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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hey everybody. Disregard this if you've already contacted Sharon Toji from Access Communications regarding a proposed new font, <span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">called ADA/InvisiTouch</span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I received this through California Council of the Blind.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">If this is new to you please consider helping them out by evaluating the new typeface. Information on how to get a sample is below. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Stay safe!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Lynne Nishihara</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div>
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<div>----- Forwarded Message -----</div><div><div id="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453"><div><div class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453WordSection1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">Hello from Sharon Toji, the ADA Sign Lady!</span><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> My company, Access Communications, specializes in accessible signs, including room identification signs with raised characters, readable by touch and braille. </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> We have developed a new font (typeface), called ADA/InvisiTouch, and think it will be especially easy to read by touch. The characters are small, with thin, rounded profiles, clearly separated from each other. </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">ADA/InvisiTouch is a “tactile only” font, which complies with the 2010 ADA Standards. This “invisible” text, plus braille, would always be accompanied by a companion visual sign. The visual sign would have much larger and bolder text, with high contrast and as little reflection as possible. </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> We hope the use of the combined signs will become a common practice, so people who are blind or have low vision will find accessible signage more usable. </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> We have worked to make letters and numbers like “I,” “L,” “1,” and “7” easier to distinguish from one another. Also, we have added a diagonal slash through the zero, or “0,” so to make it distinctly different from the letter “O.” </span><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"></span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> We would very much appreciate your evaluation of ADA/InvisiTouch and especially what you think about our solutions to these often confusing letter and number identification problems. Also, we would like your specific input regarding our proposed solution for distinguishing between the “0” and “O”, or an alternative solution. </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"> </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">We would like to mail to you, for evaluation purposes, a plastic panel, 6 inches wide by 5 inches high and 1/8 inch thick, with the entire font alphabet and numerals for your input. (Note: The actual font is complete, with all punctuation marks and symbols). Your input should include constructive suggestions as to how to improve the font and its tactile readability.</span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">For those who reply with comments and permission for us to quote them, we will be happy to send you a “thank you” in the form of your choice of a house address sign or a name and title sign, using the font along with braille.</span><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"></span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">Just send us your house number and street, or if you prefer, a name and title you would like on a small plaque, or a welcome sign to your home, such as “Welcome to the Jones’ Home.” The sign will feature this tactile font and braille. </span><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"></span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">The evaluation panel is yours to keep and to share with others who would be interested in providing input to us. Those individuals who provide their input and permission for us to quote them will also receive a thank you in the form of one of the above signs of their choice. </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">Please email me at <a href="mailto:ADASignLady@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADASignLady@gmail.com</a> if you would like to evaluate the ADA/InvisiTouch for its readability and usability. Also, share this email with other interested parties.</span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"> </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">Sharon Toji,</span><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"></span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">Access Communications</span><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"></span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">3700 Industry Avenue, Suite 102</span><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"></span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">Lakewood CA, 90712</span><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"></span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;">949 929-6512</span><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"></span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lucida Grande;"><a href="mailto:ADASignLady@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADASignLady@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:Lucida Grande;"></span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="ydp47e12287yiv7342927453MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div>
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