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Wayfinding Signage general advice plz
Hi All
As the title i have a client who needs wayfinding signage for a small to medium size hotel – im looking at using the vista system if your familiar with that so things i need to know from those who have done it – are there
1) Any laws that must be adhered to ie DDA act – is that advisory or compulsory?
2) Any recommendations or legislation on sign sizes/fonts/colours etc?
3) What is the best material to print to for the Vista system and do you treat internal external signs differently in the printed material choice?thanks in advance for any input
John 😀
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John, DDA is suppose to be compulsory and have been implemented (cut off date for change is long gone) but I still don’t see very much of it about so not sure what’s happening there or if they are enforcing it.
As for question 2 that depends if you take notice of question 1 as certain Fonts/colours are recommend.
Question 3 I can’t help with as I don’t print inhouse.
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Hi John,
I don’t work directly in our Sign Planning department but I do work really closely with them when planning out large jobs. I know they usually print out large scale CAD maps that we get from Architects / Engineers to help them plan where certain types of sign go. We also must adhere to strict ADA guidelines. I’m not very familiar with your DDA guidelines and how strict they are in the UK. There’s a good bit of info for ADA guidelines that might be similar to the DDA rules.
Guide for copy sizes at prescribed distances:
http://www.geminisigns.com/signletters/ … -chart.htmUsually after working directly on large floor plan plots they mark everything up directly in CAD. It will also be a major help for you to go ahead and see if you can get a message schedule from your customer (unless you are doing it yourself?). These are usually in excel format, but we do sometimes get them as word documents or even pdfs. Of course the larger the job the more organized you’ll have to be. I’ll attach a partial screenshot of one of our message schedules so you can get an idea of how we do it.
Sorry, I’m not familiar with the Vista system. Is that a sign manufacturer or is it a methodology for sign planning?
Hopefully I’ve been somewhat helpful If you have any specific problems though, just post again or IM me. I’ll try to be advise as best I can.
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Hi Martin, Simon – Thanks for the info 😀
Simon the Vista system is worldwide product
http://www.vistasystem.com/UK-Home.html
so hoping someone here has used it and can give me some insight, think Dave Rowland’s co do it too – where are you Dave?
John 😀
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Sorry John, meant to say in the above post, if it does need to conform to DDA which it should really then "The Sign Design Guide" is a good book to have. Will answer just about all your questions on inclusive signage including colours, fonts, placing of signs etc etc.
http://www.rnib.org.uk/shop/Pages/Produ … =PR1140101
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