Re: Typeface for wayfinding

> To me the 'baby' is an insect

OK ... and given the serialized context ("A series of simple and
useful icons ..."), my partner and I made sense of the insect and
figure to its right as:

	Running only zone. Giant bugs in pursuit.

;-)

Being the literal type that I am, I would, of course, question the
iconicity of a 4-legged insect ... but then, since the human figures
are missing limbs also, I suppose there is at least a sort of design
consistency here....

(Having just returned from a late-night walk with my dog in a coastal
canyon in Southern California, I was reminded of what a good warning
sign actually looks like: we have a lot of "rattlesnake area" signs
around here, and these *are* accurate representations of the species
in question.)

I agree with Alan that as far as the Netto icons are concerned, this
is the worst sort of un-self-aware cultural specificity masquerading
as "universal" art forms ...

But I do want to ask those of you who actually know about these sorts
of things about the type, as well.

I thought the Netto type was attractive ... probably for "display"
uses -- posters and the like....

What I'm wondering is how well it would work for wayfinding signage?

Deborah
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Deborah Taylor-Pearce
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