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A standard border width of 1.5 sw is used for most prescribed signs. Where a different border width is used the inside corner radius of the main sign will generally be equal to that border width.



Where the legend is in lower case letters, only the first word of each message will commence with a capital letter. Capital letters are used at the beginning of each word only where the words form a proper name. Examples are shown in figure 2-6].

Figure 2-7 shows the design of diagram 865 where all letters are in block capitals. The appearance of the sign is improved by centring the legend vertically on the sign and this is achieved by adopting the dimensions shown.

Where the legend is on two or more lines each line is centred horizontally on the sign. Special rules apply to directional signs; these are covered in section 3. 12