2. MARGINS + DOCUMENT SET-UP
Margins and guides
Margins
.4375 in. on all sides
Header guides
Top and bottom lines
Place where indicated
Always use a line under the header, at the bottom of
the form, top of the form (on the back) and bottom of
the form (on the back)
.25 pt
Setting up your styles
Your three markers:
Form title baseline must always
be here.
.25 pt line beneath title must
always be here.
Form content must always start
here.
Margins
Always .4375 in. on all sides
TOP OF FORM
all
1 Loadtheyour styles by open the Table Styles palette and
click
flyout menu.
2 From the flyout menu, choose “Load Table Styles...”
Bottom line (if used)
A .25 pt bottom line must
always be used unless it is a
part of another table or fillable
content line. Always place in this
position.
n the
dialog box, click “Check
4 Iload allLoad Styles paragraph and characterAll” to
table, cell,
styles
into your new document. Click ‘ok’.
you should
3 Navigate to this file, which‘Open’. have saved to
your own computer. Click
BOTTOM OF FORM
3. THE BASIC FORM
Elements
SCAD logo
Always left-aligned, without registration marks and at
the exact size given in this table.
Table rules
100% black
.25 pt thickness
Only on top and bottom (unless
working with grid/tables
Height = .417 in.
Space above and below
text in line = .09 in.
Check boxes
Always used as anchored objects in text and at the
exact size given. Use when multiple items can be
selected.
Radio buttons
Always used as anchored objects in text and at the exact size given. Use when only one item can be selected.
Type
Form title
Gotham Book, Sentence case, 16/20 pt
Department title
Gotham Book, All caps, 10 pt, 130 Letter-spacing (always above the header)
Header 1
Gotham Medium, All caps, 8/11 pt
Header 2
Gotham Medium, Sentence case, 8/11 pt
Body copy
Gotham Narrow Book, 8/11 pt, justified
Oversize body copy
Gotham Narrow Book, 6.5/9 pt, justified
Employee Meal Plan
S C A D S AVA N N A H
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Eligibility requirements
All administrative offices will be open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday–
Friday during spring break. Limited staff will be available Friday, March
15 to Thursday, March 21.
The foregoing constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes
any and all prior and contemporaneous agreements, whether oral or written, and may
be modified only by a writing signed by both parties.
Official only areas
Line height = .2 in
Outside table border = 1 pt
Always full width of page, unless within content
Job numbers
Gotham, Book, 5 pt, bottom right
58546.02.13
4. FORMS IN DETAIL
Type and spacing
Header 1
Gotham Medium, all caps
8 pt, 18 pt leading if new section
Header 2
Gotham Narrow Medium, sentence case
8 pt, 15 pt leading if new section
Body copy
Gotham Narrow book
8 pt, 11 pt leading
Between body copy
sections
15 or 18 pt leading (depending on amount
of content)
Bullets
13 or 15 pt leading (depending on amount
of content), justified
Columns
.25 in. gutter, 2 -3 columns (column count
depends on content)
Oversize form body copy
Gotham Narrow Book
6.5 pt, 9 pt leading, justified
PAY TO THE ORDER OF
Accounting Use Only
Notes/additional information
Between Header 1 and Header 2
8 pt font, 15 pt leading
Between copy sections
8 pt font, 18 pt leading
The foregoing constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties and supersedes any and all
prior and contemporaneous agreements.
Footnotes
Gotham Narrow Book Italic,
6 pt, 13 pt leading (separate it from
content a bit)
Date slashes
Copy and paste all date slashes to maintain
consistent spacing between them.
/ /
“Return to...”
Gotham Narrow Medium (for main word/
phrase), Book (for rest of line), 6 pt.
SCAD Purchasing Office Harris Hall 26 W. Harris
Official Use Only areas
Gotham Narrow Medium (for title), Book
(for content within table)
7 pt, 10 pt leading
A usufruct is a right to enjoy something that belongs
to someone else.
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Official Use Only
Initials
Dealing with introductory text
When you have introductory text on a form (body text that comes before all other content), make sure that the space between the start of the content and the top line is equal to the space below the intro content and the line beneath it.
Spacing before and after
Make sure that these spaces are visually the same
Column gutter
Always at .25 pt unless the content needs it to be smaller
First bullet
8 pt font, 13 pt leading
All other bullets
8 pt font, 15 pt leading (if necessary)... can also use 13 pt leading
between bullets
Alignment
Always align text to the first line
Two column text
Except in the cases of small
format forms, whenever text is
over 4 lines in height, please use
2 columns, with a .25 in gutter.
