HackSoc Visual Identity

This repository contains information on the standard HackSoc visual identity for marketing purposes. There are a number of subdirectories:

• logo contains variations of the HackSoc logo, both the original Scribus '.sla' files, and derived high-resolution versions in other formats.

• flyers, posters, and slides contains promotional material we have created and distributed.

Fonts

The HackSoc fonts are Roboto Slab Regular, Sanchez, and Bitstream Vera Sans:

• Roboto Slab Regular the name of the society and tagline in the logo, and should not be used elsewhere.

• Sanchez heading elements in body text.

• Bitstream Vera Sans body text, bolding may be used for emphasis, but in general the font should be normal.

The meaning of "heading" is up to interpretation depending on the medium. Basically: not body text, but something which stands out and tells you what is going on.

Colours

There are five HackSoc colours:

• Background Background colour for documents. White is acceptable if necessary.

• Text Main body text and logo.

• Heading Section headings.

• Emphasis Highlight important information.

• De-emphasis Something which is necessary, but unimportant or uninteresting.

There are two additional colours for use with the logo - Logo Text and Logo Emphasis.

Use of colours doesn't have to strictly follow the above rules. For example, in the weekly poster template, Text and Sanchez are used for day and week names, despite them acting as headings, with event titles using Emphasis and Bitstream Vera Sans. Do whatever looks best in the document you are producing, however documents should be consistent with themselves, and preferably also with other media produced for the same campaign (for example, flyers and posters to advertise a single event).

There are no hard rules for where to use de-emphasis. The website uses it for "At the University of York": obviously we're at UoY, but it's worth confirming for the people who might stumble across our website looking for something else. Hopefully that'll help you figure out the sort of things it's intended for.

Below is a table of CMYK and RGB values. CMYK should be preferred when the result will be for print.

Logo

The HackSoc logo is formed of two parts: the Lambda mark and the logo text.

Lambda mark

The Lambda mark is the core visual representation of the society; other parts of the the logo should not be included without it. The colours should not be modified from the logo image file.

Logo text

The logo text is displayed to the right of the Lambda mark, and consists of the text "HackSoc" (with that capitalisation) in the font Roboto Slab Regular and colour Logo Text. In the tagline below it, the text "the computer science society" in the same font and colour, except for "computer science" which is in colour Logo Emphasis.

The two lines should be of equal length - if this is not possible then the tagline should be shorter than the name. Font sizes of 7em and 2em are recommended for the name and tagline respectively.

If there is not space for the full logo to be displayed (or if the logo text would be too small to read), then the Lambda mark may be used on its own. The logo text should never be used on its own.

The logo should not be modified. If the symbol or logo needs to be used on something with a dark background, or in some other context where it looks suboptimal, consult #hacksoc on IRC or email hack@yusu.org and we shall produce a new official variant.

General Points

• If a new colour scheme is needed for whatever reason, the Adobe Color wheel is really good.

Hypertext

• The colour Emphasis should be used for hyperlinks.

• Web Fonts should be used to ensure correct display. Roboto Slab and Sanchez are available through Google Web Fonts.

Posters, Flyers, Slides, etc

• Documents should be produced with an actual desktop publishing tool, not LaTeX or OpenOffice Writer. Scribus is a really good tool, and the logo source files are in Scribus format.

• PDFs should embed all fonts used to ensure correct display.

• Vector images should be greatly preferred to raster images if a figure is required.

• If raster images are embedded, they should be at least 300dpi.

• If intended for print, CMYK must be used to ensure accurate colour reproduction.

Social Media Profiles

• If the profile picture is displayed at a sufficient size for the logo tagline to be read clearly then the full version should be used. In the much more likely case that it's not, the small logo (just the Lambda mark) should be used.

• The profile picture should be of the appropriate shape (probably square), of the colour Background, with the logo centred both horizontally and vertically.

• If some sort of banner is required, it should be something obviously related to the society (a generic picture of code, not so great), like a photo of a recent event, or something relating to the university. If in doubt, use a nice photo of a duck.