IIT-Dharwad style and branding guidelines [DRAFT]

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This repo attempts to provide a complete guide to consistent branding, themes and styles across a variety of print and digital media developed at IIT-Dharwad. (This is a draft version).

Resources:

1. Logo Images: A variety of logos in PNG format can be downloaded here. For the vector (SVG) versions, download the master SVG file and instructions at the bottom of this page.

2. Colors: The template is built around two primary colors:

   • "Jamun" Purple (RGB: 108/27/133, #6c1b85ff, Pantone 2612C)
   • "Marigold" Yellow (RGB: 255/173/74, #ffad4a, Pantone: 804C)

3. Fonts:: All fonts used herein are free and open source fonts from the Google Font Library. All required TTF font files are here

4. Presentation Template A powerpoint template is also available for Office 2000 and later.

   1. Click here then click "View Raw" to download and save the POTX template file somewhere to disk.
   2. Double-click this POT file to create a new blank presentation with the template applied. See the sample images above for some of the available layout designs. For other layouts, right click on any slide and select "Layout...". Layout names are self explanatory

5. Document Template Three document templates are included here: two letterheads and one report template. In addition, two theme files are also included (*.thmx) which contain color schemes and font styles. Instructions for all these are included in the first template (IITDH-LetterheadTemplateA-V1.0.dotx):

• LetterheadA
• LetterheadB
• ReportTemplate

2. Style Guide: ColourAndStyle.pdf is a draft guide for colors, typograpgy and logos, showing a variety of layouts and formats and a few letterhead mockups.

3. SVG Source The coresponding SVG source file for the Style Guide is ColourAndStyle.svg and should be edited with inkscape. Before use:

   1. Ensure that all required fonts are installed.
   2. Enable inkscape's missing fonts warning under 'Edit → Preferences...', expand the 'Tools' section, click on 'Text' and then enable "Show font substitution warning dialog."
   3. Open the SVG file and make sure no fonts are missing.

Upon opening the inkscape file, view the entire drawing ( View > Zoom > Drawing) The SVG file is organised in layers which are locked by default. To view and unlock the layers, use Layers > Layers... or Ctrl + Shift + L Layers with prefix PPT_ contain graphics used in the Powerpoint Template.

4. Latex / Beamer Templates

Work in progress.

Samples:

Colors and Themes:

Powerpoint:

Powerpoint title slide (light background):

Powerpoint title slide (light background):

Powerpoint content slide (one pane):

Powerpoint title slide (two panes):

Logos and Icons:

Full Color, light background:

Dark background:

Web and Alternative layouts:

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WARNING!

This repo has no official standing. The developers assume no responsibility for your use of any of the material here. The material here is ONLY for the use of employees of IIT Dharwad. The material here should be understood to a draft version ONLY.

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###License

This material solely for use within IIT Dharwad by its employees. This this repository should not be shared publicly unless under official direction. The logos and graphics within the templates / themes/ artwork are owned by the respective organisations. See the accompanying License.md file.