Re: Typeface for wayfinding
Alan Litchfield <[email protected]>
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On 22/08/2008, at 4:54 PM, Jouke Kleerebezem wrote: > In this sign there's a 'thing' and a letter U in the upper hand > right corner. This is the sign for the subway, or 'U-bahn' in German > (from 'Untergrundbahn', underground railway). Really? Never would have even come close to guessing that. > > Not only are these sign simply illegible, now we all have to learn > German to be able to understand some of them... > > To me the 'baby' is an insect -- :D Now that you mention it. > we might just as well use Rorschach blots for signage. > With the difference that ink blots are unintentional, whereas these are supposedly intentional. Cheers Alan -- Alan Litchfield MBus(Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland, NZ. 1140 http://www.alphabyte.co.nz ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: [email protected] ___________________________________________________________________