brand guidelines 2012
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brand guidelines 2012
brand guidelines 2012 Re-brand2 Minimum Requirements 15 Primary FOX Logo 3 Logo Cruelty 15 2-color FOX Logo 4 Product Series 16 Corporate Tagline 5 Color Palette 17 Consumer Campaign 7 Text & Typography 17 2-color lockups Icon Set 10 11 Embroidery18 FOX Grammar Download the logo package at http://foxshox.info/logos Contact us at fox-mktg@foxracingshox.com if you have any questions regarding FOX branding or usage of FOX logos, terms, and trademarks. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 19 BRAND guidelines 2012 Re-brand In 1974, racing was our foundation. We’ve evolved into a consumer brand, but our race heritage is still going strong. From now forward, we are FOX, which reflects our expanding product set. URL foxracingshox.com is now ridefox.com Positioning statement FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics FOX gives you the confidence to push beyond your capabilities and redefine your limits no matter what your experience level. 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 2 BRAND guidelines 2012 Primary FOX Logo The primary FOX logo is 1-color, either white on black background or black on white background. See page 4 for use on colored backgrounds. The FOX logo should always have an ® locked up with it* and always in the same color as the logo. Use the closest appropriate size you need from the proportioned logos provided. Minimum 2-inch Minimum 3-inch *Logos used in large format (tradeshows, etc.) do not necessarily need the ®. If used in large format, the ® should be sized down appropriately. Minimum 1-inch Shown in white on black. Black box is to show background color only — it is not part of the logo. Do not use any other variation of the FOX logo, including any version with “Racing Shox”, 2-color without an outline, 4-color, or blue. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 3 BRAND guidelines 2012 2-color FOX Logo For use on solid colored backgrounds only. DO NOT use the 2-color logo on a black or white background. Colored boxes are to show background color only — they are not part of the logo. Minimum size is 1-inch FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com Never use on white or black background This is not the 2-color logo, there should be an outline Do not fill the 1-color logo with white letters and tail tip 4 BRAND guidelines 2012 Corporate Tagline FOX redefines ride dynamics for ATVs, mountain bikes, motocross, off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, trucks, and UTVs. “Redefining Ride Dynamics” gets to the heart of what we do at FOX, and is the corporate tagline for use on all corporate collateral, signage, etc. In inline text, separate the company name with an m-dash, surrounded by spaces. FOX is set in all caps; Redefining Ride Dynamics is set in Title Case. FOX and Ride are set in bold. The m-dash is not bold. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 5 BRAND guidelines 2012 Redefining Ride Dynamics Lockups RRD lockups must include the FOX logo, and are always 1-color, either white on black or dark backgrounds or black on white or light backgrounds. Can be used with or without ®. RRD Stacked and RRD Strip lockups are the primary versions, their use depending on composition, placement, and background. RRD Strip lockup — minimum 3-inch RRD Stacked lockup — minimum 3-inch RRD Strip lockup shown in white on black RRD T-shirt lockup is more logo-based, designed to be visible from a distance, and used on the front of all logo t-shirts. The RRD T-shirt lockup should only be used at a minimum of 5 inches in width for legibility. “Redefining Ride Dynamics” in the T-shirt lockup should never be used on one line without the logo. See page 10 for use of RRD lockups on colored backgrounds. T-shirt lockup — minimum 5-inch FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 6 BRAND guidelines 2012 Consumer Campaign “Redefine Your Limits” evokes an emotional connection, bridging between our tagline and the consumer with an inspirational call-to-action. The consumer campaign should never be used in place of the corporate tagline. GWINNY EXTRAS Scan the code to meet Aaron and download free wallpapers. 