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Style guide

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCore term

In software engineering, style guide means: A document that sets the visual and writing rules for a brand or product, such as colours, typography, logo use, icon style and tone of voice.

In Turkish: stil rehberi, stil kılavuzu

How it is used

Designers follow or stick to the style guide so that screens stay consistent. In product teams it is often part of a larger design system; content teams may keep a separate writing style guide for spelling and tone.

Example sentences

  1. The style guide says we only use orange for primary actions.

  2. Before designing the campaign page, read the brand style guide.

Common collocations

  • brand style guide
  • follow the style guide
  • UI style guide
  • writing style guide
  • design systemA shared collection of reusable components, design rules, tokens and documentation that keeps a company's products consistent and helps teams build faster.
  • color paletteThe fixed set of colours chosen for a product or brand, usually with primary, secondary and neutral colours plus status colours such as red for errors and green for success.
  • typographyThe choice and arrangement of typefaces, font sizes, weights, line height and letter spacing to make text readable and to set the tone of a design.
  • UI kitA ready-made collection of interface elements, such as buttons, forms, icons and navigation bars, that designers drag into their files to build screens quickly.

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