ADA sign maker.
Lay out a tactile room sign with raised text, Grade 2 braille and a pictogram, drawn to scale on the material and colors you choose. Check it against the 2010 ADA Standards, California 11B or Canada’s CSA B651, see the mounting height, then get a PDF proof for your customer. Free to design; SVG and DXF cut files come with a sign maker key.
1 · Sign details
Raised text & braille
Material & colors
Mounting
2 · Proof drawn to scale
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The preview carries a light watermark. Clean files come from the buttons under “Files”.
Mounting elevation
3 · Files
PDF proof: free, with a light “preview” watermark, sent to your email. With a license key the proof has no watermark. SVG and DXF use 1 credit per sign; downloading the same sign again is free. Layers: CUT (outline), TACTILE (raised letters as live text – set your ADA font and convert to outlines), BRAILLE (one circle per dot) and PICTOGRAM.
Your design is saved for 30 days when you download, so the link in your email opens it again. To keep it longer, use “Save design”.
Guideline checks
These checks compare your layout with the rule set you chose. They are a design aid, not an approval or a compliance certificate. Final compliance depends on fabrication (raised height, dot shape, non-glare finish), the font, the installation and the local authority.
Sign schedule whole building
Paste the room list, one sign per line: name, number, pictogram (pictogram is optional – use the icon name, e.g. restroom, men, women, accessible, elevator, stairs, cafe, janitor, exit). Every sign uses the same size, material and settings above. The ZIP has an SVG and a DXF for every sign (1 credit per new sign). Long names break onto two lines and, when space is short, the pictogram is made smaller in proportion – the sign size never changes.
| # | Raised text | Pictogram | Size | Check |
|---|
Need only the braille dots for your own artwork? Use the free Braille translator, which also works out how many signs fit on a sheet.
The numbers behind the checks
| Item | 2010 ADA / A117.1 | California 11B |
|---|---|---|
| Raised letters | Upper case, sans serif, 5/8–2 in (capital I), raised 1/32 in | Same; letter O 60–110% of I height |
| Stroke of capital I | 15% of height max | 15% max |
| Space between letters | 1/8 in min, 4 × stroke max | Same |
| Line spacing | 135–170% of letter height | Same |
| Braille | Grade 2, below the text, 3/8 in min away | Grade 2, 3/8–1/2 in below the text |
| Pictogram field | 6 in high min, no text inside, words below | Same |
| Mounting | Raised text baselines 48–60 in; A117.1 also braille 48–60 in | Lowest braille 48 in min, highest raised text 60 in max |
| Contrast | Light on dark or dark on light, non-glare. A117.1-2026: 65% LRV once adopted | Light on dark or dark on light, non-glare |
Before you send it to production
- The tactile sign goes beside the door on the latch side, with an 18 × 18 in clear floor space in front of it beyond the door swing.
- Canada’s CSA B651:23 uses uncontracted (Grade 1) braille and asks for a lighter surface LRV of 70 or more with strong contrast. Its tactile mounting heights are in the full standard, so check them there.
- California also asks for the white-on-blue International Symbol of Accessibility and for door symbols (circle and triangle) on toilet room doors.
- The pictograms are the AMZE Studio icon library in four styles, plus direction arrows. Where a code names a specific symbol (the International Symbol of Accessibility, California’s door symbols), check the artwork against that code before production.
- Colors on screen are estimates. Use the LRV values from your material supplier’s data sheet on the shop drawing.
Want us to draw the whole job? Our Sign Desk makes production-ready, white-label shop drawings for sign companies.
Free to design. Pay only for the signs you cut.
Designing, checking and the PDF proof are free. Clean SVG and DXF cut files, the proof without watermark and the whole-building ZIP come with a sign maker license key. A key holds sign credits: 1 credit per sign, and downloading the same sign again is free.
Keys are sent by email, or buy one in our Etsy shop. Direct invoices are welcome for sign companies.
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