Example of Tactile Graphic Design:
Thermometer
The following points indicate the braille code, format rules, and design techniques that were used for this tactile graphic example.
- literary braille code
- elimination of outside frame (2.6, 6.9.4)
- use of lead lines, 3/4 inch (2 centimeters) from label and touching side of thermometer (3.4.3.5)
- cropping of higher and lower range of temperatures (3.7, 6.9.3)
- non-use of numeric indicator, even if the number is negative (6.9.1)
- size of thermometer tube (6.9.5)
- placement of numbers and tick marks on left, outside of thermometer (6.9.6)
- placement of whole-word labels on right side of thermometer (6.9.6)
- omission of numbers on right side of thermometer (6.9.7)
- use of major and minor tick marks shown in different lengths (6.9.8)
- alignment of numeric labels with tick marks (dots 25) (6.9.9)right-alignment of numeric values (6.9.10)
- left-alignment of whole-word labels (6.9.10)
Thermometer
Thermometer
