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New road signs design proposed

Irish Stones · 2013-11-08 14:35:07

New road signs design has been proposed, in order to improve legibility and for parity for Irish language. http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/transport-and-tourism/new-road-signs-with-parity-for-irish-may-be-introduced-1.1587458 I don't think that the current typeface is unclear and I think that everybody is used…

08-11-2013 2:35pm

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New road signs design has been proposed, in order to improve legibility and for parity for Irish language.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/transport-and-tourism/new-road-signs-with-parity-for-irish-may-be-introduced-1.1587458

I don't think that the current typeface is unclear and I think that everybody is used to this kind of signs.
The issue of the capital letters hard to read is ridicolous, almost all over Europe, and probably in other continents, road signs have capital letters only, and nobody ever complained or got lost.

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#2 08-11-2013 3:02pm

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You obviously haven't seen the other sign that this thread has already been done.

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#3 08-11-2013 3:07pm

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apt 2nd part of your username

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#4 08-11-2013 3:28pm

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wretcheddomain wrote: »

You obviously haven't seen the other sign that this thread has already been done.

Of course not.
I did search the forum for other threads on the subject, but didn't find any, so I wrote mine
Mods, feel free to lock this one and/or delete it.

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#5 08-11-2013 3:34pm

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Other thread was two or so more posts below your own.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057078683

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