Character height measured vertically from the baseline of the character shall be 5/8 inch (16 mm) minimum and 2 inches (51 mm) maximum based on the height of the uppercase letter...
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Character Height: ADA Standard Section 703.2.5
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Stroke Thickness: ADA Standard Section 703.2.6
Stroke thickness of the uppercase letter “I” shall be 15 percent maximum of the height of the character.
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Character Spacing: ADA Standard Section 703.2.7
Character spacing shall be measured between the two closest points of adjacent raised characters within a message, excluding word spaces. Where characters have rectangular cross...
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Line Spacing: ADA Standard Section 703.2.8
Spacing between the baselines of separate lines of raised characters within a message shall be 135 percent minimum and 170 percent maximum of the raised character height.
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Braille: ADA Standard Section 703.3
Braille shall be contracted (Grade 2) and shall comply with 703.3 and 703.4.
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Dimensions and Capitalization: ADA Standard Section 703.3.1
Braille dots shall have a domed or rounded shape and shall comply with Table 703.3.1. The indication of an uppercase letter or letters shall only be used before the first word of...
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Position: ADA Standard Section 703.3.2
Braille shall be positioned below the corresponding text. If text is multi-lined, braille shall be placed below the entire text. Braille shall be separated 3/8 inch (9.5 mm) minimum...
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Installation Height and Location: ADA Standard Section 703.4
Signs with tactile characters shall comply with 703.4.
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Height Above Finish Floor or Ground: ADA Standard Section 703.4.1
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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Location: ADA Standard Section 703.4.2
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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Visual Characters: ADA Standard Section 703.5
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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Finish and Contrast: ADA Standard Section 703.5.1
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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Case: ADA Standard Section 703.5.2
Characters shall be uppercase or lowercase or a combination of both.
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Style: ADA Standard Section 703.5.3
Characters shall be conventional in form. Characters shall not be italic, oblique, script, highly decorative, or of other unusual forms.
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Character Proportions: ADA Standard Section 703.5.4
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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Character Height: ADA Standard Section 703.5.5
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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Height from Finish Floor or Ground: ADA Standard Section 703.5.6
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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Stroke Thickness: ADA Standard Section 703.5.7
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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Character Spacing: ADA Standard Section 703.5.8
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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Line Spacing: ADA Standard Section 703.5.9
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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Pictograms: ADA Standard Section 703.6
Pictograms shall comply with 703.6.
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Pictogram Field: ADA Standard Section 703.6.1
Pictograms shall have a field height of 6 inches (150 mm) minimum. Characters and braille shall not be located in the pictogram field.
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Finish and Contrast: ADA Standard Section 703.6.2
Pictograms and their field shall have a non-glare finish. Pictograms shall contrast with their field with either a light pictogram on a dark field or a dark pictogram on a light...
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Text Descriptors: ADA Standard Section 703.6.3
Pictograms shall have text descriptors located directly below the pictogram field. Text descriptors shall comply with 703.2, 703.3 and 703.4.