{"id":1894,"date":"2026-10-10T20:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T00:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2026-10-10T20:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T00:06:41","slug":"new-nld-style-guide-templates-and-figure-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/new-nld-style-guide-templates-and-figure-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"New NLD style guide, templates and figure guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"nld-post-band\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;gap:16px;border-top:4px solid #132433;border-bottom:1px solid #DCD9D2;padding:10px 0;margin:0 0 24px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:13px;line-height:16px;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:600;color:#5B6168\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:24px;height:4px;background:#B4622A;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:10px\"><\/span>NLD news \u00b7 October 10, 2026<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1815\/nld-mark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" style=\"width:40px;height:auto;flex:none\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lab has a new visual identity and one shared set of templates. Use them for every talk, poster, report, proposal, letter and figure from now on. They replace the 2021 logos and templates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#132433;padding:24px 28px;margin:0 0 28px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 6px;color:#F7F6F2;font-size:22px;line-height:28px;font-weight:700\">When amplitude changes the story<\/p><p style=\"margin:0;color:#A9B6BF\">In nonlinear structures, amplitude changes frequency, mode shape and stability.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tagline states what the lab studies. Use the short line on covers and title slides, and the long line where a sentence of context helps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s new<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Logo, colours and type.<\/strong> The four-cylinder mark in navy (#132433), copper (#B4622A) and paper (#F7F6F2). Headings in IBM Plex Sans, text in IBM Plex Serif, code in IBM Plex Mono, and mathematics in Computer Modern. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1FIBO6ApYCJ-T0E5wW01BykMRDp9IIyS1\">Logos<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Slides.<\/strong> Matching <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1CE1CuTmrWX2_qc5OEvd5fN7ruL6JwDAy\">PowerPoint<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1gX2bHrnn-nAOUOz-tSH5oO68okIOobCW\">Keynote<\/a> templates in the new style.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>LaTeX.<\/strong> The <code>nld.cls<\/code> class for reports, proposals and letters, and a beamer theme for talks. Compile with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1R-tPBZQOMv1I7zmc6jsQxageWZwZ7q2E\">LaTeX package<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Icons.<\/strong> Seventeen line icons for the lab&#8217;s methods and hardware, from backbone curves to shakers, each in four colour variants. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/17ZEGa3rtYykdXDoLOdghd4308yNAubm_\">Icons<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Figure guide.<\/strong> One figure style in Python, MATLAB and Mathematica: journal widths, Computer Modern labels, the NLD figure palette and vector PDF export. Style files and four worked examples are included. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1815\/NLD_figure_guide.pdf\">Figure preparation guide (PDF)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1PMxiNaX1O0YNPAJqL1T4OTpoBPHvagqx\">style files<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to find them<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1imw6c09TTNC8UxI1lSR8hjZObQduRNpQ\">NLD brand 2026 folder<\/a> on Google Drive. Sign in with your URI account to open it. Start with the README in that folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For writing, start with <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/writing\/\">Writing scientific reports and research papers<\/a>. All lab guides are collected on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/teaching-and-resources\/\">Teaching and resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lab members using Claude through the URI-NLD organization can ask it to apply the NLD brand. It loads the same colours, fonts and figure rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions or requests for a new template or icon go to David Chelidze.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new visual identity, slide and LaTeX templates, lab icons and a figure guide for Python, MATLAB and Mathematica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1291,"featured_media":1896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nld","category-writing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1897,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions\/1897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}