ADA Fonts

Helvetica sans-serif typeface
ADA Visual and Raised Tactile Compliant.
Do you know the difference between Helvetica and Arial?

Helvetica Neue Condensed sans-serif typeface
ADA Visual and Raised Tactile Compliant.
Condensed Text has a modern look and saves space.

Arial sans-serif typeface
ADA Visual and Raised Tactile Compliant.
Do you know the difference between Helvetica and Arial?
Why does Century Sign Builders recommends this font for ADA Room Signs and Wayfinding?

Futura sans-serif typeface
ADA Visual and Raised Tactile Compliant.
The future is here with Futura. So you think Helvetica and Arial are boring… Pick FUTURA for your next project, it is Visual and and Tactile Compliant.

Myraid Pro sans-serif typeface
ADA Visual and Raised Tactile Compliant.
Everything you like about Futura but just a bit more “Apple Computer” style

Comic Sans nope

Times New Roman serif typeface
ADA Visual but NOT Raised Tactile Compliant.
This font can be used for your wayfinding signs, directories, and your information signs. It can not be used for your ADA Room Id signs that require a san-serif font for Raised Tactile Characters.

Visual Characters ADA Technical Specifications

703.5.3 Style. Characters shall be conventional in form. Characters shall not be italic, oblique, script, highly decorative, or of other unusual forms.

703.5.4 Character Proportions. Characters shall be selected from fonts where the width of the uppercase letter “O” is 55 percent minimum and 110 percent maximum of the height of the uppercase letter “I”.

703.5.7 Stroke Thickness. Stroke thickness of the uppercase letter “I” shall be 10 percent minimum and 30 percent maximum of the height of the character.