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An introduction to our digital brand

Discover our global digital expression

BARCLAYS

February 2024 RESTRICTED EXTERNAL: This document is for use only by Barclays employees and their nominated agencies. This document has been optimised for digital and should not be printed where possible.


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Brand expression core principles

This guideline document is an introduction to our digital brand expression. To find out more about our brand and how it is used in other platforms, take a look at our brand expression core principles.

Here are some key things to remember:

  • Ensure you use the correct Eagle
  • Logo and Eagle proportions must be adhered to
  • No elements should be on the Portal except the Eagle and the permitted image cut-out or headline overlap
  • Portal sizes and treatments must not be changed except as shown in core principles
  • Photography is primary over graphics
  • Do not over-use cyan, it should always be purposeful
  • Colour sets should be used when using multiple colours in communications
  • To meet accessibility criteria, only use nominated colour pairings.

Navigation Menu:

  • Introduction
  • Approach to digital
  • Toolkit
  • How it comes together
  • Digital governance
  • Contacts

Sample Page Display - Capturing possibilities:

Capturing possibilities

Our world is full of possibilities, there to be seized, but often disappearing before people can make the most of them. At Barclays, we keep our eye on the horizon, focused on discovering new possibilities as they appear.

Once we spot them, we act boldly to present them to our customers, clients and colleagues; to the large and small, the confident and cautious, and everyone in between.

Because we believe that by capturing possibilities we're helping create brighter futures, making an enduring difference for each other and for the long term.

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  • Introduction
  • Brand expression core principles
  • Design principles
  • Voice
  • Accessibility
  • Visual overview
  • Sacred assets
  • Logo
  • Portal
  • Colour
  • Typography
  • Photography
  • Graphic style
  • Motion
  • Global digital expression
  • Applications
  • Business units
  • Contacts

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  • Introduction
  • Approach to digital
  • Toolkit
  • How it comes together
  • Digital governance
  • Contacts

Design principles

The purpose of this document and our component library is to build a design system for use across all digital experiences.

As part of our improved design system, we aim to achieve:

  • Carefully designed components inviting interactivity
  • An optimised colour palette and clear navigational system
  • Consideration of brand asset usage for digital spaces.

Please note: we have been working to an 8 px baseline grid across everything in this file. Where this isn't appropriate or practical this has been pulled out as an exception.

When working with the Barclays brand, our design principles must be considered. They are:

Bold

All creative work we do should push boundaries, be innovative, bold and inventive. We strive for vivid, fresh, never seen before ideas that will create impact in busy digital settings.

Purposeful

We create purposeful, impeccable designs, tailored to the needs and design cues of each of our audiences, enterprise wide. As skilled experts, we are able to present complex information with clarity. Delivering trustworthy experiences that are truly authentic to who we are. Creating seamless and frictionless digital experiences.

Expressive

We want the work we produce to be positive, human, aspirational and expressive. Grounded in the reality of our customers, clients and business we focus on the people we work for and those we work with. We believe in surfacing the most powerful currency of them all real human connection, both on and offline.

Sacred assets

The Eagle, Portal and the colour cyan are our sacred assets, unifying and visually connecting our brand across every touchpoint and audience, enterprise wide. Instantly recognisable through the power of one Barclays. We have optimised some of our sacred assets to perform better in digital environments.

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  • Introduction
  • Approach to digital
  • Toolkit
  • How it comes together
  • Digital governance
  • Contacts

Blueprint

Blueprint is a user experience framework and component library designed to help deliver our digital services in a faster, more consistent way.

Our global digital expression (GDE) is a system of design elements that allow anyone to create beautiful, forward-thinking and accessible digital experiences for our customers, clients and colleagues.

Like our brand assets, our GDE can be flexed depending on the format, touchpoint or audience, and Blueprint defines how we want users to experience our brand.

Blueprint contains components that can be applied across most Barclays-owned digital channels including the Barclays app, Online Banking, home.barclays and internal tools like FullServe.

The component library includes the fundamentals, key technical details and additional information to help build brilliant designs that work. This is all to ensure that we build a consistent and brand-led user experience across our digital touchpoints with usability and accessibility at the heart.

