03 · Brand Guidelines

In Developmentv1.2.0 · Windows · macOS

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Brand guidelines, generated inside Illustrator.

Enter the brand once — logos, colours, type — then generate a complete guidelines document and keep it up to date as the brand changes.

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Overview

Brand guidelines design system for Adobe Illustrator

GuidArc is a brand guidelines design system for Adobe Illustrator. It has three parts — Brand, Pages and Style — and two actions: Generate builds a new guidelines document, Apply updates the open one.

Page types
24
Templates
5
Document language
English or Arabic

The problem

Guidelines take longer than they should

  • 01

    Built page by page

    Laying out every logo, colour and type page by hand takes hours on each project.

  • 02

    Out of date after one change

    Change a colour or a logo and every page that uses it has to be fixed by hand.

  • 03

    Assets delivered separately

    Logo files and colour values still have to be exported and packaged on their own.

The solution

One brand record, one document that stays in sync

GuidArc links colours to swatches, logos to symbols and type to character styles, so Apply updates the document in place — and pages you edited yourself are kept.

Features

What GuidArc does

Brand

Brand name, tagline, story, mission, vision, values and version. Logos captured from the Illustrator selection with a role, unlimited colours and four type levels.

  • Logo roles: Primary, Secondary, Logomark, Logotype, Monochrome, Variation, Graphic element
  • Colours in HEX, typed or automatic CMYK, Pantone name and role
  • Type levels with font, size, leading, tracking and caps

Pages

24 page types across Brand, Logo, Colour, Typography and Applications, in a default document of four numbered chapters.

  • Add, reorder, duplicate, hide, rename and delete pages
  • Works in the draft or directly in a generated document
  • Export PDF of the visible pages

Style

Five templates — Studio, Bold, Editorial, Minimal and Brand Board — previewed live with your brand.

  • Formats: A4, 16:9, Letter, Square or custom
  • Light or dark pages, corners, margins and colour card styles
  • Document language English or Arabic, with mirrored layout
  • Asset pack: logos in colour, white and black as PNG, SVG and PDF, plus colors.css and colors.json

Smart updates

Apply updates the open guidelines document: colour swatches repaint in place, logo symbols are re-pointed and re-fitted, and type styles change everywhere they are used.

  • Pages you edited are kept — only their untouched texts refresh

How it works

From panel to result

  1. 01

    Define the brand

    Enter the brand details, capture logos from your selection, and add colours and type levels.

  2. 02

    Plan the pages

    Start from the 24-page default or add, remove and reorder pages.

  3. 03

    Choose a style

    Pick a template, format, light or dark pages and the document language.

  4. 04

    Generate, then Apply

    Generate builds the document; Apply keeps it in sync when the brand changes.

Compatibility

Compatibility & requirements

Application
Adobe Illustrator 2019 (v23) or newer
Operating system
Windows, macOS
Requirements
Installed as an Illustrator extension (CEP, CSXS 9 or newer)
Current version
1.2.0

Pricing

Pricing & licensing

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FAQ

Questions & answers

Which Illustrator versions does GuidArc support?

Adobe Illustrator 2019 (v23) or newer, on Windows and macOS.

Can it produce Arabic guidelines?

Yes. The document language can be English or Arabic, and Arabic documents use a mirrored layout.

What happens when the brand changes?

Use Apply. Colours, logos and type styles update in place, and pages you edited yourself are kept.

Can I export a PDF?

Yes. GuidArc exports a PDF of the visible pages.

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