Brand Visual Identity

Visual identity is the packaging or wrapping on a brand. It can be described as an empty vessel: the message of Westminster’s brand core fills it with meaning. When used consistently and over time, the images can take on and represent the meaning we fill them with.

Our logo is bold, independent, and confident. We honor our tradition as we reflect the modern mountain west.

The primary logo is the W icon stacked over the logotype. It is to be used as the first option for the majority of collateral.

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Logo Variations

Logo Usage and Guidelines

Please read the following guidelines before downloading and using any variation of Westminster College's logo. All materials using Westminster College's logo or brand may be reviewed and modified to meet these guidelines.

Dos

Use the W icon on its own for less formal uses such as flyers and posters.

Add margins to the logo. The logo should be at least one “shield” distant from margins and other elements in your design.

 

 

Use the logo without the 1875 if printed smaller than one inch, or in embroidery, screen printing, and online.

School logos: Westminster’s schools have official logos as well. The school logos can only be printed in three colors—night, copper, or flint (if needed to stand out against a dark background, birch or snow is also approved).

 

 

Add approved photography into the W. The W logomark is a vessel, and you can use it to frame an image that best represents your program or office.

Rotate the W icon 90 degrees for less formal applications. Please do not rotate the logotype (“Westminster College”).

Centers and Offices: your campus organization can have its own logo. The visual branding includes a template that we can use to create an official college logo with your office or center’s name on it. These logos can only be printed in three colors—night, thistle, or flint (if needed to stand out against a dark background, birch or snow is also approved).

Don'ts

Never add any software effect to the logo (outlines, drop shadow, bevel, etc.).

Never change the “Westminster College” font.

 

 

 

 

Never place a snow (white) logo on a purple background (birch, sky, and thistle make great substitutes for snow).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never use the old logo.

Never stretch, warp, or squash the logo.

Never use the logo in any color other than the official colors (Night, Thistle, Snow, Copper, Flint, Sky, and Birch).

Never use a Sky logo without Night or Thistle on the design.

Never use a Birch logo on a Snow (white) background.

Never cover the logo.

Never use multiple colors on the logo.

Never use an outline of the logo.

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All materials using Westminster College's logo or brand may be reviewed and modified to match brand guidelines.

Print Logos      Web Logos      EPS Logos

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Photography

More than any other element of the brand, photography has the power to communicate nuanced emotion and complex narratives in an instant. Avoid stock photos, paid models, overly posed set-ups or artificial emotion. Celebrate real people, natural light, unexpected moments, and genuine feeling.

Selection Criteria

• Select images that show individuals engaged in their surroundings
• Capture details of the focal object
• Consider unique and compositionally interesting cropping
• Select landscape images with a clear foreground, focal point, and background
• Mix and match black and white photography with color photography

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Templates

Download our PowerPoint templates to jump-start your next presentation. We also have an email signature and letterhead for use.