Table 1.

General print guidelines for people with vision loss and for prescription labelling

	General guidelines for print accessibility			Guidelines for legibility of prescription labelling
	CNIB (Canada)	RNIB (UK)	ACB (US)	USP (US)	ASCP (US)	MPAG (Sweden)	NPSA (UK)	AFB (US)
Font style and point size	Sans-serif font Minimum 12, 14, 18 points	Sans-serif font Minimum 12, 14 points	Sans-serif font Minimum 18 points	Sans-serif font Minimum 12 points	Sans-serif font Minimum 18 points for vision loss	Times New Roman font 9 points or more	Font such as Arial Minimum 12 points	Sans-serif font Largest font possible, 18 points for vision loss
Case	Not all upper case	Not all upper case	Not all upper case	Sentence case	Sentence case	Avoid upper case	Avoid overuse of upper case	Not all upper case
Bolding	For emphasis	Use sparingly	Use bold	Use bold for emphasizing important information	Use bold for most important information		Use bold for most important information	Use bold for most important information
Italics	Not recommended	Italics harder to read	Do not use		Do not use			Do not use
Paper type	High contrast Nonglossy	High contrast Nonglossy	High contrast Nonglossy

CNIB, Canadian National Institute for the Blind¹³; RNIB, Royal National Institute of Blind People¹⁴; ACB, American Council of the Blind¹⁵; USP, United States Pharmacopeia¹⁶; ASCP, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists¹⁷; MPAG, Medical Products Agency Guidelines (Sweden)¹⁸; NPSA, National Patient Safety Agency (UK)¹⁹; AFB, American Foundation for the Blind²⁰