TTB Legal Requirements

Below are general guidelines for TTB legal type size requirements.
Consult the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB) for official requirements. *

FRONT LABEL

Varietal: 2mm x-height
Appellation: 2mm x-height
Alcohol: 1mm
Vintage: no size requirement

BACK LABEL

Government Warning:
< 237ml: 1mm x-height (40 cpi)
237ml-3L: 2mm x-height (25 cpi)
3L>: 3mm x-height (12 cpi)
DBA: 2mm
Contains Sulfites: 2mm
Net Content: 2mm

When using upper and lower case, use x-height to measure height.
Recommended to use all capital letters for legal info.

* It is the customer’s responsibility to adhere to official TTB label requirements when submitting their label files to Tapp.

pdf TTB Legal Requirements PDF