The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States).

Within the MIT community, use of the MIT logo should be directed to MIT’s Communications Initiatives. Permission to use the MIT logo is rarely granted to those who are not in the MIT community. All inquiries should be addressed to the TLO. Unlike the MIT Logo, the MIT Seal should be used sparingly.

If you are using MIT’s master branding, the only type family that may be used for your logo is Apex New. Note that this font may only be used in master-branded logos and not for body copy on web or print publications.

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CardinalSteel Gray
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Colors

After an extensive process involving the MIT community that explored MIT’s image in the world and how it could be best represented, the Institute unveiled the MIT logo, created by type designer Matthew Carter.

Tim the Beaver
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Mascot
“The beaver was chosen as the mascot of Technology because of its remarkable engineering and mechanical skill and its habits of industry. The proposal that the beaver be adapted as the mascot of the Institute was made at the annual dinner of the Technology Club of New York on January 17, 1914.

MIT’s emblematic use of Helvetica––now reborn as Monotype’s Neue Haas Grotesk––is carried through to the nameplate and the rest of the cover. The redrawn wordmark has been customized and refined by Christian Schwartz at Commercial Type.

William Barton Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Founders

William Barton Rogers, 1804-1882, the founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was educated at the College of William and Mary but apparently did not receive a degree.

Pentagram has designed a new visual identity for MIT Media Lab, the innovative, interdisciplinary research laboratory at MIT. The design began with designer Richard The’s 25th anniversary logo for the Media Lab, which was based on a seven-by-seven grid.

If you are an MIT alumnus or alumna who would like to use the logo for alumni club activities, email [email protected] If you are an MIT alumnus or alumna who would like to obtain the logo for individual use, email [email protected]

An MIT certificate is required to download these files. These templates allow you to print the Institute return address block on blank envelopes with your desktop printer. There’s also room to customize the return address with your individual office information. An MIT certificate is required to download these files.

These templates allow you to produce departmental letterhead. An MIT certificate is required to download these files. These templates allow you to include your name in your departmental letterhead. An MIT certificate is required to download these files. Choose the design that matches your professionally printed envelope.

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