Buttons

  • Should always contain actions written clearly and concisely
  • Capitalize every word, including articles
  • Within text/instructions, capitalize and bold navigation and button labels as they appear in the app or website (Tap the Submit button)
  • Make button text as brief as possible; avoid sentence-length text

Checkboxes

  • Use when multiple choices may be selected
  • Use sentence case

Radio Buttons

  • Use when only one option may be selected
  • Use sentence case

Forms

  • Capitalize every word of form titles
  • Use sentence case for form fields
  • Only request information that is needed and will be used

Headings

  • Capitalize every work of headings (except articles [a, an, the] and conjunctions [and, but, for, nor, or, yet, so]
  • Aim to keep heading length short; do not exceed one line of text if possible

Images

  • Give every image descriptive alt text

Links

  • Underline links

Lists

Bulleted Lists

  • Use sentence case for each item and strive to use complete sentences unless the list items are short descriptions or make sense to appear as phrases
  • Do not put a period at the end of a bulleted item unless there is more than one sentence in the bullet

Numbered Lists

  • Only use for step-by-step instructions
  • Separate steps into logical chunks, with no more than two related actions per step
  • Use sentence case for each item and strive to use complete sentences

Menu Items

  • Use sentence case

Navigation

  • Capitalize every word in main navigation (except articles [a, an, the] and conjunctions [and, but, for, nor, or, yet, so])
  • Use sentence case for sub-navigation

Paragraph Text

  • Aim for 45-85 characters per line
  • Try to keep length at <16 lines