# Accessible Documentation & Leaflets

#### Here are some tips on good practice:
+ Offer a good contrast between print and background (e.g. black/blue on white/yellow)
+ Avoid glossy or thin paper
+ Aoid light type weights and unusual typefaces
+ Keep information as concise as possible with short sentences and paragraphs
+ Avoid printing text in capitals
+ Provide even word spacing and justify text to the left
+ Provide ‘navigational’ aids for the reader (e.g. content lists, clear headings, titled illustrations in appropriate places.)
+ Ensure text documents have been generously spaced
+ Leave enough space between columns to make sure that text flows easily from column to column

#### When considering lay-out and design for posters and leaflets (as well as the points above):

+ Avoid over-elaborate layouts, especially, placing words on top of photographs or drawings
+ Highlight where the focus of the information can be found
+ Insure large and clear fonts are used such as Ariel
+ Insure the numbering and symbol protocols are kept simple and understand that some characters are difficult to tell apart for those with visual impairments, e.g., 3 and 8, 6 and 9, O and 0, S and 5, iv and vi?

#### Take care to avoid, where possible:
<ul>
	<li>words split over lines</li>
	<li>italics</li>
	<li>underlining</li>
	<li>the capitalisation of whole sentences</li>
	<li>narrow line spacing, narrow margins and dense text</li>
	<li>faint print</li>
</ul>