BS EN 13619:2002

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 Symbols and abbreviations
4 Guidelines
  4.1 Address zone background attributes
      4.1.1 Background colour
      4.1.2 Background noise
  4.2 Address block attributes
      4.2.1 Address block size
      4.2.2 Clear zone
      4.2.3 Address block skew
      4.2.4 Line spacing
      4.2.5 Bar codes
      4.2.6 Characters per line
  4.3 Character attributes
      4.3.1 Fonts
      4.3.2 Stroke thickness
      4.3.3 Type size
      4.3.4 Character spacing
      4.3.5 Word spacing
      4.3.6 Character sets
      4.3.7 Colour
      4.3.8 Underline
      4.3.9 Print quality
      4.3.10 Print contrast ratio (PCR) of address
             character vs. background
5 Salience of attributes
  5.1 General
  5.2 Address zone background attributes
  5.3 Address block attributes
  5.4 Character attributes
Bibliography

Gives optical characteristics for processing letters and guidelines on the values of these attributes that will assure a high level of address readability.

This document provides guidelines for printing addresses on mail items. These guidelines apply to addresses printed on mail items whose size is up to and including C5. It may also be applied to oversize items, commonly referred to as C5+. The address blocks covered are the addressee address block and the sender address block if they are both on the same side of the item. Otherwise, only the addressee address block is covered. Guidelines related to address lines are relevant for all lines in an address block.