The Chicago Design System is the public visual identity of the City of Chicago. It is an inclusive, equitable, cost saving system for City communication and for public use to show civic pride. All symbols

Specifically, sections 020 and 030 concerning the “Design of flag, emblems and badges” and “Municipal flag – Design requirements,” respectively. Now, you are probably thinking to yourself, “Shut up and just give me the star so I can get a tattoo already!”

Our new public mark is the public voice of the City of Chicago, our residents, and our communities.

The Chicago Design System (CDS) is a guide to producing delightful information, services, and technology applications for people to use when interacting with the City of Chicago. In addition, this is the first municipal design system built for the public and government use.

There you can download Big Shoulders, our free, open source municipal typeface from Google Fonts and you can learn how to turn on discretionary-ligatures to make a perfect Chicago star every time in any color at any size.

Learn all sorts of amazing Chicago facts about the Municipal Device and other aspects of Chicago at our awesome Public Library’s site. Introduced in 1892 as part of a Chicago Tribune contest, the Device was enshrined in our Municipal Code in 1917, along with the flag.

The Seal of the City of Chicago. Below are examples of the Seal of the City of Chicago over time. Each opens a larger version in a new window.

Big Shoulders is the Municipal Typeface for the City of Chicago. It is for use in headings, titles, banners, and posters. Setting type in all capitals is recommended.

Sep 23, 2019 · The Chicago Design System is our new public identity, consisting of a new mark, typeface, color scheme, re-rendering of the city seal, and a design system to rollout digital and analog brand expressions (See the accompanying presentation).

Design & imagery. The Chicago Design System theme was developed in pro bono partnership with Ogilvy, and type designer Patric King of House of Pretty. Typefaces Big Shoulders (coming soon!), Saira, Roboto, and Lora are hosted on Google fonts. Many of the images appearing on City of Chicago websites are a product of the Department of Fleet and ...