Tactile characters on signs shall be located 48 inches (1219 mm) minimum above the finish floor or ground surface, measured from the baseline of the lowest Braille cells and 60...
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11B-703.4.1 Height above finish floor or ground
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11B-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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11B-703.5 Visual characters
Visual characters shall comply with Section 11B-703.5. Exception: Where visual characters comply with Section 11B-703.2 _|Signs; Raised Characters|_ and are accompanied by Braille...
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11B-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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11B-703.5.2 Case
Characters shall be uppercase or lowercase or a combination of both.
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11B-703.5.3 Style
Characters shall be conventional in form. Characters shall not be italic, oblique, script, highly decorative, or of other unusual forms. [S.H. Visual character style not addressed...
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11B-703.5.4 Character proportions
Characters shall be selected from fonts where the width of the uppercase letter “O” is 60 percent minimum and 110 percent maximum of the height of the uppercase letter “I”. [2010...
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11B-703.5.5 Character height
Minimum character height shall comply with Table 11B-703.5.5. Viewing distance shall be measured as the horizontal distance between the character and an obstruction preventing...
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11B-703.5.6 Height from finish floor or ground
Visual characters shall be 40 inches (1016 mm) minimum above the finish floor or ground. Exceptions: 1. Visual characters indicating elevator car controls shall not be...
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11B-703.5.7 Stroke thickness
Stroke thickness of the uppercase letter “I” shall be 10 percent minimum and 20 percent maximum of the height of the character. [2010 ADAS] 703.5.7 Stroke Thickness. Stroke...
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11B-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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11B-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. [S.H. Visual character...
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11B-703.5.10 Format
Text shall be in a horizontal format.
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11B-703.6 Pictograms
Pictograms shall comply with Section 11B-703.6. Advisory 11B-703.6 Pictograms. Pictograms and other symbols, such as the International Symbol of Accessibility (ISA), which are...
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11B-703.6.1 Pictogram field
Pictograms shall have a field height of 6 inches (152 mm) minimum. Characters and Braille shall not be located in the pictogram field. Advisory 11B-703.6.1 Pictogram field. ...
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11B-703.6.2 Finish and contrast
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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11B-703.6.3 Text descriptors
Pictograms shall have text descriptors located directly below the pictogram field. Text descriptors shall comply with Sections 11B-703.2 _|Signs; Raised Characters|_, 11B-703.3...
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11B-703.7 Symbols of accessibility
Symbols of accessibility shall comply with Section 11B-703.7. Advisory 11B-703.7 Symbols of accessibility. Symbols of accessibility, such as the International Symbol of...
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11B-703.7.1 Finish and contrast
Symbols of accessibility and their background shall have a non-glare finish. Symbols of accessibility shall contrast with their background with either a light symbol on a dark...
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11B-703.7.2 Symbols
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11B-703.7.2.1 International Symbol of Accessibility
The International Symbol of Accessibility shall comply with Figure 11B-703.7.2.1. The symbol shall consist of a white figure on a blue background. The color blue shall approximate FS...
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11B-703.7.2.2 International Symbol of TTY
The International Symbol of TTY shall comply with Figure 11B-703.7.2.2. FIGURE 11B-703.7.2.2 INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL OF TTY
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11B-703.7.2.3 Volume control telephones
Telephones with a volume control shall be identified by a pictogram of a telephone handset with radiating sound waves on a square field such as shown in Figure...
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11B-703.7.2.4 Assistive listening systems
Assistive listening systems shall be identified by the International Symbol of Access for Hearing Loss complying with Figure 11B-703.7.2.4. FIGURE...