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Alphabets from 'Standard Alphabets for Traffic Control Devices' 2000 issue. From left to right: Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series E Modified and Series F.
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An overview of typeface design for Motorway typefaces.
Motorway or controlled access Highway is a highway that is designed for high speed traffic and forbids walking or parking, based on the definition issued in Vienna convention(1968). It is known by different terms such as freeway, expressway, autoroute, autobahn, interstate etc. in different pa...
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... experiments were done to test which typeface can be read from a greater distance as well as the claims of capital vs small letters and their legibility. Four different types of letterforms (Fig 11) The initial results 19 indicated that Kindersley's serifed capitals fared better than other two Sans serif letters with a difference of 3%. However, Christie and Rutley went on to do further experiments 20 and later concluded that none of these three scripts tested has any appreciable advantage over others with regard to legibility. ...
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... countries which use Latin script have adopted stylistic methods to differentiate between languages, Greece uses colour: yellow for Greek and white for English (Fig. 17); in Ireland, italic is used for Irish. The the other major issue in bilingual signage is the use of different scripts in countries like China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and India (where signs are usually in English along with the regional language). Beyond that Trilingual signs are a basic norm in some countries, Israel ...
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... study of learning, reasoning, problem-solving and decision making. Fig. 18. Signage in Japan with complex layout. Fig. 19. Signage in Israel in multiple ...
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