Correspondence

Letterhead

The official A4 letterhead — one fixed page for all government correspondence, in both colourways.

Official template pack

ZIP — PDF, JPG, AI, DOCX + README — 1.5 MB

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THE GUIDELINE

See the real guideline

Two pages from the Stationery Guideline 2026 govern this item. The first shows how it is built; the second shows it as issued - copy from the second.

Anatomy

HOW IT IS BUILT · MINISTRY COLOURWAY

Letterhead guideline page 11 - anatomy

Zones

What each number marks

  1. Mark horizontal lockup, top left
  2. Reference and date above the subject
  3. Subject Garamond Bold
  4. Body Garamond 12 pt, ranged left
  5. Sign-off name over position
  6. Footer band address and contact

Measurements

Millimetres, on the trimmed item

  • Trim210 × 297 mm (A4)
  • Mark98 mm wide
  • Mark position20 mm left, 12 mm top
  • Margin25.4 mm
  • Measure159.2 mm
  • BodyGaramond 12 / 16.7 pt
  • Footer band13 mm

Stationery Guideline 2026 · Part 2

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In use

AS ISSUED · GREEN AND RED

Letterhead guideline page 12 - in use

Stationery Guideline 2026 · Part 2

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HOW TO USE

Adapt it to your institution

The sample is built on the Ministry of the Presidency. Three things change - everything else is protected by the guideline.

What you change

1 - The mark

Replace the sample logo with your institution's own horizontal lockup from the logo library. Ministries use green; every other institution uses red.

2 - The contact details

Replace the address, telephone and email with your institution's official contacts on somalilandgov.org.

3 - The content

Fill in the item's own content - the letter on a letterhead, the name and role on a business card.

What never changes

Mark position and size

Fixed by the anatomy page above. The mark is never moved or scaled by eye.

The colourway

Green 0 132 61 for ministries, red 218 41 28 for every other institution - never recoloured.

The typefaces

Garamond 12 pt for the body, Arial in the band, Times New Roman for Arabic.

The language order

Somali, then Arabic, then English - never reordered.

Nothing is added

No second logo, no watermark - and the emblem is never altered.

AI

The print master, for designers.

PDF

View version, for reference.

JPG

Preview images at 300 ppi.

Extras

Some packs add more - a DOCX working file for the letterhead, transparent PNGs for the business card. The note above lists each pack.

Download the template pack (ZIP)

Built on the Ministry of the Presidency sample - adapt it under the rules above.