A brief history

A styleguide has been part of HSE online for many years. This is the first version to be made available online.

This version was started as part of the online rebranding process to meet the requirements defined by the corporate rebranding in Autumn 2004.

Purpose of the styleguide

The corporate rebranding gives a prescription for the use of colour, typeface, font-size, logo and imagery on HSE documents. What it does not provide is detailed typography or layout guidance that can be used to express ideas and present information clearly online or in documents for download.

It is the purpose of this styleguide to build on the corporate branding to define the detailed typography and layout styles which will enable designers and authors to produce correctly branded, consistent and clear documentation for online use.

Examples include:

• List styling
• Captioned images
• Forms

An iterative process

The online styleguide contains sections for a variety of document formats. The largest section is devoted to (X)HTML. The development of the styleguide for (X)HTML has been, and remains, an iterative process.

This website is constantly under revision, and as the set of available presentation styles evolves, the styleguide will evolve with it.