Understanding Style Guides
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A style guide is a set of standards used for editing and formatting documents. There are different types of style guides for branding, design, writing, coding, and more. Major style guides include the Associated Press (AP) style guide, the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), the Modern Language Association (MLA) style guide, and the American Psychological Association (APA) style guide. When creating an editorial style guide, decisions need to be made about spelling, abbreviations, citations, dates, page layout, lists, images, fonts, tables, titles, footnotes, numbers, names, bibliographies, and graphic elements like color palettes, logos, and photos.
Understanding Style Guides
- 2. What is a Style Guide? A style guide or a style manual is a set of editing and formatting standards that could be used by students, teachers, journalists, researchers and other professionals.
- 3. Categories of Style Guides • Brand Identity • Design Language • Writing • Patterns • Code
- 4. Major Style Guides • Associated Press (AP) • Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) • Modern Language Association (MLA) • American Psychological Association (APA)
- 5. Creating an Editorial Style Guide • Decide how you will spell and abbreviate 1. My favorite colour is blue, while her favourite color is purple. 2. I recently moved from CO to Washington.
- 6. • Make rules for how the following will be used in the text: 1. Abbreviations (Colo./CO.) 2. Citations (MLA, APA, etc.) 3. Dates (April 26, 2015/ 26th April, 2015/ 26-04-15/ 04-26-15, etc.) 4. Headers and Footers 5. Location of the page number 6. Lists (bulleted or numbered) 7. Images and their labels 8. Font and font size, its color 9. Table and their labels 10. Titles and subtitles 11. Footnotes 12. Numbers (3/III) 13. Names (John Doe/ Doe, John) 14. Bibliography (MLA/APA)
- 7. • Graphic guidelines for the following should be made: 1. Color palette 2. Company logos (where they should appear, their size) 3. Your photo gallery with rights