Job number spacing
The job number is always in this
exact position. Please copy and
paste in place from one of the
sample forms.
5. FORMS IN DETAIL
Tables
Standard fillable content
.09 in. above and below text
text 1
text 2
text 3
Official Use Only
.2 in row height, 7 pt font
Official Use Only
Even spacing
Make sure these spaces are even
for introductory text
Initials
Check boxes
Use this check box for a list that can have
multiple selected items. Do not scale.
Radio buttons
Use this radio button for a list that can
only have one selected item. Do not scale.
Official Use Only
radio button
Use this radio button for a list that can
only have one selected item in a For Official Use Only table. Do not scale.
Signature lines
Use the table style “Signatures” + the cell
style “ signature lines” to create signatures.
Line height
The spacing for fillable content
should be .09 in. above and
below the text.
Table style
Use the “Fillable table style”
(table style) + “Standard fillable
content” (cell style) for any form
that requires user input
text 1
This is a signature line
Tiger-striping
Use either ‘Tiger stripe grid’ or ‘tiger stripe
table’ table styles + “tiger stripe grid cell
styles” (cell style) to create a table (mostly
used for lots of numeric content)
Using a grid/table
Vertical lines
Use vertical lines or “Grid table
style” for any table specific
items.
Use the “grid table style” (table style) +
“grid cell styles” (cell style) to create a grid
table.
Multi-line fillable areas
(print)
Use the standard rules on your form to
create multi-line areas
*Note: If you have a form that requires
both interactive and print component, create multi-line areas using the Print style.
Multi-line fillable areas
(interactive)
Use no rules on your form to create multiline areas FOR INTERACTIVE FORMS
ONLY.
Official Use Only sections
Outside table border = 1 pt
Inside rules = .25 pt
Line height = .2 in.
Font size: 7 pt
The ‘use only’ tables that live at
the bottom of the form always
stretch across the full width of
the page. Use vertical lines to
separate text in this section only.
“Return to...” lines
Font size: 6 pt
Gotham Narrow Medium for
the main word or location.
Gotham narrow book for other
information.
6. DESIGNING YOUR FORM
Terminology
Always use “SCAD ID number”
when requesting the user’s ID
Spacing
When fillable content starts at
the top, remove the rule above
the text by using the “Border
bottom” cell style. This will give
the first row a little extra space
and will eliminate double rules.
Fillable spaces
Sometimes you may need to
have line spaces that are more
obvious for the user to fill out.
Use underscores to create these
spaces.
Use your best judgment when it
comes to these lines in conjunction with the table rules.
NOTE
Lines, lines, lines
Sometimes, these forms can
have a lot of overwhelming
lines... to reduce the number of
lines on the form, you can group
content as shown.
Interactive Multi-line sections
For areas that require the user
to write a lot of content, do not
use rules as you would in a print
form.
Interactive forms: no lines for
multi-line sections
Print forms: include lines for
multi-line sections
Two options for bottom line
You can either:
1 - ave the last line, and place
H
any other elements slightly
above it.
2 - ave other lines from eleH
ments in the form also act as
the last line (must land in the
same place as the last line
would land)
7. DESIGNING YOUR FORM
Back top line
The top line on the backs of
forms always lives on the top
margin.
Two column text
Except in the cases of small
format forms, whenever text is
over 4 lines in height, please use
2 columns, with a .25 in gutter.
Gray areas
a 10% black background color
can be used on graphs/grids
with tiger-striping (pre-set in
the tiger striping table and cell
styles) or on headings that require content to stand out more
of offer visual variety to a form.
Gutter width
If you need to condense a form
with lots of bullets, decrease the
column gutter (no smaller than
.1875 in.) width without sacrificing clarity.
Bold body copy sections
Use Gotham Narrow Medium to
bold certain words. If your word
is immediately adjacent to a
bullet, be sure to bold the just
the word, not the bullet (unless
the entire section with the bullet
is bolded... then bold the bullet.)
Headers
If you use Header 1 or Header
2 with a bullet, keep the bullet
bolded.
8. DESIGNING YOUR FORM
Directories
Always format directories based
on a two column format (even
if you only use one of the two
columns). Use line leaders in
between the name and the telephone number. In this example,
I’ve placed each number in a
separate cell, but you can also
format them in a text box with
15-18 pt leading.
Tiger-striping
Use the tiger-striping table and
cell styles for tables that have
heavy numerical or textual data,
or for information that needs to
be read quickly and easily (possibly in high-stress situations).
