Information Technology Services
Editorial Style Guide
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- Addresses
- Bibliography
- Capitalization
- Common Spelling Errors
- Copy Preparation
- Images
- Names and Titles
- Numbers and Dates
- Punctuation
- Tables
- Technical Writing Standards
- Writing for the Web
Graphical Elements
- The official UNCG colors are Navy (003366), Gold (FFCC00), and White. The Information Technology Services (ITS) templates are designed using these colors because our Web pages are considered to be official University publications.
- Background images and colors (other than white) are generally not permitted. They tend to hinder the readability of a Web page. In some cases, a background color may be used to help distinguish between table elements, or for highlighting a menu choice.
- Text links should be set to Navy (003366) when not selected, changing to Gray (999999) when selected.
- Images should be in JPEG, GIF, or PNG format. They should be no wider than 475 pixels and no taller than 400 pixels. Each image should have a short description attached to it in the form of an alt tag.
