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Braille and accessible signs

Signage that works when it cannot be seen. Tactile lettering and Braille at a height the hand finds without searching.

An accessible sign has three requirements that do not show on a drawing: a height the hand finds, a tactile spacing a finger can tell apart, and contrast sufficient for low vision. All three are easily missed when a plate is designed as graphics and checked only as an image on screen.

So we make a sample before the run and check it on site — by touch, from the side people approach from, and under the lighting the building actually has. On stairs, a floor marking at the end of the handrail solves more than a board on the wall, because the hand is already there.

Braille and accessible signs — example of delivered work

What this covers

Braille door plates

Room numbers, room names and department labels in tactile lettering and Braille.

Handrail marking

Floor number and direction, where the hand already is.

Floor and lift marking

Tactile marking beside the call panel and at lift doors.

Tactile paths and warning surfaces

Guidance underfoot and marking where a level changes.

Contrast and letter size

Checking figure-to-ground contrast and letter height against reading distance.

Sample and touch check

The first piece goes up and is checked before the run is released.

Where we delivered it

KBC Zemun

Hospital campus signage with department markings and patient guidance.

Belville Olympic Village

Signage for a residential estate: block and entrance marking, lobbies and communal facilities.

Frequently asked questions

At a height the hand finds without stooping or reaching, on the approach side of the door. The exact figure is fixed on the sample, because it also depends on door width and swing.

For buildings in public use it is part of accessibility duties. Regardless of the duty, in hospitals and institutions it solves real situations, so we propose it even when nobody asks.

Yes, where the plate has room for tactile lettering and Braille. Where it does not, replacing the series is cheaper than running two different looks on one floor.

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