Template talk:User Mary Wash

Rationales behind the userbox

I (obviously) based the main colors around the main school colors. Though the UMW colors are in plain english Navy Blue and Grey; the closest official definitions of what exactly these are are in the school's current Identity Standards Manual. The school's document defined the colors in terms of their Pantone numbers (blue = PMS 648, grey = PMS Cool Gray 11, and the auxiliary red = PMS 186; the white is just plain white). I then used one version of the conversion indexes (found on several websites) to convert to the hexidecimal color code (PMS 648 = #003045e; PMS Cool Gray 11 = #686663, and PMS 186 = #CE1126). When rendered out, these looked pretty close.

The logo chosen was an "MW", as a neutral way of conveying "Mary Wash", and a compromise between the current UMW and the large body of alumni (ergo wikiusers) who still prefer the old MWC. (The idiosyncratic new logo can't be used per proprietary reason). The current favored font, Perpetua, was chosen as the primary one in order of precedence (the longform logo font isn't a common web font), followed by Garamond (for the crossed W used in the older logos.), and other more generic serif fonts. The right-hand panel was left as sans for digital readability.

Though not one of the main school colors, the auxiliary red was chosen for the frame; it is commonly found in both the older MWC-era branding as well as in a number of the University-era school products & clothing, and is still listed in the standards manual for this very reason, the need for auxiliary colors. Furthermore, I think its inclusion helps distinguish the MW blue & gray userbox from the 3+ other colleges in Virginia with that same generic combination.

That sums up the rationales behind the userbox! Hope you enjoy! Morgan Riley (talk)