Gallery: New Standards Could Make Government Sites Less Worthless
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18F, a sort of design consultancy based within the General Services Administration (GSA), and the U.S. Digital Service have created a set of tools to make government agency websites look consistent, and therefore official.
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Here's an example of the standards put to use.
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Design Standards include a “plug-and-play” set of downloadable code that determines everything from how buttons should look...
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...to the fonts, which are Source Sans Pro and Merriweather.
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The primary color palette is both patriotic and neutral.
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The secondary color palette adds a bit more flair.
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Another example of how the standards will work, as seen in a grid layout.
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