Wherever possible, Blueprint should be the common design language used in our digital channels across Barclays. Anything created from 2021 should use Blueprint components.

In instances where Blueprint can't be used (e.g. third party or white labelled platforms) these guidelines should be followed to ensure brand consistency.

For access to the Blueprint design system libraries, please email creativecloudmanagement@barclays.com

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Global Digital Expression (GDE)

Where possible, use Blueprint design system. If not using Blueprint, align to the characteristics of the GDE:

  • Cyan Portal in first touch point and main entry points*
  • Optimized logo and eagle
  • Barclays Effra fonts and accessible type colour and size
  • Barclays functional palettes
  • Accessibility approved colour parings only
  • Light mode: White background with greyscales for layering
  • Dark mode: Midnight Blue background with greyscales for layering
  • Rounded corner components, except for heroes or full width components
  • Bold, purposeful, expressive imagery style
  • Minimalist designs

BARCLAYS Personal Contact us Find a branch Search Register Login

Digital banking Bank accounts Borrowing Credit cards Savings Investments Insurance Help and support

INSURANCE

Life insurance

What's life insurance?

Life insurance helps makes sure your loved ones are protected if you die or become terminally ill with a life expectancy of less than 12 months.

Getting life insurance might not seem urgent right now, but the earlier you get it, the less it'll cost.

Your monthly payment stays the same throughout your policy, too.

Already a customer and looking to make a claim? [Make a claim]

*defined as where half or majority of traffic comes from outside Barclays channels

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Visual overview

The following areas illustrate our 2D components within our brand expression that need to be considered.

Brand Components

Cyan [Large cyan blue rectangular color block]

Logo BARCLAYS [with blue eagle logo]

Eagle [Blue eagle symbol on light background]

Portal [Cyan background with dark teal/green rectangular overlay]

Typefaces Barclays Effra Arial

Colour [Color palette grid showing various colors including:

  • Yellow, dark blue, bright yellow, light yellow
  • Dark green, light green, teal, light blue
  • Blue, medium blue, light blue, cyan
  • Pink, light pink, purple, black
  • White, gray, dark purple, black]

Photography [Collection of photographs showing:

  • Two people walking (woman in red dress, man in patterned shirt)
  • Person with laptop outdoors
  • Two people looking at laptop together]

Graphic style [Various graphic elements including:

  • Stylized mountain/landscape illustration
  • Blue key icon
  • Building/cityscape illustration
  • Coffee cup icon]

Motion ALWAYS MOVING. WE NEVER STOP.

Global digital expression Link label > Link label [Link label icon]

Button label [User icon] Link label

[Toggle switches and UI elements] [Slider control]

Step 1 of 3

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Accessibility

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  • How it comes together
  • Digital governance
  • Contacts

Accessibility at Barclays means we ensure that we provide products, services or employment for everyone, regardless of their abilities, situation or circumstances.

This extends to how we design and develop digital services ensuring we provide a great experience for a greater number of people.

We don't want to unintentionally leave out or leave anyone behind, so focusing on accessibility and inclusive design has to be at the heart of how we operate.

See Barclays accessibility information.

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Branded user experience (UX)

Here are the key considerations we keep in mind to ensure that all our digital experiences are right for Barclays.

Functional

All Barclays digital platforms must function in the way(s) the user expects. We always consider the latest user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) expectations and optimisations, accessibility and other digital hygiene factors such as frictionless navigation.

Relevant

Always be aware of the context of which our experiences are going to exist within and how our content will be consumed. Everything in the digital experience must have a purpose to the user.

Focused

The Barclays digital experience should be intuitive, user-centric, seamless and consistent across touchpoints.

Differentiated

Keeping what makes 'Barclays, Barclays' whilst also pushing the boundaries makes our experiences stand out. Developing unique emotional connections that create value with every interaction is core to our digital brand.

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Atomic design

Our digital communications are built on atomic design; the process of creating effective design systems, from the smallest component (atoms: buttons) to larger, more complex organisms through to templates and pages.

