Large print symbol

The words 'Large Print' set in oversized type.

Also known as: Large type symbol, Big print symbol, Large-print

AccessibilityEveryday & digitalStandard profile

Meanings

The large print symbol is the words themselves, set large. It is unusual among access symbols in demonstrating the provision rather than depicting it — the mark works by being an example of what it offers.

Officially standardisedVerified fact
Indicates that printed material is available in a large-type edition, produced for readers with reduced vision.
Contexts: Public information
Common modern usageVerified fact
Works by demonstration rather than depiction: the symbol is the phrase set in the kind of type it promises, so the reader tests the provision by reading the mark.
Contexts: Public information
Common modern usageCommon usage
Is commonly associated with a minimum type size of around eighteen point, though the figure is a publishing convention rather than a fixed requirement, and guidance differs between organisations.
Recorded as a convention. Symbolwise does not assert a single authoritative threshold, because the published guidance does not agree on one.
Contexts: Public information

Visual description

The words 'Large Print' set in heavy oversized lettering, usually on two lines.

Symmetry: none
Orientation: upright

Confidence

Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is defined by a current official standard.
IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is defined by a current official standard.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is defined by a current official standard.

Sources

Large-print
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-07-31
Tertiary reference. Used for widely-agreed identity, origin summary and adoption context, not for contested detail or exact dates.
Disability Access Symbols
Graphic Artists Guild · retrieved 2026-07-31
The Guild is the issuing body for this set and defines each symbol, so it is authoritative for what these marks mean and how they are drawn. It is not a standards organisation: the set is a voluntary design resource with no legal force, and displaying a symbol from it is not evidence that any legal accessibility obligation has been met.

Last reviewed 2026-07-31

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Meanings

Officially standardisedVerified fact

Indicates that printed material is available in a large-type edition, produced for readers with reduced vision.

Contexts: Public information

Common modern usageVerified fact

Works by demonstration rather than depiction: the symbol is the phrase set in the kind of type it promises, so the reader tests the provision by reading the mark.

Contexts: Public information

Common modern usageCommon usage

Is commonly associated with a minimum type size of around eighteen point, though the figure is a publishing convention rather than a fixed requirement, and guidance differs between organisations.

Recorded as a convention. Symbolwise does not assert a single authoritative threshold, because the published guidance does not agree on one.

Contexts: Public information

Confidence

Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is defined by a current official standard.
IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is defined by a current official standard.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is defined by a current official standard.

Sources

Large-print
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-07-31
Tertiary reference. Used for widely-agreed identity, origin summary and adoption context, not for contested detail or exact dates.
Disability Access Symbols
Graphic Artists Guild · retrieved 2026-07-31
The Guild is the issuing body for this set and defines each symbol, so it is authoritative for what these marks mean and how they are drawn. It is not a standards organisation: the set is a voluntary design resource with no legal force, and displaying a symbol from it is not evidence that any legal accessibility obligation has been met.

Last reviewed 2026-07-31