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DIN 1450
DIN 1450, recommended for barrier-free reading
In many applications, such as for instance signalling systems, or for
forms or operating manuals, the important thing is the good
legibility of the font. Whereas up until now there have been
recommendations only for the public sector, in mid 2013 the Deutsches
Institut fur Normung e.V. (German Institute for Standardisation) in
Berlin published DIN 1450:2013_04, which now gives for the first time
specifications for other sectors, in order to provide barrier-free
legibility.
Monotype fonts, which have been specially adapted to these
recommendations, carry the name affix, "1450". The first of these is
the Neue Frutiger(r) 1450, which can be used for all assignments, which
have to be designed in conformity with the recommendation.
Just take a drive on a day with poor visibility and even if you
yourself have normal vision, it will immediately become apparent what
can happen to texts posted at the roadside under these conditions.
The lovingly carved wooden sign for the rural hotel may indeed be
highly stylish and well-intentioned, but if the wrong text form is
used, it will become illegible in rain and darkness. If unfavourable
reading conditions are simulated, the causes of the various problems
very soon become clear.
The characters in texts need to be formed with adequately open
internal structures if they are to be clearly recognisable even in
poor reading conditions.
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This example shows how the letters of the Helvetica lose their form
in adverse reading conditions, whereas the letters of the font
illustrated above, which clearly exhibit more open inner forms, are
still easy to recognise.
This effect is even more marked in the case of numerals. Not only
does their outline become blurred, but individual numerals can be
readily confused with each other, and the consequences of this can be
serious.
[image02]
But it is not just poor reading conditions that make it difficult to
recognise individual characters. The design of some typefaces means
that it is almost impossible to distinguish between characters that
are similar in appearance, such lowercase "l" and uppercase "I" or
figure "0" and uppercase "O".
[image03]
And a final example will suffice to show that the design of a
typeface determines to what extent it is possible to differentiate
between characters. When some typefaces are used in smaller point
sizes, the letter sequence "r" followed by "n" can visually merge and
appear to be an "m". If better spacing and forms are used, this kind
of mix-up will not arise.
[image04]
While DIN 1450 meets the recommendations on designing a font to avoid
the problems illustrated above, it comes up with clear
recommendations in other sectors, where it is important that reading
is barrier-free. Here letter proportions, stroke widths, font size
and distances are specified. In this way DIN 1450 distinguishes three
areas of application:
1. Reading text is described as a long, continuous running text.
2. Consultation texts are sections amplifying a reading text, such as
marginalia or captions.
3. Signalling text, as the name implies, comes into use on signage.
Depending on the x-height, DIN 1450 describes minimum and maximum
widths of body and hair line and also gives concrete recommendations
for the letter proportions. In addition, minimum sizes for text, the
distances for letters and words, margins, even the surface character
are specified.
But don't worry. All this may seem at present to be baffling,
potentially problematic and highly theoretical, but in practice you
will find it undemanding to conform to the requirements of the
standard. As a typographer, you will of course be responsible for
text design and line spacing, but you will be able to obtain the
necessary typefaces directly from Monotype. Fonts, which are
identified by the affix 1450, have been adapted or extended
particularly with the recommendations in mind - we have made quite
sure of that. Not only stroke widths, letter proportions, but also
the form of the characters satisfies the recommendations. The
creation of readily legible texts has never been this easy.
Read also the feature about "Neue Frutiger 1450: one oft he first
fonts to conform to the new German standard on legibility of texts".
You can get DIN 1450 Standard here.
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