CHAPTER 7: COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS AND FEATURES

TECHNICAL

EXCEPTION:

Where separate raised and visual

characters

with the same information are

provided, raised

character

height shall be permitted to be ½ inch (13 mm) minimum.

703.2.6 Stroke Thickness.

Stroke thickness of the uppercase letter “I” shall be 15 percent

maximum of the height of the

character

.

703.2.7 Character Spacing.

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 sections, spacing between individual raised

characters

shall be 1/8 inch (3.2 mm)

minimum and 4 times the raised

character

stroke width maximum.

Where

characters

have other

cross sections, spacing between individual raised

characters

shall be 1/16 inch (1.6 mm) minimum

and 4 times the raised

character

stroke width maximum at the base of the cross sections, and 1/8

inch (3.2 mm) minimum and 4 times the raised

character

stroke width maximum at the top of the

cross sections.

Characters

shall be separated from raised borders and decorative

elements

3/8 inch

(9.5 mm) minimum.

703.2.8 Line Spacing.

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.

703.3 Braille.

Braille shall be contracted (Grade 2) and shall comply with 703.3 and 703.4.

703.3.1 Dimensions and Capitalization.

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 sentences, proper nouns and names, individual letters of the alphabet,

initials, and acronyms.

Figure 703.2.5

Height of Raised Characters

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