Section 216.1 of the ADA Standards covers information in the current ADA Standards on scoping requirements for signs.
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General: ADA Standard Section 216.1
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Designations: ADA Standard Section 216.2
Section 216.2 covers scoping requirements in the current ADA Standards for sign designations.
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703 Signs
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703.1 General
Signs shall comply with 703. Where both visual and tactile characters are required, either one sign with both visual and tactile characters, or two separate signs, one with visual,...
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3) Signs
3) Signs ADAAG: * Signs designating permanent rooms and spaces (men's and women's rooms; room numbers; exit signs) must have raised and Brailled letters; must comply with...
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703.4 Installation Height and Location
Signs with tactile characters shall comply with 703.4.
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703.4.1 Height Above Finish Floor or Ground
Tactile characters on signs shall be located 48 inches (1220 mm) minimum above the finish floor or ground surface, measured from the baseline of the lowest tactile character and 60...
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703.4.2 Location
Where a tactile sign is provided at a door, the sign shall be located alongside the door at the latch side. Where a tactile sign is provided at double doors with one active leaf, the...
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703.5 Visual Characters
Visual characters shall comply with 703.5. EXCEPTION: Where visual characters comply with 703.2 and are accompanied by braille complying with 703.3, they shall not be required to...
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703.5.1 Finish and Contrast
Characters and their background shall have a non-glare finish. Characters shall contrast with their background with either light characters on a dark background or dark characters on...
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703.5.2 Case
Characters shall be uppercase or lowercase or a combination of both.
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703.5.3 Style
Characters shall be conventional in form. Characters shall not be italic, oblique, script, highly decorative, or of other unusual forms.
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703.5.4 Character Proportions
Characters shall be selected from fonts where the width of the uppercase letter "O" is 55 percent minimum and 110 percent maximum of the height of the uppercase letter "I".
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703.5.5 Character Height
Minimum character height shall comply with Table 703.5.5. Viewing distance shall be measured as the horizontal distance between the character and an obstruction preventing further...
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703.5.6 Height From Finish Floor or Ground
Visual characters shall be 40 inches (1015 mm) minimum above the finish floor or ground. EXCEPTION: Visual characters indicating elevator car controls shall not be required to...
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703.5.7 Stroke Thickness
Stroke thickness of the uppercase letter "I" shall be 10 percent minimum and 30 percent maximum of the height of the character.
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703.5.8 Character Spacing
Character spacing shall be measured between the two closest points of adjacent characters, excluding word spaces. Spacing between individual characters shall be 10 percent minimum...
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703.5.9 Line Spacing
Spacing between the baselines of separate lines of characters within a message shall be 135 percent minimum and 170 percent maximum of the character height.
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1023.9 Stairway identification signs
ETA Editor's Note Stairway signage is among the most frequently-observed barriers in California, because of the prevalent misunderstanding of the requirements....
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1023.9 Stairway identification signs
ETA Editor's Note Stairway signage is among the most frequently-observed barriers in California, because of the prevalent misunderstanding of the requirements....
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1023.9 Stairway identification signs
The signage shall also state the story of, and the direction to, the exit discharge and the availability of roof access from the interior exit stairway and ramp for the fire department....
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703 Signs
703 Signs
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703.1 General
703.1 General. Signs shall comply with 703. Where both visual and tactile characters are required, either one sign with both visual and tactile characters, or two separate signs, one...
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703.4 Installation Height and Location
703.4 Installation Height and Location. Signs with tactile characters shall comply with 703.4.