You can find all components in Blueprint design system libraries. To request access, please email creativecloudmanagement@barclays.com.

Atoms Molecules Organisms Templates Pages
Button Search bar Header navigation Templates / Pages. If you require any templates or pages please get in touch with the development teams at Barclays.
Button label Search or ask a question... Personal
🔔 👤 🔍 Log out

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  • How it comes together
  • Digital governance
  • Contacts

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The Eagle

The Eagle The Portal and cyan

We've optimised our Eagle to be better seen at all sizes and for all audiences.

There are now three versions available which will work responsively when implemented successfully into our ecosystem.

We only ever use the favicon version for its sole intended purpose, and smaller formats predominantly for usage between 27-49 px.

Favicon
16-26 px
Smaller formats
27-49 px
Normal
50 px+

The Eagle becomes blurred when small The detailed feathers and wing tips on the Eagle get pixelated and fuzzy at small sizes so we use the favicon version.

We now have a responsive logo Our approved responsive logos ensure the Eagle stays sharp with 3 sizes for different scales.

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The Portal

The Eagle The Portal and cyan

Our Portal is used to thoughtfully welcome users, highlight key content and transport users through the journey.

It is intended to enhance and not distract from the overall experience.

The Portal also allows us to bring more cyan into our digital experiences.

We do not want to overuse the Portal and so we want to ensure that all instances aid brand recognition and support the use of cyan.

BARCLAYS

Digital banking | Bank accounts | Borrowing | Credit cards | Savings | Investments | Insurance | Help and support

Personal | Contact us | Find a branch | Search | Register | Login

The Bank of England base rate change December 2022. Do you have savings, a mortgage or credit cards with us? Find out what the change means for you.

Make money work for you

Everything you need in the palm of your hand from a bank you can trust

Explore accounts | Get the app

Explore all that Barclays has to offer

From current accounts, mortgages and insurance, to loans, credit cards and saving accounts - see how we can help you.

Mobile App Interface:

19:02

Hi Emilie

Your favourites | Customise

Barclays Essentials £1,323.84 Available balance

Barclaycard Forward £800.23

Your daily insights

Spotify direct debit change

Account Details:

← Barclays Essentials

20-30-02 4849 06984 £1,323.84 Available balance Overdraft: £1,000.00

Transfer

Recent transactions ZTL*CAFEAMOR LTD 12 Nov 2022

Starbucks 12 Nov 2022

Dogs Trust 11 Nov 2022

BARCLAYS

Barclays Marketing Frontiers

The Power of Purpose

Dear Colleague,

And the second made possible by that underlying soundness and strength is our continued support for our customers, our clients, our colleagues, and the communities and economies where we live and work around the world.

H1 highlights video I am incredibly proud of the way all of you have worked together to support Barclays' obligation to help alleviate the social and economic impact of COVID-19, and I thank you for everything you're doing.

We've produced another video featuring many of you telling our story - so please do take the time to watch it.

Event details

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Blue - Interactive

Blue - Interactive Masterbrand Functional light Functional dark Pairings Pairing examples

Cyan is one of our sacred assets, it should be used where possible with our brand elements, such as our logo, Eagle and the Portal.

Blue - Interactive is a functional colour that is used to highlight interactive elements such as buttons or links.

It has been carefully designed to be easily accessible with our background colour selection in both light and dark modes.

1 Masterbrand sacred asset 2 Interaction colour light mode 3 Interaction colour dark mode
Cyan
Hex:
00AEEF
Blue - Interactive - light mode
Hex:
006DE3
Blue - Interactive - dark mode
Hex:
3696FC

The page shows three mobile phone mockups demonstrating the practical application of these colors:

Phone 1 (Light Mode): Shows the Barclays app interface with cyan branding elements, displaying account balances for Barclays Essentials (£1,323.84) and Barclaycard Forward (£800.23), along with various interactive elements and notifications.

Phone 2 (Welcome Screen): Displays the Barclays welcome screen with blue interactive elements, featuring "I have an account" and "Apply for a bank account" buttons.

