Editorial Style Guide Template

Editorial Style Guide Template: a polished, practical template for marketing, brand & communications work.

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Editorial Style Guide

Editorial principles and audience

[Audience, reading context, content promise, and principle]


Structure, headings, and readability

[Heading hierarchy, paragraph length, list use, and scannability rule]


Grammar, terminology, and capitalization

[Term, preferred form, capitalization, punctuation, and prohibited variant]


Links, sources, images, and accessibility

[Source standard, alt text, link label, caption, and accessibility check]


Localization and legal review

[Locale, translation note, claim review, legal owner, and publication gate]


Exceptions, ownership, and change log

[Owner, version, exception route, review date, and change rationale]