Ordinal 1
circle-filled
Solid Shape
Beadify Pattern Symbols v1
A stable symbol language for readable bead patterns
BPS-1 assigns one permanent graphical label to ordinals 1 through 16. Beadify uses the same registry in Crafting, pattern images, SVG, PDF, and legends so a color keeps its label across views and exports.
BPS-1 is defined and maintained by Beadify. It is not an official standard from a bead vendor, standards body, or the wider craft industry.
The frozen 1–16 registry
Sixteen is the graphical coverage of this version, not a palette or Pattern color limit. Larger ordinals remain valid and use a stable text fallback.
Ordinal 2
circle-outline
Outline Shape
Ordinal 3
square-filled
Solid Shape
Ordinal 4
square-outline
Outline Shape
Ordinal 5
triangle-filled
Solid Shape
Ordinal 6
triangle-outline
Outline Shape
Ordinal 7
diamond-filled
Solid Shape
Ordinal 8
diamond-outline
Outline Shape
Ordinal 9
plus
Standalone Mark
Ordinal 10
cross
Standalone Mark
Ordinal 11
circle-bar-horizontal
Outlined Shape + Mark
Ordinal 12
square-bar-vertical
Outlined Shape + Mark
Ordinal 13
circle-dot
Outlined Shape + Mark
Ordinal 14
square-dot
Outlined Shape + Mark
Ordinal 15
triangle-dot
Outlined Shape + Mark
Ordinal 16
diamond-dot
Outlined Shape + Mark
Shape and Mark taxonomy
Shapes provide the outer container; Marks provide a centered internal or standalone detail.
- Shape primitives: circle, square, triangle, and diamond.
- Mark primitives: dot, horizontal bar, vertical bar, plus, and cross.
- A filled Shape has no Mark. A marked output uses one outlined Shape and exactly one centered Mark.
Standalone safety
Only Marks that remain distinct beside neighboring cells may appear without a Shape.
- Plus and cross are standalone-safe in BPS-1.
- Dots require a container because adjacent dots can look like a continuous chain.
- Horizontal and vertical bars require a container because they can merge with grid lines.
Accessibility and fallback
Symbols supplement color; they never replace the material identity shown in the legend.
- Legends retain brand, brand color code, color name, and count.
- Small cells and unsupported ordinals use permanent Number or alphanumeric labels without remapping.
- Black/white print and light/dark screens use contrast-aware foreground labels.
Version and conformance
The v1 identity and order are immutable so saved Projects and printed references remain understandable.
- Reordering, reuse, rotation, mirroring, font substitution, emoji, and semantic substitution are not conforming.
- An extended registry must use a distinct immutable standard id, preserve 1–16, and append at 17 or later.
- Crafting and every export renderer must derive from the same canonical registry.
Machine-readable BPS-1
The immutable JSON contains the same ordinals, ids, output types, capabilities, composition, and normalized vector paths shown and rendered by Beadify.