Can you make te reo Māori and bilingual signs for schools and campuses?

Yes. We make bilingual school signs in NZ for early learning centres, kura, schools and tertiary campuses. Every macron is checked before anything is made, and we check the typeface displays macrons properly, because some fonts don't. The wording needs to come from the right people. At Te Matapihi we worked with Tihei [...]

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Do you make braille and accessible signage for schools and campuses?

Yes. We make braille signs for schools, early learning centres, universities and polytechnics, using UV printed braille and raised lettering for room and facility signs. We also laser cut accessible icons and make accessible parking and wayfinding signs. Tactile signs go at 1200mm to 1600mm so students, staff and visitors who are blind [...]

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How should school signs be designed so everyone can read them?

Good school sign design comes down to short words, strong contrast and one or two plain typefaces. Aim for a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 between text and background, and choose matte finishes so lights don't cause glare. As a guide, allow about 25mm of letter height for every 3 metres of [...]

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Where should signs go on a school or campus?

Campus wayfinding signs work best where someone has to make a choice: the gate, the front door, corridor intersections, stairwells, car parks and the edge of the drop-off area. A sign that confirms the way at each of these points does more than a dozen signs in between. Start with the route every [...]

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What signs does a school, early learning centre or campus need?

School signage requirements in NZ start with two legal ones. Schools and early learning centres must display no smoking and no vaping notices at or immediately inside every entrance, and at the outer entrance to every building or enclosed area on site. Buildings covered by the Building Code also need exit signs, which [...]

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