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ADA signs- Restroom and Exit signs
BY: Robert Lawson, Your Business
What is an ADA sign?
According to the Wikipedia “The term “ADA Signs” has come into common use in the architecutural, construction and signage industries industries with the advent of the Americans With Disabilities Act, or ADA. Unfortunately, it’s a misunderstood term. Most people think it’s synonymous with braille signs. Certainly, signs with braille and raised characters are the most visible manifestation of the law requiring access to the built environment, but the sign standards in the ADA Accessibility Guidelines, or ADAAG, require much more than just braille and raised characters on some signs.
The architectural signs must comply with the ADA guidelines. The background and text should be non-glare surface. The signs must have a contrast between the background and the text- dark to light. The typeface must be easy to read.
Signs that identify a room or a space should be placed close to the door. Tactile signs require uppercase characters in sans serif typefaces. (No,Helvetica is not required, other sans-serif typefaces can be used.) The characters can be from 5/8 inch to 2 inches high. The braille must accompany the characters (usually placed below the characters) and must be Contracted Braille (formerly called Grade 2 Braille). The signs are installed 60 inches on center from the finish floor. If pictograms are used to identify the space (example: restrooms with gender pictograms), they must be in a six inch high clear field and accompanied by a tactile character and Braille label below the field.
At San Jose Signs we stock standard exit signs, restroom signs, handicapped decals, tactile signs, restroom signs with handicapped. These signs meet the California ADA standards.
We can also design custom ADA signs for your business. The background and text colors can be matched with other interior signage.
