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| + | A Style Guide addresses the [[Fonts]], colors, layout and other design aspects of your branding. The scope of your Style Guide might be very broad, or it may just focus on the company website elements. | ||
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A long time ago, I created a script that would parse a CSS file and generate the unwritten style guide that's embodied in it. Until I resurrect that script, you might need to refer to other helpful resources on creating a [http://designmodo.com/create-style-guides/ Style Guide] | A long time ago, I created a script that would parse a CSS file and generate the unwritten style guide that's embodied in it. Until I resurrect that script, you might need to refer to other helpful resources on creating a [http://designmodo.com/create-style-guides/ Style Guide] | ||
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*<span style="font-family:gillius ADF;font-size:2em;">Gillius ADF: enterprise quality = technology freedom</span> | *<span style="font-family:gillius ADF;font-size:2em;">Gillius ADF: enterprise quality = technology freedom</span> | ||
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| + | == Downloads / Installation == | ||
| + | Gillius comes from the Arkandis Digital Foundry (ADF) and you can download it from https://arkandis.tuxfamily.org/adffonts.html. If you're running Linux, it's probably already included in your distribution, and installed by default. If it's not installed, you can simply: | ||
| + | <source lang="bash">sudo apt-get install ttf-adf-gillius</source> | ||
[[Category:Design]] | [[Category:Design]] | ||
[[Category:Marketing]] | [[Category:Marketing]] | ||
[[Category:Style]] | [[Category:Style]] | ||
Revision as of 10:09, 5 January 2017
A Style Guide addresses the Fonts, colors, layout and other design aspects of your branding. The scope of your Style Guide might be very broad, or it may just focus on the company website elements.
A long time ago, I created a script that would parse a CSS file and generate the unwritten style guide that's embodied in it. Until I resurrect that script, you might need to refer to other helpful resources on creating a Style Guide
Really Simple Example[edit | edit source]
Heading color #2c2c2c
This is paragraph text in #464946. Links within the text are colored rgb(6, 51, 96) or #063360, and decorated for email
This is darker text in #333333
Typography[edit | edit source]
Currently using these free fonts
- Linux Libertine O: eQuality Technology
- Georgia Bold: eQuality Technology
- Gillius ADF: enterprise quality = technology freedom
Downloads / Installation[edit | edit source]
Gillius comes from the Arkandis Digital Foundry (ADF) and you can download it from https://arkandis.tuxfamily.org/adffonts.html. If you're running Linux, it's probably already included in your distribution, and installed by default. If it's not installed, you can simply:
sudo apt-get install ttf-adf-gillius