2011 WORLD CUP SERIES DOWNHILL CHAMPION AARON GWIN foxshox.info/gwin ©2011 FOX Factory, Inc. All rights reserved. Consumer campaign (Inspirational call-to-action) Aaron's Season Defining Moments » Record-setting 5 wins in one season » First American male to win the series overall » First team to win the men's and women's DH overall along with teammate, Tracey Moseley Like FOX Racing Shox foxshox.info/fb foxracingshox.com/bike Print ad featuring the 2011 World Cup Champion, Aaron Gwin. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 7 BRAND guidelines 2012 facebook gallery Scan for photos from the 2011 season. fox Celebrates 5 ChaMpionships foxshox.info/5champs Defining Moments in 2011 ©2012 FOX Factory, Inc. All rights reserved. » ATVA Pro ATV Champion John Natalie Jr. » GNCC XC-1 Pro Champion Chris Borich Consumer campaign » NEATV Pro ATV Champion Dustin Wimmer » CMRC Pro ATV Champion Greg Gee » WORCS Pro ATV Champion Jeremie Warnia More print advertising examples utilizing the “Redefine Your Limits” consumer campaign. Consumer campaign (Inspirational call-to-action) Like FOX foxshox.info/fb ridefox.com/atv Corporate tagline (Locked up with rail logo and icon set) Print ad featuring the 5 ATV champions in 2011. 72 by thE numbERs winning drivers on FOX 11 of 11 Scan to check out all the wins from 2011. sCORE trophy truck victories 10 of 10 sCORE & bItD Overall victories 2011 King of the hammers foxshox.info/orwins ©2012 FOX Factory, Inc. All rights reserved. Consumer campaign 2011 baja 1000 OveRall win andy & scOtt mcmillin Ready to Win? Ride on FOX in 2012 (Inspirational call-to-action) » FREE Direct-to-Tech racer hotline » FREE pre-race tuning sessions » FREE track-side race support » Factory-direct racer discount » Discounted priority service Learn more at foxshox.info/orjoin Like FOX foxshox.info/fb ridefox.com/offroad Rail logo / icon set Offroad Race Program print ad featuring Baja 2011 Overall Winner, Andy and Scott McMillin. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 8 BRAND guidelines 2012 Redefine Your Limits lockups The RYL wordmark can be used with or without the FOX logo. If used without, a FOX logo by itself must accompany the tagline somewhere on the same plane and in the same color. Lockups are always 1-color, either white on black or dark backgrounds or black on white or light backgrounds. RYL wordmark — Minimum 2-inch RYL lockup — Minimum 3-inch Shown in white on black Shown in white on black See page 10 for use of RYL lockups on colored backgrounds. Do not add any 2nd color to any FOX lockup. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 9 BRAND guidelines 2012 2-color lockups For use on solid colored backgrounds only. “Redefining Ride Dynamics” and “Redefine Your Limits” lettering is always black. DO NOT use the 2-color lockups on a black or white background, or over a photo. RRD lockups (Strip, Stacked, and T-shirt) shown on colored backgrounds. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com RYL lockups shown on colored backgrounds. Colored boxes are to show background color only — they are not part of the logo. 10 BRAND guidelines 2012 Icon Set The icon set — without ground, rail logo, or wireframe — has leveled wheels, and is always 1-color, either black on white or light backgrounds or white on black or dark backgrounds. Minimum 3.25-inches Shown in white on black. Black box is to show background color only — it is not part of the logo. icon wireframe The icon wireframe is for use in printed, non-advertising collateral only. Examples are posters, packaging, and manuals. The icon wireframe is always set in the lower left corner of the plane, and bleeds off the left edge of the page. 0.125" of bleed has been provided in the EPS file (the blue dotted line represents trim). On black, icon wireframe is 80% black, with highlighted sport icon in white. On white, icon wireframe is 30% black, with highlight sport icon in black. See page 13 for use of the icon set in ads. Shown at 50% of minimum width of 3.25-inches. