Donald Meeker

Donald Meeker
Meeker & Associates, Inc.

MA Pratt Institute, BS University of Oregon

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The main objective of this research was to compare the legibility distance of the negative-contrast Clearview typeface with that of comparable FHWA Standard Alphabets on black-on-white signs in the daytime and nighttime for older and younger motorists. Mixed-case Clearview (2-B, 3-B, and 4-B) was compared with both mixed-case and uppercase FHWA Sta...
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The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices has grown much more complex since 1961, the year that a section on signs for freeways and expressways was added to the manual. Yet that growth has been reflected primarily in the addition of more regulatory signs and a great deal of qualifying language. The standards for sign legibility and layout have...
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The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the Standard Highway Signs Book have been developed around the use of the FHWA Standard Alphabets in an all-uppercase format for use on conventional road guide signs. These publications include a complex series of dimensions and tables based on specific legend sizes for various standard signs; howev...
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The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the Standard Highway Signs Book have been developed around the use of the FHWA Standard Alphabets in an all-uppercase format for use on conventional road guide signs. These publications include a complex series of dimensions and tables based on specific legend sizes for various standard signs; howev...
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Although highly legible, the National Park Service's (NPS) Clarendon font produces sign legends that can be 10% to 20% longer than those depicted in conventional sans serif fonts. Placing these wider signs on narrow park roads and in urban historic districts can be prohibitive. To address this problem, a project was initiated to create a new NPS Ro...
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Development of a new road sign alphabet improves legibility and recognition.
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The research objective was to improve highway guide sign legibility by replacing the 40-year-old guide sign font with a new font called Clearview. It was believed that the current guide sign font's thick stroke design, made with high-brightness materials and displayed to older vehicle operators, exhibited a phenomenon known as irradiation or halati...

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