This section contains information to help you:
- Ensure images are correctly sized
- Crop images for GOV.UK
- Check the size of images
- Source images for GOV.UK
Where possible, publish diagrams in
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Preparing images for GOV.UK
Using infographics on GOV.UK
How to write alt text, produce accessible diagrams, choose images and copyright standards for GOV.UK. Where possible, publish your diagrams using the SVG image format - this will allow allows users to zoom in and out.
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Sizes required
Images must be 960 x 640 pixels in dimension to be used on GOV.UK. This is a landscape orientation.
Pixel meaning
A pixel (a word invented from 'picture element') is the basic unit of programmable colour on a computer display or in a computer image. Think of it as a logical, rather than a physical, unit of measurement.
No special design skills needed
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Government Digital Service gives guidance on how to write alt text, produce accessible diagrams, choose images and copyright standards for GOV.UK.