Phone 3 (Dark Mode): Shows the same interface as Phone 1 but in dark mode, demonstrating how the interactive blue color (3696FC) works against dark backgrounds while maintaining accessibility and brand consistency.

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Masterbrand palette

Blue - Interactive Masterbrand Functional light Functional dark Pairings Pairing examples

Our Masterbrand colours and a bespoke functional palette are used on digital applications. Always apply them purposefully on your designs.

This palette can be used with both light and dark modes.

Active blue
Active blue is a functional colour that is used to highlight interactive elements such as buttons or links only.

Cyan Light yellow Primary blue Bright blue Bright mint Bright purple Black Stone
Hex:
00AEEF

RGB:
0 174 239
Hex:
FFFF98

RGB:
255 255 152
Hex:
1A2142

RGB:
26 33 66
Hex:
001276

RGB:
0 18 118
Hex:
AFFDFD

RGB:
175 253 253
Hex:
5C1E5B

RGB:
92 30 91
Hex:
272727

RGB:
39 39 39
Hex:
E8E8C9

RGB:
232 232 201
Bright yellow

Hex:
FFFF00

RGB:
255 255 0
Light teal

Hex:
007481

RGB:
0 116 129
Dark blue

Hex:
00395D

RGB:
0 57 93
Light blue

Hex:
0076B6

RGB:
0 118 182
Dark purple

Hex:
4C3D6C

RGB:
76 61 108
Light purple

Hex:
E1C0E2

RGB:
225 192 226
Light grey

Hex:
D9D9D9

RGB:
217 217 217
Orange

Hex:
FFCB05

RGB:
255 203 5
Teal

Hex:
006666

RGB:
0 102 102
Mint

Hex:
CDF5E8

RGB:
205 245 232
Active blue

Hex:
006DE3

RGB:
0 109 227
Light claret

Hex:
FFC9C9

RGB:
255 201 201
Electric violet

Hex:
7A0FF9

RGB:
122 15 249
Dark grey

Hex:
515151

RGB:
81 81 81
Lime

Hex:
C3FB5A

RGB:
195 251 90
Dark teal

Hex:
004750

RGB:
0 71 80
Green

Hex:
3F7E37

RGB:
63 126 55
Electric blue

Hex:
0000FF

RGB:
0 0 255
Bright claret

Hex:
C7237A

RGB:
199 35 122
Dark claret

Hex:
752157

RGB:
117 33 87
White

Hex:
FFFFFF

RGB:
255 255 255

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Functional palette

Blue - Interactive | Masterbrand | Functional light | Functional dark | Pairings | Pairing examples

Blue - Interactive is used for all interactive elements.

Supplementing our colour palette, we have a set of colours used within digital communications to signify a particular action or perform specific functions:

  • Blue - Interactive is used to highlight interactive elements such as buttons or links
  • Status colours and tints are used in form fields, alerts and notifications to indicate new information, errors, warnings, or successes.
  • Blue - Interactive and Blue - Information have the same hex code but different labels depending on the context they are used in.

To align with Blueprint, our Functional palette naming is updated to include Blueprint colour labels.

Master palette - light

Cyan - Brand
Hex:
00AEEF
Blue - Interactive
Hex:
006DE3
Black - Interactive 2
Hex:
272727

Status

Blue - Information
Hex:
006DE3
Green - Success
Hex:
09821F
Amber - Warning
Hex:
FFBA00
Red - Error
Hex:
E3000F

Grey scale

White - Neutral 000
Hex:
FFFFFF
Grey - Neutral 100
Hex:
F6F6F6
Grey - Neutral 300
Hex:
E2E2E2
Grey - Neutral 700
Hex:
8E8E8E
Grey - Neutral 900
Hex:
515151
Black - Title
Hex:
272727

Status tints light

Information light
Hex:
E7F0FB
Success light
Hex:
E9F4EA
Warning light
Hex:
FFF8E7
Error light
Hex:
FDE7E9
Neutral 900 light
Hex:
EEEEEE

Status tints extra light

Information extra light
Hex:
F2F8FE
Success extra light
Hex:
F4F9F5
Warning extra light
Hex:
FFF8E7
Error extra light
Hex:
FCF3F3
Neutral 900 extra light
Hex:
F6F6F6

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Functional palette

Blue - Interactive | Masterbrand | Functional light | Functional dark | Pairings | Pairing examples

Our dark mode is designed to be a supplemental mode (digital only, not for print).

