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