Brand Standards and Guides

For official Hampden-Sydney College design standards, please refer to the following reference guides:

Ordering Print or Graphic Design Jobs

Lead Time: The Communications Office produces about 1000 print jobs for the College each year with a limited staff. To make sure we have enough time to devote to your project, we ask that you factor lead time into your printing plans. For small jobs that will be printed on-site, usually 2 weeks before you want the job in your hands is sufficient lead time. Jobs that will be printed off-site due to size, complexity or specialty will need longer lead times. If you have questions, contact communications@hsc.edu.

Initiating an Order: All orders must be placed through communications@hsc.edu. They will collect the information necessary to put the job on the production schedule. You will be assigned a graphic designer, with whom you will work to develop your project.

If this is an event, please be sure to make an event reservation through the EMS Calendar App.

Print or design request forms:

ALL Print or Graphic Design requests Form

Poster Order Form

Business Cards Order Form

The College Look

The official font of Hampden-Sydney College is Garamond. The official colors of Hampden-Sydney College:

Pantone grey 427PC
Pantone garnet 202C                   


Please refer to the H-SC Official Color Palette quick reference sheet and the Style Manual for more information.

For permission to use any trademark of Hampden-Sydney College contact the Communications Office:  communications@hsc.edu
Justin McGregor, Vice President for Marketing, Communications, and Information Services or
Ken Copeland, Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer

Color Copying

To save the integrity of your formatting and to avoid font compatibility, we recommend you bring files in a .pdf format (.tif or .jpg for photos).

Print Costs (subject to change)

Color: letter/legal 1-100 prints $.40 each
  letter/legal 101+ prints $.30 each
  tabloid 1-100 prints $.90 each
  tabloid 101+ prints $.60 each
Black/White: letter/legal   $.05 each
  tabloid   $.10 each

Binding Services

The Communications Office offers steel spine binding. The process takes about 15 minutes and usually costs under $1.00. For assistance with comb binding, please see the academic secretary in Gilmer Hall or Morton Hall.