Master palette - dark

Cyan - Brand Blue - Interactive White - Interactive 2
Hex: 00AEEF Hex: 3696FC Hex: FFFFFF

Status

Blue - Information Green - Success Amber - Warning Red - Error
Hex: 3696FC Hex: 32D74B Hex: FFC21C Hex: FF5B4B

Greyscale

Black - Neutral 000 Black - Neutral 100 Black - Neutral 300
Hex: 161B2F Hex: 292B3D Hex: 646774
Black - Neutral 700 Black - Neutral 900 White - Title
Hex: 979AA3 Hex: CBCCD1 Hex: FFFFFF

Status tints light

Information light Success light Warning light Error light Neutral 900 light
Hex: 192744 Hex: 192E32 Hex: 2D2C2D Hex: 2D1F30 Hex: 262C42

Status tints extra light

Information extra light Success extra light Warning extra light Error extra light Neutral 900 extra light
Hex: 1C253C Hex: 1C2930 Hex: 29282D Hex: 281F2E Hex: 262939

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  • Introduction
  • Approach to digital
  • Toolkit
  • How it comes together
  • Digital governance
  • Contacts

Colour pairings

Blue - Interactive Masterbrand Functional light Functional dark Pairings Pairing examples

We want to make use of the full Masterbrand palette whilst retaining accessibility. We have carefully selected and tested the colour pairings shown here to ensure the combinations not only look cohesive, but always adhere to our accessibility standards.

Within this, certain colours have been attributed to certain business units, please refer to core principles for further guidance on this.

For Functional palette colour pairings, please refer directly to the Foundations Library in Blueprint.

Light yellow
paired with
Dark grey
Primary blue
paired with
White
Bright blue
paired with
Bright mint
Bright mint
paired with
Bright blue
Bright purple
paired with
Light purple
Black
paired with
White
Stone
paired with
Dark blue
Bright yellow
paired with
Dark grey
Light teal
paired with
Bright mint
Dark blue
paired with
Light purple
Light blue
paired with
White
Dark purple
paired with
Light purple
Light purple
paired with
Dark claret
Light grey
paired with
Dark grey
Orange
paired with
Dark grey
Teal
paired with
Bright mint
Mint
paired with
Bright blue
Active blue
paired with
White
Light claret
paired with
Dark claret
Electric violet
paired with
White
Dark grey
paired with
White
Lime
paired with
Dark teal
Dark teal
paired with
Bright mint
Green
paired with
White
Electric blue
paired with
Mint
Bright claret
paired with
White
Dark claret
paired with
Light purple
White
paired with
Black

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Pairing examples

Blue - Interactive Masterbrand Functional light Functional dark Pairings Pairing examples

These examples show how some of the colour pairings come to life on cards.

Chart / Table / Icon

Shopping £180.27

42% ↑ This month you save 42% more

You've spent 24% of your shopping budget

Light claret paired with Dark claret

For specific business units

INCOME

Day Value
M +3%
T +2%
W +1%
T +1%
F +2%
S +3%

7 Days 30 Days 90 Days

Stone paired with Dark blue

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Typography

Typography Type scale Responsive type

Barclays Effra is our primary font. It's modern, flexible and digital first. Barclays Effra should be used wherever possible.

We use Light, Regular, Medium and Bold weights to create a clear hierarchy and to ensure accessibility.

Headings are set in Barclays Effra Medium or Bold.

Barclays Effra Light is used as an option for applications targeted at high-net-worth audiences only.

Body text is set in Barclays Effra Regular or Medium, this provides flexibility for hierarchy.

Line spacing is either 1.1 or 1.2x text size with the exception of Heading XXXL.