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 11 BRAND guidelines 2012 rail logo The rail logo is used on corporate letterhead and business cards only, and can be seen locked up with the icon set in print advertising and corporate collateral. Minimum 0.875-inch Shown on black background. Black box is to show background color only — it is not part of the logo. 100% black 50% black 30% black FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 12 BRAND guidelines 2012 rail logo / Icon set lockup The 7 icon sets reflect each of the 7 business units at FOX, to be used in all printed collateral, and locked up with the rail logo and the ridefox.com URL. The black box bleeds off the bottom of the page, and the entire lockup is set .5-inch from the right edge of the page. The appropriate sport should be highlighted in white. In cases that apply to the brand on the corporate level, an eighth set is provided unhighlighted. ridefox.com ridefox.com/snow ridefox.com/bike ridefox.com/utv ridefox.com/moto ridefox.com/truck ridefox.com/atv ridefox.com/offroad Rail logo / icon set lockups are shown here at 50% of actual size. Tabs should bleed off the bottom page trim in all cases (shown here unbleeding for display only). FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 13 BRAND guidelines 2012 Highlighted icon Logo tab Dark background Icons with foreground Icon set opacity adjust 70% Opacity on the dark background and icons with foreground are to be adjusted as needed on top of varying images, with a difference of at least 30% for contrast. (Effects set to Multiply) 30% (Effects set to Normal) ridefox.com/bike Each sport is provided with a highlighted icon in white. In cases that apply to the brand on the corporate level, a set is provided unhighlighted. 60% (Effects set to Multiply) 35% (Effects set to Normal) ridefox.com/moto 90% (Effects set to Normal) 20% (Effects set to Normal) ridefox.com/atv Icon set shown at 100% on 3 varying background values, visually adjusted while keeping a 30% contrast intact. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 14 BRAND guidelines 2012 Minimum Requirements The FOX logo should be placed with a generous amount of white space around it, more than or equal to half the height of the logo. Minimum sizes accompany each logo or lockup throughout these guidelines. Minimum 1-inch Minimum 1-inch Logo Cruelty Do not use any other variation of the FOX logo, including any version with “Racing Shox”, 2-color without an outline, 4-color, or blue. change orientation, modify or omit elements, alter or amend artwork, change scale of elements or proportions, distort by cropping or masking, apply outlines, styles or filters, recreate with different font, or create new elements that look enough like the FOX logo so as to cause confusion. Do not Do not change color, remove color, or add any gradients. Do not dilute the logo by putting it on a busy background, deface, place text on top of, overlap, or add surrounding elements. When it doubt, just don’t alter the logo in any way. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 15 BRAND guidelines 2012 Product Series Each of our 3 product series have individual wordmarks, with and without the word “Series” attached. » Factory Series » Performance Series » Evolution Series All 3 product series should always be set in Title Case when written in body copy. Not ALL CAPS. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 16 BRAND guidelines 2012 Color Palette Black and white are the primary FOX colors. When an accent color is needed, PMS 3005c is the primary FOX blue. Factory Series is indicated with orange on web and metallic gold in print, representing Genuine Kashima Coat. Performance Series is dark grey, and Evolution Series is light grey, in varying tones of metallic silver. Text & Typography FOX uses the Gotham Narrow and Vitesse font families. These typefaces can be purchased online at typography.com PT Sans Regular and Museo Slab @font-face type kits are used on the FOX website. Use Arial 10-12pt for all FOX corporate documents and emails. Black White FOX blue PMS 3005c C: 100 M: 34 Y: 0 K: 2 #007eff Factory Series Metallic 8960c C: 15 M: 42 Y: 100 K: 1 #d99916 Performance Series Cool Grey 10 or Metallic 877 C: 0 M: 0 Y: 0 K: 60 #696969 Evolution Series Cool Grey 3 or 50% Metallic 877 C: 0 M: 0 Y: 0 K: 20 #999999 The Gotham Narrow family, 10pt Vitesse Book Italic & Vitesse Black Italic, 10pt ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 Italic styles not shown. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 17 BRAND guidelines 2012 Lettering fill and tail tip are not embroidered in 1-color logos. Embroidery The 1-color logo should be used for embroidery, heat transfer, or labeling usage on black or white backgrounds. do not add a color to the fill in the letters or tail tip. Theses areas are knocked out and the background fabric should show through. The 2-color logo should be used for embroidery, heat transfer, or labeling usage on solid colored backgrounds. FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com 18 BRAND guidelines 2012 FOX Grammar Correct usage Notes Correct usage Notes Correct usage # in-lb # N-m 1.5 kg 1.800.FOX.SHOX 120 mm 15QR™ 2-position 200PSI / 200psi 20QR™ 29 inch 36® 4-wheel 40 ® Aftermarket air shocks never in/lb never N/cm, N/m, N-m space before kg periods not dashes space before mm never QR15 disc brake disc brake mounting disc-only Downhill / DH dropout DSC valve dual speed dual stage Dual-Speed Compression (DSC) email end-of-travel damping entry-level EVOL™ Evolution Series F.A.S.T. (Fast Adjust Spring Technology) Factory Series F100 / F140 / F180 F29 fade-free fine-tune FIT™ / FIT FOX Isolated Technology™ FLOAT® RP23 / FLOAT® RP2 FLOAT® FOX Factory, Inc.® FOX’s® FOX® FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics never disk brake, no hyphen half-inch hard ano heat-treated heavy-duty high volume high-flow high-speed Internal Floating Piston (IFP) Kashima Coat life cycle life span lightweight lineup lockout low-speed lower leg mid-sized mid-stroke mini-quad Offroad Off-Road open bath open cartridge Own The Trail™ patent pending Performance Series Piggyback air spring air valve All-mountain Anti-Wallow Control (A.W.C.) backcountry bezel big-hit Boost Valve® bottom-out Bottom-Out Control (B.O.C.) Brassmass™ bypass cad-plated co-developed coil-over counter-clockwise Delrin DHX® dial direct mount no space no dash product name product name one word, title case Air Shox when referring to actual product no hyphen no hyphen lowercase m title case, with dots (could be pronounced as a word) one word, no hyphen (see dial) in body copy; space in a sentence title case, with dots (could be pronounced as a word) no hypen, lowercase never title case never bezel no hyphen FOX — Redefining Ride Dynamics Free The Trail® Freeride freestyle full-in / full-out full-open / full-closed G-outs when referring to discipline no hyphen valve is lowercase no hyphen no hyphen no dots never e-mail, Email, E-mail all caps with dots, never F.A.S.T. Adjust Spring Technology F-Series examples, no space never 29er FIT and FOX in all caps; no periods in FIT never just RP23 / RP2 all caps FOX in all caps possessive, never FOX' FOX in all caps FOX in all caps, use m-dash surrounded by spaces, bold FOX and Ride one word not fully 915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA ridefox.com PODIUM® position-sensitive post style preload ProPedal® PROTUNE® PROTUNESM QR Code RC2 damper Notes non-Kashima Coat no hyphen (no hyphen on laser etch) title case no hyphen no hyphen no hyphen no hyphen no hyphen (no hyphen on laser etch) no hyphen no hyphen Defense only no hyphen no hyphen no hyphen no hypen, no space, title case when product name all caps no hyphen no hyphen all caps, regarding parts all caps, regarding service Correct usage Rebound Redefine Your Limits Redefining Ride Dynamics revalving ride height sag Schrader valve self-adjust setup set-up short course smooth bore spring rate star-fangled nut super-finished TALAS® TALAS® 29 teflon-lined Terralogic® thru axle tighten the nut to (#) in-lbs torque tool-free Twin-Clicker® ultra-lightweight upper tube UTV VAN Vanilla® velocity-sensitive website Wherever You Ride® wide-range World Champion world-class X Games Notes title case inline text title case inline text no hyphen no hyphen lowercase George F. Schrader invented it noun, as in my setup verb, as in set-up your vehicle no hyphen no hyphen all caps with space no hyphen never torque the nut ultra always has dash after no hyphen never Side x Side one word, lowercase no hyphen lowercase damper 19