Brand Guide October 2013 | Page 3

2013 BRAND GUIDELINES BRAND DEVELOPMENT What is a Brand? 4 BRANDING MESSAGING 5 Our Message and Vision 6 What We Do 7 Our 4 Brand Principles CONTENTS 3 Why does the College of Arts & Letters need a Brand Guide? Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s 2 8 TYPOGRAPHY Californian & Gotham 14 Chalet ParisNineteenSeventy 15 STYLIZED TYPE TREATMENT 16 Digital Usage 17 Print Usage 18 THE AMPERSAND 19 When to Use the Ampersand 20 Elephant & Bickley Script 21 COLOR USAGE 22 Why is the Use of Color Important? 23 Use of Secondary Colors 24 TAGLINE & VISUALS 25 Meaning & Usage of Tagline 26 When to Add Wave Visual Effect to a Photograph 27 BRANDING SAMPLES 28 Tagline Samples 29 Ampersand Samples 1 12 Bickley Script MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 11 31 College of Arts & Letters