Characters shall be conventional in form. Characters shall not be italic, oblique, script, highly decorative, or of other unusual forms.
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Style: ADA Standard Section 703.5.3
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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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A.4.30 SIGNAGE
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A4.30.3 COLOR CONTRAST
The greatest readability is usually achieved through the use of light-colored characters or symbols on a dark background.
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A4.30 Signage
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A4.30.4 Raised and Brailled Characters and Pictorial Symbol Signs (Pictograms)
Accessible signage with descriptive materials about public buildings, monuments, and objects of cultural interest may not provide sufficiently detailed and meaningful information....
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A4.30.5 Finish and Contrast
An eggshell finish (11 to 19 degree gloss on 60 degree glossimeter) is recommended. Research indicates that signs are more legible for persons with low vision when characters...
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Stairs, short-term list
I’ll put one up there, short-term, stairs....
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1022.9 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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11B-216 SIGNS
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11B-216.1 General
The substantive difference between the 2013 CBC and 2010 ADAS scoping for signage at parking facilities is that signs identifying permanent rooms and spaces, directional and informational...
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11B-216.2 Designations
Interior and exterior signs identifying permanent rooms and spaces shall comply with Sections 11B-703.1 _|Signs; General|_ 11B-703.2 _|Signs; Raised Characters|_, 11B-703.3...
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11B-703 SIGNS
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11B-703.1 General
Signs shall comply with Section 11B-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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11B-703.1.1 Plan review and inspection
Signs as specified in Section 11B-703, or in other sections of this code, when included in the construction of new buildings or facilities, or when included, altered or replaced due...
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11B-703.1.1.2 Inspection
Signs and identification devices shall be field inspected after installation and approved by the enforcing agency prior to the issuance of a final certificate of occupancy per...
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11B-703.4 Installation height and location
Signs with tactile characters shall comply with Section 11B-703.4.
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11B-703.4.1 Height above finish floor or ground
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-703.4.2 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...