Professional Documents
Culture Documents
03 The Logo
Brand Guidelines
04 Descriptors
05 Sizes
06 Clear Zone
07 In Colour
08 Protecting the Identity
11 Colours
Primary Palette
12 Secondary Palette
13 Typefaces
leading and coordinating economic development, inward 14 Photography & Illustration
investment and tourism across the Liverpool City Region.
15 Language & Tone of Voice
18 Publications
Our Values are teamwork, excellence, excitement, respect 19 A4 Portrait Covers
and enterprise and the aim of all of our communications is 20 A4 Landscape Covers
21 A4 Square Covers
to reinforce these values. 22 A5 Portrait Covers
23 1/3 A4 Covers
This guide sets out a number of guidelines and protocols for 24 The Logo Bar
marketing communications that should be adhered to by all
employees and third party organisations to ensure: 25 TMP Typography
Page Layout
! Consistency of approach 26 Style Sheets
! Clarity of message
27 Internal Documents & Presentations
! Clear TMP branding
! Clear operational activity branding 28 Advertising & Display
Elements
The Basic
The Logo Do not attempt to Master digital
The Mersey Partnership (TMP) logo is a unique device and is the primary create or adapt
your own versions
artwork is available
for all logos.
visual representation of the organisation and its activities throughout of the logos.
Block
Namestyle
Descriptor
12.5mm
18.75mm
25mm
50mm (50%) Preferred Size 37.5mm (37.5%) 25mm (25%) Minimum Size
Example uses: Example uses: Example uses:
! Letterheads ! A5 Covers (Portrait & Landscape) ! Business Cards
! Compliments Slips ! 1/3 A4 Leaflets ! In logo bar on covers
! A4 Covers
(Portrait, Landscape & Square)
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The Logo_Clear Zone
The logo must be positioned in its own clear space, standing apart from
other images and text. It must be surrounded by a minimum clear zone as
shown. The clear zone helps protect the status of the logo and ensures it is
always displayed to best effect.
x
of the logo bleeds off the top of the page and the left side
application to stationery and publications, where the top
The shaded area of the clear zone does not apply for
of the logo sits flush with the left side of the square.
1/5x
1/5x
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The Logo_In Colour Master digital
Artwork is available
for logos.
Corporate colour
TMP BRAND GUIDELINES THE BASIC ELEMENTS
01 01 01 02
03 04 04 05
01 Do not separate or adjust the relationship of the block, the namestyle or descriptor.
02 Do not use non-corporate colours for the logo.
03 Do not attempt to recreate or typeset the logo.
04 Do not use a white-out logo on a pale background or a positive mark on a dark background.
05 Do not print the logo on a cluttered photographic background.
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Sub-Brands & URLs Do not attempt to Master digital
A series of namestyles for TMP sub-brands and URLs have been designed create or adapt
your own versions
Artwork is available
for the namestyles.
to support and complement the TMP corporate identity. They provide a strong of the namestyles.
2x
2x
x
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Sub-Brands & URLs_Protecting the Identity The sub-brands or
It is essential that the TMP sub-brands or URLs are applied in a consistent URLs must always
be reproduced
manner. Variations and mistakes, however small, will collectively erode the from digital
master artwork.
overall integrity and reduce the impact of the identity.
TMP BRAND GUIDELINES THE BASIC ELEMENTS
01 01 02 02
03 04 04 05
VisitLiverpool
reference is for
four colour printing
(CMYK) and shows
the values for cyan,
magenta, yellow and
black. The second is a
web-safe version of
100c 60m 56k 60c 100y 0k 60c 20m 90m 40y the colour for websites
and electronic media.
#000033 #66cc00 #6699cc #ff0033 The third is an RGB
51b 102r 204g 102r 153g 204b 255r 51b equivalent where
a web-safe colour
can not be specified.
TMP Corporate Blue TMP Economic Green TMP Investment Blue TMP Tourism Red
! Strong ! Growth ! Intelligent ! Warm
! Important ! Health ! Confident ! Passionate
! Stable ! Environment ! Welcoming ! Happy
! Trusting ! Harmony ! Elegant ! Celebrate
! Renewal
True Blue, Loyal and committed = Blue Ribbon, First Class = Paint the Town Red =
Respect and Teamwork Green Light, Go Ahead = Excellence Excitement
Enterprising
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Colours_Secondary Palette
The secondary colour palette is designed to support, but not compete
with the primary colour palette. These colours should be used to enable
flexibility and variety in design.
Deana Clarke
Wirral MBC
McCoy Wynne
Alan C Birch
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Language & Tone of Voice
Whatever were communicating, we need to consider the message were
putting across through the words we use. Our choice of language reflects our
tone of voice. Its how we say what we say.
Applying
the Identity
Stationery
A full range of corporate stationery incorporating the identity has been
designed, including letterheads, compliment slips, business cards and press
release paper. These have been created to achieve a modern, clear, totally
consistent impression of TMP.
WRITING LETTERS
TMP BRAND GUIDELINES APPLYING THE IDENTITY
any way.
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Address Line 6
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Company Incorporation Certificate 2753023 Registered in England and Wales VAT Registration Number 618 5781 12
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Publications TMP SQUARED
Designing Publications
The TMP publications have been designed
The guidelines on the following pages provide specifications for the using grids to ensure consistency across
TMP publications family. The aim of these guidelines is to introduce a publications, but also provide flexibility for
creative design solutions. The cover grid is
structured, targeted approach to all publications and a consistent, but based on a series of squares which scale
flexible approach to the application of the TMP mark, typography, colour in proportion to create a range different
palette and imagery. areas for applying images.
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Centre Logos
on centre line
of the logo bar
A4 General Publications
Regional or partner logos should always
be centred within the logo bar, whether
they are on the front or back cover.
A4 Tourism Publications
Where the VisitLiverpool sub-brand leads
on Tourism publications, the Mersey
Partnership logo should also be centred
within the logo bar.
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TMP Typography_Page layout Master digital
A series of typographic grids have been designed to ensure consistency artwork templates
are available and
across publications, but also allow flexibility for creative design solutions. should be used for
all page layouts.
TMP BRAND GUIDELINES APPLYING THE IDENTITY
Page Heading //
TMP BRAND GUIDELINES APPLYING THE IDENTITY
Liverpool is without
Page Heading
TMP Quote
TMP Page Heading DIN Bold
MetaBold Roman
20/20pt
12/13pt question one of the great
30/30pt
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cities of the world. Esse
Page Heading
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TMP Quote Person SIR NEIL COSSONS
DIN Bold (All Caps) Chairman, English Heritage TMP Quote Position
8/13pt DIN Bold
-4pt tracking 8/9pt
-4pt tracking
12/13pt
-2pt tracking
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Above
Powerpoint title page
and text page.
Left
2-column Word
templates including
a continuation page.
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Advertising & Display
The example layouts show how the basic elements and principles of the
identity can be used across a wide range of applications from advertising
to exhibitions.
VisitLiverpool Poster
Example Left
Investment
Newspaper Advert
Example Below
Investment
Exhibition Stand
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