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Graphic & Brand Design

Style Guide Design

Build a style guide your team will actually keep using

12 lessons4 modules9h 0m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This hands-on course teaches the craft of the style guide, the practical reference a team reaches for at the moment of a decision, separate from the high-level brand book. You will define one source of truth, document components with a consistent anatomy, states and usage rules, write editorial image guidelines and a tone-of-voice document using we are and we are not pairs and rewritten before and after examples, and assemble everything in a living platform. You will finish with a governance model, a contribution and versioning process, and a maintenance routine, so the guide stays the single trusted reference long after launch.

Curriculum

Module 1: What a Style Guide Is For3 lessons
Module 2: Documenting Components and Patterns3 lessons
  • Anatomy of a Component Entry🔒45m
  • Variants, States and Spacing Tokens🔒45m
  • Do and Do Not Rules That Stick🔒45m
Module 3: Editorial Images and Tone of Voice3 lessons
  • Editorial Image Guidelines🔒45m
  • Writing a Tone-of-Voice Document🔒45m
  • Content Style and Terminology🔒45m
Module 4: Building and Maintaining the Guide3 lessons
  • Assembling a Living Guide🔒45m
  • Governance, Contribution and Versioning🔒45m
  • Keeping the Guide From Going Stale🔒45m
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