Typophile - Road Signage Dissertation-Please Help - Comments

You aren’t going to post

James Puckett — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:44:25 -0700

You aren’t going to post it for us to read?

Well done! Hope you get a

missgiggles — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:08:11 -0700

Well done! Hope you get a good mark for it.

Thanks to everyone for all

Lorcs — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:51:32 -0700

Thanks to everyone for all the help. I handed in the thesis. Thanks again.

Would I be correct in saying

Lorcs — Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:45:55 -0800

Would I be correct in saying that the following are used in each country;
Germany DIN 1451
Switzerland Frutiger
United Kingdoom Transport
Ireland Transport
Sweden Tratex
United States FHWA Series
Anyone have info on other countries? Is Transport used in Australia, New Zealand and other places?

Sorry, just saw this now: http://typophile.com/node/39661

I’m mainly looking at

Lorcs — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:21:39 -0800

I’m mainly looking at motorway signage. Transport or Transport Heavy is used in the UK, is it not? According to the article by Phil Baines in Eye that James pointed out to me, the choice of colour for the motorway signage was ’In part an aesthetic choice, in part it was suggested by the use of reflective materials and their costs...The blue chosen was the American Standard Interstate Blue Colour, which stood out from the countryside as well as giving good contrast to the whiter type.’

The signage on the moterway

missgiggles — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:57:02 -0800

The signage on the moterway etc are in a certain font. In the UK, they are in (is it Helvetica or Gillsans?) They are in that certain typeface for a reason. Clarity and no fuss. So when you are speeding past,t he information is taken in our brains at such a speed, we are able to decode it and read it. We would not be able to if it was in a script font. Alot of angry drivers on the roads i would assume. Also look at connotations and colour connotations. Red means love, passion but also blood, agression and many other things. So colour psychology is required too to decode a message i.e. a symbol or sign.

Thanks for those James and

Lorcs — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:34:47 -0800

Thanks for those James and Nick. The cbrd.co.uk website seems to be down at the moment but I was looking at it before.

Article on Designing a

Nick Job — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:20:04 -0800

Article on Designing a system for Britains road signs here.

Jock Kinneir and Margaret

Nick Job — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:16:23 -0800

Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert here.

Worboys Committee here.

Nick Job — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:13:54 -0800

Worboys Committee here.

“Is this study about type

dberlow — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:39:10 -0800

“Is this study about type or about psychology?”
You take 10 people (10), put their chins in a cup, slam them into a 147 dpi screen and ask them to identify typefaces that have not been evened out to present the same size l.c. ...I think you get sqaut. Can Commerce be an answer?

Cheers!

eye 34, winter 1999, has an

James Puckett — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:49:16 -0800

eye 34, winter 1999, has an great article about Kinnear, Calvert, and the Worboys committee.

Anybody know where I can get

Lorcs — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:12:02 -0800

Anybody know where I can get some information on Jock Kinnear and The Worboys Committee? I haven’t been able to find all that much so far.

Is this study about type or

kevlar — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:40:11 -0800

Is this study about type or about psychology?
http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/92/legibility.htm

Cheers, Kevin

Hi James, what is the

James Puckett — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:37:36 -0800

Hi James, what is the difference between studies about type and studies about psychology?

Writings that aren’t specific to type but can apply to type would end up requiring too much explanation within the context of my work. I am working on an undergraduate thesis with a very limited written component, so I need to keep things unambiguous, short, direct and not open myself up to arguments along the lines of “…you’re a design student, what the hell do you know about applying cognitive psychology research to letters?”

Road Signage Dissertation-Please Help

Lorcs — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:07:24 -0700

Hello,
I’m looking for some help with a dissertation I’m doing on the design of the road sign. If anybody has any info on books, websites, articles, etc. that might be of use to me, please throw them in here.
Thanks.