H&S Font ID Please

[Graeme Harrold]

Arial Bold……….

There is no specific font for this signage, as long as it is clear and legible. However the sizes and aspect ratio have strict controls. Ideally the pictogram should make up 2/3 of the sign, difficult to do with a bi-lingual sign.

[Ivan Morley]

From BS5499-1:2002 (Graphical Symbols & Signs)

12 Lettering
12.1 Font
The font used shall be either:
a) Helvetica medium, as shown in Figure 9; or
b) another sans serif font with the following characteristics:
1) widths of strokes throughout the letters constant within 10 %;
2) widths of strokes at least one sixth of the letter height;
3) width of the lower case letter “x” not less than 70 % of the letter height;
4) not condensed, expanded, italic, script, outline or shaded;
5) letters individually formed and not joined together.

12.2 Text
The initial letter of the first word shall be upper case and the remainder of the wording shall be lower case.
Where a signal word is used on a supplementary text sign used with a hazard sign (see 10.4) the text after
the signal word shall start on a new line; the initial letter of the first word shall be upper case and the
remainder of the wording shall be lower case.
NOTE 1 The letter height used on supplementary text signs should be such that the text is legible but not so large as to dominate
the graphical symbol. The letter height used on supplementary text signs should be in accordance with Table A.1.
NOTE 2 It is not necessary for the supplementary text to be legible at the maximum viewing distance of the safety sign.

I hope this is of use.

Ivan