Section outline
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A proposed visual identity for the printed booklet and the accompanying website, so both stay consistent and so a translated edition can be reproduced without re-inventing the design. This uses the same palette already applied to this draft document.
D.1 Colour Palette
Colour
Hex
Used for
Contrast check
Navy
#1F3864
Main headings, cover title
8.7:1 on white — passes WCAG AAA
Teal
#2E7D74
Section headings, Part titles
4.8:1 on white — passes WCAG AA
Amber
#9C5700
Guidance notes, callouts
5.4:1 on cream tint — passes AA
Grey
#595959
Source lines, running header
7.0:1 on white — passes AAA
Light teal tint
#EAF1F1
Table headers, quote boxes
Background only — not used for text
Amber tint
#FBF1E0
Guidance-note background
Background only — not used for text
GUIDANCE NOTE: Every colour pairing above meets at least WCAG 2.2 AA contrast (4.5:1 for body text). Colour is never used as the only way to distinguish content — headings, borders, and icons carry meaning too, so the toolkit still works for colour-blind readers or in black-and-white print.
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Each Part 3 category could additionally take one small accent colour on its chapter-opening page only (e.g. a coloured rule under the chapter title) purely for quick visual navigation — not applied to body text or tables, so it never becomes a fourth text colour to contrast-check.
D.2 Typography
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Body text: a plain sans-serif at 11–12pt for print, 16px for web — Calibri, Arial, or (recommended if budget allows) Atkinson Hyperlegible, which is designed specifically for readability including for readers with dyslexia and low vision.
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Headings: same family as body text, bold, not a decorative or script font — this matters more for accessibility than for style.
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Line spacing: at least 1.15–1.5x for print, 1.5x for web.
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Avoid justified text (ragged-right only), avoid underlining for emphasis (reserve underline for links only), avoid setting long passages in italics or bold.
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Uzbek and Russian editions: confirm the chosen font has full Cyrillic and Uzbek Latin character support before finalising — not all 'accessible' fonts do.
D.3 Icon Set
A small, consistent icon per recurring element — used the same way in every chapter so a returning reader recognises the pattern without reading the label.
Icon
Marks
Style note
🔍 (magnifier)
A. What the Teacher Needs to Understand
Simple line icon, not filled — keeps ink-cost low for printing
⚠ (barrier)
B. Possible Barriers in Teaching
A simple broken-path or wall glyph, not an alarming warning triangle — this is descriptive, not a hazard warning
✅ (action)
C. What the Teacher Should Do
Three small sub-markers for Before / During / After — e.g. a clock face at three positions
⚙ (adjustment)
D. Reasonable Adjustments
A simple sliders/dial glyph — adjustment, not repair
🚫 (avoid)
E. What Teachers Should Avoid
A plain crossed-circle, used sparingly so it doesn't read as alarming
💬 (in practice)
In Practice scenario box
A speech-bubble or small scenario-card glyph
☐ (checklist)
F. Quick Teacher Checklist
Already used throughout this draft as a literal checkbox
GUIDANCE NOTE: These are placeholder emoji standing in for a proper icon set — recommend commissioning a single-weight line-icon set (7 section icons + 1 category-agnostic set) rather than emoji, so print reproduction is crisp at small sizes and the set has one consistent visual language. Noun Project or a matching Figma icon library would be a reasonable, low-cost source.
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