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I might be feeling particularly cynical but I don’t get the feeling these were based off any study. Anyway, it works ok for most of the characters but it’s qui

I might be feeling particularly cynical but I don’t get the feeling these were based off any study. Anyway, it works ok for most of the characters but it’s quite jarring for the Ki because it looks like the K descends into the i’s cell (though it doesn’t).

Symbiote 3y ago
Britain has several commissioned fonts for public signage [1] [2] [etc], and generally has very high quality road and rail signage — in most cases both the design and the content. I'd be surprised if these fonts were not based on a study, or developed as part of a study to find a particularly legible dot-matrix font. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_(typeface) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_(typeface) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Alphabet Edit: I think we need TfL document 1-312 "Automated audio and visual information in public areas of stations and trains", but I can't find it online. Only the newer standards using LCD displays: TfL Digital display standards: https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-digital-display-standards.pdf https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-digital-display-standards.pdf London Underground Good Practice Guide: Onboard Electronic Signing: http://www.signdesignsociety.co.uk/images/Knowledgebase/TfL_electronic_signing_guidelines.pdf http://www.signdesignsociety.co.uk/images/Knowledgebase/TfL_...
- ComputerGuru 3y ago
  I was speaking from personal experience with past industrial projects commissioned with lcd/led displays - albeit admittedly not with the British government as a client. Thanks for those links, I will have to study them! I figured the result was dictated by the specific dimensions and display density of hardware that matched the brightness/environment/size/etc requirements they set forth. I know the care that goes into finding fonts for standardized government use (road signs, national parks, etc) but imagined this particular set of circumstances was confined to the displays commissioned in that particular round of updates and decided by the contractor and the liaison officials.

Symbiote 3y ago

Britain has several commissioned fonts for public signage [1] [2] [etc], and generally has very high quality road and rail signage — in most cases both the design and the content. I'd be surprised if these fonts were not based on a study, or developed as part of a study to find a particularly legible dot-matrix font. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_(typeface) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_(typeface) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Alphabet Edit: I think we need TfL document 1-312 "Automated audio and visual information in public areas of stations and trains", but I can't find it online. Only the newer standards using LCD displays: TfL Digital display standards: https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-digital-display-standards.pdf https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-digital-display-standards.pdf London Underground Good Practice Guide: Onboard Electronic Signing: http://www.signdesignsociety.co.uk/images/Knowledgebase/TfL_electronic_signing_guidelines.pdf http://www.signdesignsociety.co.uk/images/Knowledgebase/TfL_...

ComputerGuru 3y ago
I was speaking from personal experience with past industrial projects commissioned with lcd/led displays - albeit admittedly not with the British government as a client. Thanks for those links, I will have to study them! I figured the result was dictated by the specific dimensions and display density of hardware that matched the brightness/environment/size/etc requirements they set forth. I know the care that goes into finding fonts for standardized government use (road signs, national parks, etc) but imagined this particular set of circumstances was confined to the displays commissioned in that particular round of updates and decided by the contractor and the liaison officials.