{"id":493,"date":"2022-09-01T14:26:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2022-10-18T13:09:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T13:09:51","slug":"signage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/design-needs\/exteriors-and-interiors\/signage\/","title":{"rendered":"Signage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Signs provide essential information to everyone. To accommodate the needs of the general public, including people impacted by blindness, follow these basic guidelines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep sign information short and simple. Signs that are easy to understand generate confidence.<\/li>\n<li>Be consistent in the placement of signs. For example, place signs at decision-making points along routes of travel, including entrances and exits, and mount signs at the same height throughout a building.<\/li>\n<li>Mounting heights should be appropriate for the primary occupants of a building. Lower signs may be suitable in facilities intended primarily for the use of children.<\/li>\n<li>Where lower signage is used, ensure safety-related signs are provided at both lower and standard mounting heights.<\/li>\n<li>Use typefaces, colours and graphics logically and consistently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This section includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/design-needs\/exteriors-and-interiors\/signage\/letter-size-type-style-and-distance\/\">Letter Size, Type Style and Distance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/design-needs\/exteriors-and-interiors\/signage\/location-of-signs\/\">Location of Signs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/design-needs\/exteriors-and-interiors\/signage\/illumination-of-signs\/\">Illumination of Signs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/design-needs\/exteriors-and-interiors\/signage\/colour-contrast-on-signs\/\">Colour Contrast on Signs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/design-needs\/exteriors-and-interiors\/signage\/tactile-signs-raised-print-and-braille\/\">Tactile Signs (Raised Print and Braille)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/design-needs\/exteriors-and-interiors\/signage\/symbols-and-pictograms\/\">Symbols and Pictograms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/design-needs\/exteriors-and-interiors\/signage\/audible-signs\/\">Audible Signs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/design-needs\/exteriors-and-interiors\/signage\/electronic-signs\/\">Electronic Signs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signs provide essential information to everyone. To accommodate the needs of the general public, including people impacted by blindness, follow these basic guidelines: Keep sign information short and simple. Signs that are easy to understand generate confidence. Be consistent in the placement of signs. For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":430,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions\/829"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}