Developing a Style Guide
22mBeginner2019-12-09
Authors

Nigel French
Graphic Designer, Author, Artist, Trainer
Course details
A style guide helps clarify a company's voice, look, and identity. It also ensures that the brand is memorable and consistent over time. In this course, designer Nigel French explains how to develop a style guide to build and maintain a strong brand identity. Learn about the purpose, format, and audience for a style guide, and decide which elements to include. Nigel shows how to build guidelines that make it easy for clients and colleagues to maintain logo integrity, a unified voice, and consistent use of typography, color, and imagery.
Skills covered
Brand DesignGraphic DesignOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome to Developing a Style Guide
1. What Is a Style Guide
- 02 - Why create a style guide
- 03 - Who is the guide for
- 04 - Format of a style guide
- 05 - Purpose of a style guide
- 06 - What to include
2. The Elements of a Style Guide
- 07 - Position statement and voice
- 08 - Logos
- 09 - Typography
- 10 - Brand colors
- 11 - Imagery
Conclusion
- 12 - Style guide resources
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