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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Thank you everyone, all your advice said looks really useful - seems like I've got a lot to be getting on with! Regards, Lowri On 6 June 2014 14:23, Becki Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, > your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the > author of this message. ------------------------------- > Hi, > > Just to add to the comments already stated. > > > - Ensure that the text is at least 14 size in font. Check which font > you are using as size 14 can be small. This size is useful for people who > are visually impaired or registered blind. > - The font must be in a sans serif font like Arial and Helvetica. > Fonts such as Times New Roman and Bookman are very tricky to read for > people with dyslexia, visual stress and dyspraxia. > - Please use a cream background and not white, as the light reflecting > from a white background information panel or label can cause difficulties > in reading. Also if you have to laminate use a matt laminate not the > glossy type. > - Try and avoid using bold, the spaces between the letters decrease > and can cause problems in visually interpreting the word to associate > meaning. > - Don't use capital letters in block statements/signage and try and > steer away from italics if necessary for people with dyslexia, dyspraxia, > visual stress and visual impairment. > - High contrast between background colour of the panel and text is > important. Please don't use an image and place text over the top, as its > very difficult to read for the same reasons given above. > > > - Please feel free to contact me as this is my area of research within > museums and art galleries. Information relating this can also be found at > RNIB Clear Print and the British Dyslexia Association Style Guide. > > With kind regards > > Becki > > Becki Morris > Collections Assistant > Heritage and Culture Warwickshire (HCW) > Localites & Community Safety > Warwickshire County Council > T: 01926 418244 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > Visit our website heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk, follow us on Twitter > @oisinthedeer and like our Facebook page Warwickshire Museum. > > Sign up to our regular Heritage and Culture Warwickshire e-newsletter here. > <http://eepurl.com/Bbns5> > > This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and may > contain confidential, sensitive or personal information and should be > handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to > receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to > anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please notify > the sender immediately. All email traffic sent to or from us, including > without limitation all GCSX traffic, may be subject to recording and/or > monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation. The SHCG list is > provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects > relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk > . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and > are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this > message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject > line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST