Stationery Standards

All stationery, envelopes, and business cards should be ordered through University Printing Services.

The only logos that may appear on letterhead, envelopes, or business cards are the University shield, the Richmond Spiders logo, or the logo of an individual school. Spider Management Company is excluded from this policy.

Business Cards

The front of a business card may include:

  • Name
  • Title
  • Department
  • Building and room number
  • Street address
  • University of Richmond, VA 23173
  • Campus unit's main website address
  • Two telephone numbers with the option for a third (office, cell, fax, 800, etc.)
  • E-mail address

The back of a business card may:

  • Be left blank
  • Have a blue or red spider logo
  • Have additional information, such as:
    • Secondary address
    • Secondary phone or fax number
    • Secondary e-mail address
    • Mission statement
    • Secondary website (for example: a related University department, organization, or program)

Letterhead

Approved University letterhead may be personalized with a person's name. Email printshop@richmond.edu for more information.

Letterhead may include:

  • Department
  • Building and room number
  • Street address
  • University of Richmond, VA 23173
  • Two telephone numbers with the option for a third (office, cell, fax, 800, etc.)
  • E-mail address
  • Campus unit's main website address

Stationery Margins

To ensure a uniform look in University correspondence, it is important to adhere to formatting guidelines for stationery margins when using any version of letterhead.

Electronic Letterhead

Electronic University letterhead is available for you to use as needed.Email printshop@richmond.edu for a Word template file.

Envelopes

Envelopes may include:

  • Department name
  • Building and room number*
  • Street address
  • University of Richmond, VA 23173

* Due to postal regulations envelopes for schools and athletics do not have space for the addition of a building and room number in the return address.