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14.8. Colour and contrast

Colour contrast between text and its background shall have a clear reflectance contrast
of at least 50 LRV.

14.9. Typography

1. In public spaces internationally recognizable icons and signs are preferred instead of
text.

2. All relevant textual information will be provided both in Arabic and English. When
numerals are used at least English numerals will be displayed.

3. Sans-serif fonts as Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Avenir and Avenir Heavy shall be used.

4. Within a sign, not more than 2 typefaces should be used.

5. The distance at which a person can read the sign has to be taken into account
adjusting the font size according to the following table:

Signs font size according to reading distance

Reading distance Minimum size Recommended size

≥50 meters 170 mm 200 mm
20 meters 140 mm 180 mm

5 meters 70 mm 140 mm

4 meters 56 mm 110 mm

3 meters 42 mm 84 mm

2 meters 28 mm 56 mm
1 meter 14 mm 28 mm

0.5 meters 7 mm 14 mm

Table 14. Accessible text according to reading distances

6. Signs should present chromatic contrast against their background where it is located
and between the texts or icons and the sign background, avoiding reflections.

7. Only long texts should be aligned to the left in Latin languages and to the right in
Arabic language.

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