F5 Professional Certification Program Logo Usage Guidelines

Introduction F5 Professional Certification Program

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With an F5 Professional Certification, you have earned the use of the logos that F5 has developed exclusively for F5 Certified individuals. When using the F5 Professional Certification logos, please adhere to these guidelines. This helps maintain a consistent F5 brand identity across emails, web properties, and business cards, and anywhere else the F5 Professional Certification logos are used.

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Correct Usage F5 Professional Certification Program

F5 Professional Certification logos and the term “F5” cannot appear to be part of your trademarks, company name, product name, or service name. F5 Professional Certification logos must be displayed as prominently as any other third-party relationship logos displayed on your materials. You must use artwork supplied by F5 and follow the graphic standards for use of the F5 Professional Certification logos. You may not use the F5 Professional Certification logos in any manner that reflects negatively on F5. Only Certified individuals can use these logos. If your certification expires, you must discontinue use of the F5 Professional Certification Program logos upon expiration.

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Correct Usage (Don’ts) F5 Professional Certification Program

The F5 Professional Certification logos can only be used on business cards, in email signatures, and on web pages.

Do not try to recreate the gradation or use a tint of the logo color

Do not skew or stretch the logo

You may not change the color or font of the F5 Professional Certification logos, take them apart, change their proportions, animate them, or otherwise alter them in any way. These examples demonstrate some scenarios that should be avoided when using an F5 Professional Certification logo. Do not use a logo to represent text in a sentence.

Do not reverse out the logo on a dark background

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Do not place the logo over any graphical or patterned background

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Color and Typography F5 Professional Certification Program

Black

F5 red

F5 dark red F5 Professional Certification logos must not be represented in any other colors than those specified.

PMS Black C 0, M 0, Y 0, K 100 R 0, G 0, B 0 Hex 000000

PMS 186C C 0, M 100, Y 75, K 4 R 198, G 12, B 48 Hex c60c30

PMS 201C C 0, M 100, Y 75, K 25 R 186, G 14, B 49 Hex be0e31

F5 blue

F5 dark steel blue

F5 dark gray The CMYK values shown are specified for use on coated paper only. The colors shown in this manual have not been evaluated by PANTONE®, Inc. for accuracy and may not match the PANTONE® Color Standards. For accurate color standard refer to the current edition of the PANTONE® Color Formula Guide. PANTONE® is a registered trademark of PANTONE®, Inc.

PMS 647C C 85, M 58, Y 18, K 2 R 52, G 105, B 154 Hex 34699a

PMS 5415C C 69, M 42, Y 33, K 5 R 90, G 126, B 146 Hex 5a7e92

PMS Cool Gray 10C C 0, M 0, Y0, K 60 R 102, G 102, B 102 Hex 666666

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Clear Space F5 Professional Certification Program

To ensure maximum visibility, readability, and brand integrity, the F5 Professional Certification logos should never visually compete with any other graphic elements. They should always be surrounded by clear space. This clear space must be equal to the height of the logo.

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The blue box surrounding the logo illustrates the required minimum clear space around the logo; no text or graphics should encroach on this space, represented by the blue “X” symbol. X is equal to the logo height.

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Minimum Size F5 Professional Certification Program

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are always legible and accurately reproduced, [email protected] the minimum size is 100 pixels tall for web, and Sample Company 0.375 inches tall for business123 cards. Always West Elm Street Seattle, WA 98765 maintain the logo’s original aspect ratio.

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SAMPLE COMPANY F5 Professional Cer tification Program Logo Guidelines | 2013

Alex Smith Regional Solutions Architect 206.555.0172 [email protected] Sample Company 123 West Elm Street

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Naming in Text F5 Professional Certification Program

F5 Certified Administrator

F5-CA

F5 Certified Technology Specialist

F5-CTS

F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM

F5-CTS, LTM

F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP GTM

F5-CTS, GTM

F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP ASM

F5-CTS, ASM

F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP APM

F5-CTS, APM

F5 Certified Solution Expert

F5-CSE

F5 Certified Solution Expert, Security

F5-CSE, Security

F5 Certified Solution Expert, Cloud

F5-CSE, Cloud

F5 Certified Solution Expert, Enterprise Applications

F5-CSE, Enterprise Applications

F5 Certified Application Delivery Engineer

F5-CADE

F5 Certified Application Delivery Architect

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When naming your certification in text, please use a name from this approved list. Use the complete name first, show the abbreviated name in parentheses, and then use the abbreviation for the remainder of the document. Example: “I am an F5 Certified Application Delivery Architect (F5-CADA). My qualification as an F5-CADA means that ...” If you have multiple certifications at a particular level, for example, F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM and F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP ASM, after the initial complete name, they can be abbreviated jointly. Example: “I am an F5 Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM and an F5 Technology Specialist, BIG-IP ASM (F5-CTS, LTM and ASM). My F5-CTS, LTM and ASM certification means that I am …”

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Trademark Basics and Credit Line F5 Professional Certification Program

All emails and web properties bearing any of the F5 Professional Certification logos must credit ownership to F5. The following credit line should be used: “F5 and F5 Networks are registered trademarks of F5 and/or its affiliates.” This credit line should be grouped with other legal information. Business cards, Facebook, and Twitter are exempt from this requirement.

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