Australian Braille Standards
Australian Rules and Regulations Document for the production, manufacturing and
installation of disability signage. Please use for quoting, planning and
implementing your accessibility signage. These rules apply to all buildings as
of 2009.
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Source extract:
Regulatory Impact
Statement & Regulation Braille and Tactile Signs
Source extract:
Australian Standards AS 1428.1 & AS 1735.12
| Specification D3.6 Braille &
Tactile signs |
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Use of International Symbol |
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Where the international symbol of access is used, it
shall comply with the requirements of AS 1428.1 |
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| a) |
The symbol of access shall consist of two
elements, a stylised figure in a wheelchair and a plain square
background. |
| b) |
The proportional layout of the symbol of access
shall be in accordance with colors. The blue shall be B21
Ultramarine. |
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Blue and White |
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For signs identifying a facility, the figure
shall face to the right. |
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For signs indicating the direction to a
facility, the figure shall face the direction of travel needed
to reach the building.
Note: The sign may be used either with or WITHOUT a directional
arrow. |
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Braille and Tactile signage |
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| 2.1 |
General |
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Braille and tactile signs shall comply with the
requirements as shown here at Australia Signs website. |
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| 2.2 |
Location of braille and tactile signs |
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Signs including symbols, numbering and lettering shall
be constructed and installed as follows: |
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| a) |
Signs shall be located not less than 1200mm and
no higher than 1600mm above the floor or ground surface. |
| b) |
Signs with single lines of characters shall
have the line of tactile characters at 1250-1350mm height above
the floor or ground surface. |
| c) |
Signs identifying rooms containing features or
facilities listed, shall be located on the wall on the latch
side of the door. The leading edge of the sign shall be located
between 50-300 mm from the architrave. In the event of
insufficient latch side dimension a sign may be placed on the
non-latch side of the door. Where this is not possible, it may
be placed on the door itself.
Preference is 'next to door placement'. |
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Signs identifying paths of travel shall be
placed so they are located directly ahead in the direction of
travel. Where one wall continues in the direction of travel and
the other forms a corner, the sign shall be placed on the
continuing wall. |
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| 2.3 |
Tactile/Braille sign specification |
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The following applies to tactile/braille sign
orientation. |
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| a) |
Tactile characters shall be raised or embossed
to a height of no less than 1mm and no more than 1.5mm |
| b) |
Characters shall have a height of not less than
17.5mm for each metre of viewing distance |
| c) |
Upper case tactile characters shall have a
height of no less than 15 mm and no more than 55 mm |
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Lower case tactile characters shall have a
height of 50% of the related upper case characters. |
| e) |
Tactile characters, symbols, and the like,
shall have rounded edges. |
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The entire sign, including frame shall have all
edges rounded |
| g) |
The surface of the sign is to be continuous for
hygiene purposes. |
| h) |
Signs shall be constructed so as to
resist the removal of letters and braille dots by picking or
adhesive failure. |
| i) |
The background, negative space or fill of signs
shall be matte or low sheen finish |
| j) |
The characters, symbols, logos and other
features of signs sahll be matte or low sheen finish |
| k) |
Minimum letter spacing of tactile characters
shall be 2 mm |
| l) |
Minimum word space of tactile characters on
signs shall be 10 mm |
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Fonts with letters of constant stroke thickness
shall be used. |
| n) |
Thickness of letter stroke shall be no less
than 2 mm and no more than 7mm. (WOS Weight of Stroke) |
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Text contining multiple words shall be left
justified. Single words may be centre justified. |
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Luminance-contrast |
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The following applies to luminance-contrast |
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| a) |
The background, negative space or fill of a
sign or border shall have aminimum lunance-contrast with the
surface on which it mounted of 30%. In other words. Dark blue
panel sign would not work against black wall. |
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If required, A border shall be provided for
luminance-contrast with the sign's background and a shall have a
minimum of 5mm |
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Tactile characters, letters, icons and symbols
shall have a minimum 30% luminance-contrast with their
background or fill within the sign |
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Luminance-contrasts shall be met under the
lighting conditions in which the sign is to located displayed. |
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Lighting |
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Braille and tactile signs shall be
illuminated wihere required to ensure luminance-contrast requirements
are met at all times during which the sign is required to be accessible.
In other words, passageways must have adequate natural and artificial
lighting WHEN opening hours suggest normal traffic AND if passage ways
are used for emergency exits or night time situations. Any sign should
be viewable. |
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Braille |
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The following applies to braille: |
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Braille shall comply with the
Australian Braille Authority |
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Braille shall be raised, domed. |
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Braille used shall be grade 1 braille
(uncontracted). |
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Braille shall be located 8mm below the bottom
line of text (not including descenders). |
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Braille shall be left justified |
| f) |
Where an arrow is used in the tactile sign, a
small arrow shall be provided for braille readers |
| g) |
On signs with multiple lines of text and
characters, a semi circular braille locator at teh left margin
shall be horizontally aligned with the first line braille text. |
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Extract from Australian Standard AS 1428.1-2001 |
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Form of Signs |
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The requirements of signs indicating access for people
with disabilities are as follows:
NOTE: Signs should provide information in tactile and braille formates,
to be accessible to people who are blind or vision impaired. |
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| a) |
Sign shall be set out in a modular form
indicating the continuous accessible path of travel. An adequate
number of signs should be purchased and installed for ease of
identification and destination travel.
Do not fail because too few signs have been purchased. |
| b) |
Where a standard symbol exists in accordance
with AS 2899.1, facilities shall be identified by the use of
that symbol. |
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Where a standard symbol does not exist,
facilities should be identified by the use of words letters. |
| d) |
The size, type and layout of lettering the
signs shall be clear and legible. Helvetica Medium typeface is
preferred. |
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Raised tactile information shall be provided on
signs located below 1600mm from the finished ground or floor
surface. |
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LOCATIONS OF SIGN(s) |
| f) |
Where they are clearly visible to people in
both seated and standing position.
1. Signs should be placed within a zone at a height not less
than 1.2 metres and not more than 1.6 metres above finished
floor plane. Where space is not available, the sign may
installed not less than 1 metre. This height assists people to
read from either a seated or standing position, and assists
people with low vision to read the information on the sign. Too
low or too high is not accepted.
2. Where a sign can be temporality obscured, eg. in a crowd, the
sign should placed o not less than 2000mm above the plane of the
finished floor. |
| g) |
At sites where directional decisions are made,
to enable the appropriate decisions to be made before a change
of direction occurs. |
| h) |
Where the surface of the wall surrounding the
sign provides sufficient contrast to the sign. At the locations
with insufficient contrast (e.g. patterned wallpapers,), the
background to the sing shall be increased in size. |
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| NOTES |
General |
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1. The message that the sign carries should be
unambiguous. |
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2. Floor plans or maps should provide information in
tactile and Braille formats to be accessible to people who are blind or
vision imparied. |
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