Merlin's Notes Style Guide

Overview

Site Purpose

This website is about the life of my father, Merlin Sorensen. It will include text and images depicting his life.

Target Audience

My target audience will be primarily family and extended family members of all different ages, from grand children and great grandchildren to brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws. It will include many different educational levels. Most will be of moderate income. I'm sure some will access via phone and some will use a tablet and/or personal computer. They will live in the United States, mostly in urban areas.

Layout

Sitemap

Merlin's Notes Sitemap image

Wireframes

Merlin's Notes Wireframe 1 image Merlin's Notes Wireframe 2 image

Photoshop Design

Download the Merlin's Notes Photoshop design file

Branding

Website Logo

Merlin's Notes Logo image

Color Palette

I asked my dad what his favorite colors were and he said navy blue and maroon.

Navy Blue

#272362
39, 35, 98

Maroon

#540e2c
84, 14, 44

Gray

#d7d3d3
161, 161, 161

White

#ffffff
255, 255, 255

Typography

Banner Heading

I really like the 'Great Vibes' font for my H1 heading and possibly my main navigation. It seems to fit my dad's musical, artistic personality. I like Arial as a nice, easy to read font for the body copy and the other headings.

Heading Font

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Sample Heading

Body Copy Font

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ<br/> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz<br/> 1234567890!@#$%^&*()_+

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Navigation

Main Navigation

Secondary Navigation

HTML Elements

Headings

h1

h2

h3

h4

h5
h6

Lists

Unordered List

Ordered List

  1. Item 1
  2. Item 2
  3. Item 3

Links

Link style 1
Link style 2

Paragraphs

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Figure & Figcaption

Merlin as a missionary
Mission

References

Links to Web Design Examples

There is nothing borrowed here. I used a shape tool in Photoshop to draw the notes.