University Text Styles & Formatting
The university web team has formatted much of the the website's typography to comply with accessibility regulations, as well as the UMass Dartmouth brand look and feel, however, the T4 HTML text editor provides some options that allows our T4 users to override this formatting. We ask that you keep the following guidelines in mind when inputting content for your webpages, in order to keep a consistent user experience for our visitors across the university website.
Formatting tips and guidelines
- Align your text along the left margin
- Break up your content into brief chunks
- Use headings to indicate topics
- Begin headings with H2; use H3, boldface to divide the topic further, as needed
- Use bulleted lists for a series of 2 or more items
Never use:
- Underlined text
- Centered text
- Colored text
- All uppercase text
- H1 headings
Spacing
The website is already coded for correct and consistent spacing for you. Please do not use extra returns for additional spacing between lines and/or paragraphs. This ensures we keep consistency between all university pages and sites.
Note: Please keep in mind that the HTML editor looks slightly different from the published site. You can preview your page before publish to see how it will look on the live site.
Bold and italics
For regular paragraph copy, you can select Format > Bold (to call attention to a word) or Format > Italic (to reference a publication or title). Headings do NOT need to be bolded, as they already formatted.
Use ONLY: Bold or Italic. DO NOT use underline unless it is a formatting requirement.