Cheat Sheet for Files, Colors, and Other Conventions (Editorial Style Guide)
Images
All images are scaled to the correct size before uploading, for better performance. The only exception is (rare) illustrations where we are providing a link to a larger image.
| Image or File Type | File Name | Image Size |
|---|---|---|
| Figure or illustration in article (Scale to max width!) |
##-#-Author-Fig#.xxx 10-1-Smith-Fig1.jpg |
Max width 610px |
| Featured image for an article (Center image in width if too small) |
##-#-Author-feature.xxx 10-1-Smith-Feature.jpg |
145px x 105px |
| Book cover for book review | Cover-Author-Title.xxx Cover-Smith-BookTitle.jpg |
Max height 150px |
| Headshot (jpg preferred) |
LastFirst-50×50.xxx LastFI-50×50.xxxSmithStanley-50×50.jpg SmithS-50×50.jpg |
50px x 50px |
| Issue cover banner | ##-#-banner.jpg 10-1-banner.jpg |
920px x 310px |
| Ads | Ad-Company | 291px x 113px (a few ads may be 169px or 226px high) |
Text length
| Text length | Words |
|---|---|
| Extract text | 25 words |
| Abstract for translation text | 75 words |
| Issue overview text | 50 words |
Colors
| Colors | Used for | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Branding gray | 1px borders around all images | #84949C |
| Pale blue | Background of colored boxes – Blue | #EBFBFC |
| Pale green | Background of colored boxes – Green | #EFF7EC |
| Link blue | Slightly darker version of branding blue to meet WCAG contrast rules (AA and AAA for large text) | #0275B3 |
| Dark grey | Background of header | #373C3C |
| Spacing | 40px for spacing between elements in a group
80px for spacing between large groups |
40px and 80px |
