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The Capital of the World is going lower-case.
Federal copy editors are demanding the city change its 250,900 street signs -- such as these for Perry Avenue in The Bronx -- from the all-caps style used for more than a century to ones that capitalize only the first letters.
Changing BROADWAY to Broadway will save lives, the Federal Highway Administration contends in its updated Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, citing improved readability.
At $110 per sign, it will also cost the state $27.6 million, city officials said.
The new regulations also require a change in font from the standard highway typeface to Clearview, which was specially developed for this purpose.
As a result, even numbered street signs will have to be replaced.
On its face it's ridiculous. And it may well be.
But the article is from the NY Post, so who knows what's left out of the story. *shrug*
That's some more tax dollars well spent.
How can the leave something out when the subject is street signs and wasting millions to do so.On its face it's ridiculous. And it may well be.
But the article is from the NY Post, so who knows what's left out of the story. *shrug*
Clearview is ADA compliant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_(typeface)
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cant have the blind being offended by the signage.
Clearview is ADA compliant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_(typeface)
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cant have the blind being offended by the signage.
While they are redoing them, maybe they can add Braille...
Otherwise Blind Drivers won't Know where they are at either!
peace...
Clearview is ADA compliant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_(typeface)
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cant have the blind being offended by the signage.
While they are redoing them, maybe they can add Braille...
Otherwise Blind Drivers won't Know where they are at either!
peace...
I was thinking that also. May as well go for putting these signs in 3 or 4 different languages as well.
I like typography and I think the backstory on Clearview is interesting. But changing perfectly good signs at a cost of $27 Million is So Stupid It Should Hurt. Kudos to the Post for reporting on this.
Look for the old signs to show up on ebay if this happens, folks.
I like typography and I think the backstory on Clearview is interesting. But changing perfectly good signs at a cost of $27 Million is So Stupid It Should Hurt. Kudos to the Post for reporting on this.
Look for the old signs to show up on ebay if this happens, folks.
I have no doubt that what they propose is probably easier on the eyes. I just think it's insane to focus on anything like this when states are all screaming for $$$ at the moment.
On its face it's ridiculous. And it may well be.
But the article is from the NY Post, so who knows what's left out of the story. *shrug*
Wanna bet that this bright idea comes from 'research'.
More of what big government gives us....
The Highway Administration acknowledged that New York and other states "opposed the change, and suggested that the use of all upper-case letters remain an option," noting that "while the mixed-case words might be easier to read, the amount of improvement in legibility did not justify the cost."
To compensate for those concerns, in 2003, the administration allowed for a 15-year
phase-in period ending in 2018.
Read more: Under new federal guidelines all New York City street signs will have to be made lower-case - NYPOST.com
The Federal Highway Administration granted Clearview interim approval in 2004, meaning that individual states are free to begin using it in all their road signs. More than 20 states have already adopted the typeface, replacing existing signs one by one as old ones wear out. Some places have been quicker to make the switch — much of Route I-80 in western Pennsylvania is marked by signs in Clearview, as are the roads around Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport — but it will very likely take decades for the rest of the country to finish the roadside makeover. It is a slow, almost imperceptible process. But eventually the entire country could be looking at Clearview.
Everyone has their own little empire to protect.
