How are Braille and ADA signs manufactured?
Answered by NameBadge.com · Updated August 2026
ADA signs are made so characters and Braille dots are physically raised off the surface, not printed flat. NameBadge.com produces ADA Grade 2 Braille signage two ways in-house in the USA: CNC-pressed raised Braille beads, or raised UV-printed Braille, both built to ADA code.
What makes an ADA sign compliant is that the characters and Braille are physically raised, you can feel them. Flat digital prints do not qualify. NameBadge.com produces ADA Grade 2 Braille signage two ways, both built to code:
- CNC-pressed raised Braille beads: individual rounded Braille beads are set into a precisely machined face, giving uniform dome height and spacing that reads reliably by touch and resists wear.
- UV-printed raised Braille: our Mimaki UV flatbed printers lay down multiple ink layers to build raised, domed Braille dots and tactile characters directly on the sign face, in full color and to ADA dot geometry.
How is the Braille positioned?
Grade 2 (contracted) Braille dots sit directly below the matching raised text, at the dot size and spacing §703.3 requires. Raised (tactile) characters must stand at least 1/32" off the surface, in an uppercase sans-serif face.
Every compliant sign also gets a non-glare finish and a high contrast face so it satisfies both the tactile and visual sides of §703. See our Braille sign line. NameBadge.com is a family-owned US manufacturer (since 2002) making Grade 2 Braille ADA signage in-house.
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