U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Communication Standards and Guidelines

Sample Template (Title of Page - H1 Header)

Here is body text following the H1 header or headline. Body text is black and the font face is Verdana. There should be no space between a header and the body text following it.

Paragraphs of body text always have a blank line after them.

Second-Level Header (H2)

This is body text following a second-level header.

Third-Level Header (H3)

This is body text following a third-level header. H3 headers should always be preceded by an H2 header.

Fourth-Level Header (H4)

This is body text following a fourth-level header. H4 headers should always be preceded by an H3 header.

Bulleted Lists

Following is an example of a bulleted list.

  • Fruits
    • apples
    • bananas
    • cherries
  • Vegetables
  • Bread
  • Meat

PDFs

Links to PDFs are called out as such and include the size of the file. There must also be a link to "Download Adobe Reader" per section 508. See the following example:

For PDFs that are more than 1 MB in size, the link is formatted as follows: ().

Special Characters

Special characters must be entered using either the special character menu in RedDot or be coded in HTML. See below for examples.

  • © copyright symbol
  • ® registered trademark
  • — em dash
  • ™ trademark