:1px;">{title}</div>
      <div style="font-size:12px;color:#aaaaaa;margin-bottom:6px;">iAmGMB</div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:12px;color:#999999;line-height:1.7;">
        <tr><td style="padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;color:#bbbbbb;">@</td>
          <td><a href="mailto:shonuff@germainebrown.com" style="color:#555555;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted #cccccc;">shonuff@germainebrown.com</a></td></tr>
      </table>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Key formatting rules

• FROM address: shonuff@germainebrown.com
• Title: random from 13 options in shonuff-titles.py
• Closing: random from 8 options in shonuff-closings.py
• Company: "iAmGMB" (placeholder — may change)
• Badge image: https://core.itpropartner.com/shonuff-signature.png
  • For emails: embed as base64 JPEG for maximum Gmail compatibility
  • Local copy at /var/www/static/shonuff-signature.png
• Reference files at /root/.hermes/references/
• NEVER use send-shonuff.py for structured HTML emails — build HTML manually