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The words 'Large Print' set in oversized type.
Also known as: Large type symbol, Big print symbol, Large-print
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.
Indicates that printed material is available in a large-type edition, produced for readers with reduced vision.
Contexts: Public information
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
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
Says that a document exists in a larger typeface on request — a menu, an order of service, a bill, an exam paper. Guidance in the United Kingdom generally treats sixteen to eighteen point as the minimum for large print, but the mark itself sets no size, so the useful question at a counter is what size is actually available.
Contexts: Public information
The words 'Large Print' set in heavy oversized lettering, usually on two lines.