Primary font

Barclays Effra light

Barclays Effra light italic

Barclays Effra regular

Barclays Effra italic

Barclays Effra medium

Barclays Effra medium italic

Barclays Effra bold

Barclays Effra bold italic

Barclays Effra heavy

Barclays Effra heavy italic

Secondary font

If Barclays Effra is not available and Expert Sans is required, please contact the Group Brand team.

System font

Arial / Arial bold

Arial is the system font and should be used where Effra and Expert Sans are not available.

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Type scale

Typography Type scale Responsive type

The type scale comprises eight typographic styles. This range is designed to support all the needs of your application and its content.

Name Examples Font size Line height PX (Ratio) Letter spacing
Supersize Titles or large ££ 80 px 88 px (1.1) -24
XX Large Hero title 48 px 56 px (1.166) -16
X Large Sub headlines, article titles 32 px 40 px (1.25) -12
Large Large copy, quotes 24 px 32 px (1:333) -4
8 px grid exception Medium Sub titles for body copy 20 px 28 px (1.4) -4
Standard Body copy, Buttons, Labels 16 px 24 px (1.5) 0
8 px grid exception Small Small copy, form descriptions 14 px 21 px (1.5) 8
8 px grid exception X Small Footer content 12 px 18 px (1.5) 12

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Responsive type

Typography Type scale Responsive type

We've developed our type sizes to be suitable for average screen densities and reading comfort under typical conditions.

Type is sized across two breakpoint groups to suit a range of devices and input methods.

Name Other (641+) Mobile (0-640)
Supersize 80 / 88 48 / 56
XX Large 48 / 56 32 / 40
X Large 32 / 40 24 / 32
Large 24 / 32 20 / 28
Medium 20 / 28 18 / 24
Standard 16 / 24 No change
Small 14 / 21 No change
X Small 12 / 18 No change

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Grids

Desktop Tablet Mobile

The Barclays grid system is set up to three different screen-scales to allow for responsive design across different platforms and devices:

• Desktop (12 column) • Tablet (12 column)
• Mobile (6 column)

Please note: we have used an 8 px baseline grid. Where this isn't appropriate or practical this has been highlighted as an exception.

Desktop 1440 px Columns: x12 Margin: 24 px Gutters: 24 px

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Grids

Desktop Tablet Mobile

The Barclays grid system is set up to three different screen-scales to allow for responsive design across different platforms and devices:

• Desktop (12 column) • Tablet (12 column)
• Mobile (6 column)

Please note: we have used an 8 px baseline grid. Where this isn't appropriate or practical this has been highlighted as an exception.

Tablet 763 px Columns: x12 Margin: 24 px Gutters: 24 px

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How it comes together

Digital governance

Contacts

Grids

Desktop Tablet Mobile

The Barclays grid system is set up to three different screen-scales to allow for responsive design across different platforms and devices:

  • Desktop (12 column)
  • Tablet (12 column)
  • Mobile (6 column)

Please note: we have used an 8 px baseline grid. Where this isn't appropriate or practical this has been highlighted as an exception.

Mobile 375 px Columns: x6 Margin: 24 px Gutters 16 px

[The page shows a visual grid diagram illustrating the mobile layout with 6 columns, showing measurements of 24 px margins and 16 px gutters between columns]

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Functional iconography

How to create them Most popular examples

We use icons to represent our services, creating a more intuitive experience and helping to guide our users through their journey. We have an icon library but if you need to create new icons follow the steps below.

How to create them (1) Use a 24x24 px grid as a starting point (2) Design the icon using a 2 px thickness throughout (3) Apply a 1 px rounded corner to the outside edge of the icon.

(1) Create a 24x24 px grid (2) Design the icon using a 2 px thickness throughout (3) Apply a 1 px rounded corner to the outside edge of the icon

Icons should communicate their function simply with as few lines as possible. Three scales have been designed to allow for different icon usage and different screen sizes. The default line-drawn icons become filled icons to indicate their selected or activated state.

Scale

Default 24 px Small 20 px (8 px grid exception) Large 32 px

States

Selected Activated

Any new items require Big Ticket approval.

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An introduction to our digital brand February 2024

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