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2.1 Stationery: Ministers, parliamentary secretaries and their offices

FIP Manual (Interim Guide), January 1994

Introduction

This document sets out the basic requirements and design standards for stationery items used by ministers, secretaries of state, parliamentary secretaries, and their offices. The revised FIP Manual section 2.1, Stationery will be available shortly.

Coat of Arms signature

Relationships between type size, Coat of Arms and "Canada" wordmark

Table

Letterheads

Envelopes

Notepaper

Complimentary slips and cards

Calling Cards

Summaries

Items for use by ministers and parliamentary secretaries

Specification summary A

Item	Paper			Ink colours	Quality levels
	Size (mm)	Colour	Grade and Grammage	Coat of Arms	Printing*	Typesetting
Letterhead, P4	21.5 x 28.0 grain long	polar glacier	Evolution 50 laser finish 90 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black with FIP red flag	prestige	prestige
Second page, P4	21.5 x 28.0 grain long	polar glacier	Evolution 50 laser finish 90 g/m²	No printing	NA	NA
Letterhead, P5 (or folded to P5 from P4)	14.0 x 21.5 grain long	polar glacier	Evolution 50 laser finish 90 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black with FIP red flag	prestige	prestige
Envelope, No. 10		white	recycled** envelope paper 90 g/m²	Coat of Arms: 40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black with FIP red flag	prestige	prestige
Envelope for P5 letterhead	11.4 x 14.9	white	recycled** envelope paper 90 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black with FIP red flag	prestige	prestige
Notepaper, p6	10.7 x 14.0	polar glacier	Evolution 50 laser finish 90 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black with FIP red flag	prestige	prestige
Compli- mentary slip, P6	10.7 x 14.0 (when flat)	White	Either *** – New Life opaque offset; – Guardian opaque offset – Resolve offset; or – Phoenix opaque premier 89 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black with FIP red flag	prestige	prestige
Compli- mentary card	10.7 x 7.0	white	New Life opaque cover 216 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black with FIP red flag	prestige	prestige
Calling card	9.0 x 5.0	white	New Life opaque cover 216 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black with FIP red flag	prestige	prestige

* when using paper bearing a watermark, the watermark on the finished produce must be right reading.
** meeting the Canadian definition of recycled fine paper as found in Environment Canada’s National Guideline number ECP 08 89, part of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act – Section 8.(1)(b).
*** while there is a choice, a mix of paper within a single order is not acceptable.

Items for use by the offices of ministers

Specification summary B

Item	Paper			Ink colours	Quality levels
	Size (mm)	Colour	Grade and Grammage	Coat of Arms	Printing*	Typesetting
Letterhead, P4	21.5 x 28.0 grain long	white	Either *** – New Life opaque offset; – Guardian opaque offset – Resolve offset; or – Phoenix opaque premier 89 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black	inform- ational	prestige
Second page, P4	21.5 x 28.0 grain long	white	Either *** – New Life opaque offset; – Guardian opaque offset – Resolve offset; or – Phoenix opaque premier 89 g/m²	No printing	NA	NA
Letterhead, P5 (or folded to P5 from P4)	14.0 x 21.5 grain long	white	Either *** – New Life opaque offset; – Guardian opaque offset – Resolve offset; or – Phoenix opaque premier 89 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black	inform- ational	prestige
Envelope, No. 10		white	recycled** envelope paper 90 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black	inform- ational	prestige
Envelope for P5 letterhead	11.4 x 14.9	white	Recycled** envelope paper 90 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black	inform- ational	prestige
Notepaper, p6	10.7 x 14.0	polar glacier	Either *** – New Life opaque offset; – Guardian opaque offset – Resolve offset; or – Phoenix opaque premier 89 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black	inform- ational	prestige
Compli- mentary slip, P6	10.7 x 14.0 (when flat)	white	Either *** – New Life opaque offset; – Guardian opaque offset – Resolve offset; or – Phoenix opaque premier 89 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black	inform- ational	prestige
Compli- mentary card	10.7 x 7.0	white	Guardian opaque cover 216 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black	inform- ational	prestige
Calling card	9.0 x 5.0	white	Guardian opaque cover 216 g/m²	40% screen of black using 150 line screen Text: black Wordmark: black	inform- ational	prestige

** meeting the Canadian definition of recycled fine paper as found in Environment Canada’s National Guideline number ECP 08 89, part of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act – Section 8.(1)(b).
*** while there is a choice, a mix of paper within a single order is not acceptable.