Signs With Design Errors

[Kacie Jane]

Two instances of upper and lowercase letters trading places--how does this happen?  It's not button copy.  Demountable?

This reminds me of a certain sign that I was going to ask Scott to post, but I discovered that he just has in another thread.  Behold the capitalization errors...

Then there's this:

[Takumi]

^ The thing about the Z H Confair sign is that they have the right letters and just put them on there wrong!

[agentsteel53]

Couldn't they have just left out the word Center altogether and conveyed the same meaning?

then it would result in a real head-scratcher.  "Level 1 Trauma".  we'd be posting it in the "least explicable signs" next to "permitted vehicles prohibited" and "block mother area".

[kphoger]

I just saw this one on GMSV today.  A backwards letter Q!

http://goo.gl/maps/gn3Tz

[vtk]

I was going to post this in "best of" until I got a good look at the photos and noticed a design faux pas:



A square OH 315 shield with Series D numerals?  That would be great!  Unfortunately, this appears to be a wide-format shield, squished (including the numerals) into square dimensions.  Contrary to what some may believe (including someone who recently "standardized" all the OH route marker images on Wikipedia) the correct wide OH route marker shape is not a simple stretched version of the correct square OH route marker shape.

[ctsignguy]

I was going to post this in "best of" until I got a good look at the photos and noticed a design faux pas:



A square OH 315 shield with Series D numerals?  That would be great!  Unfortunately, this appears to be a wide-format shield, squished (including the numerals) into square dimensions.  Contrary to what some may believe (including someone who recently "standardized" all the OH route marker images on Wikipedia) the correct wide OH route marker shape is not a simple stretched version of the correct square OH route marker shape.

Where is that sign at? I want to get a look for myself, possibly after work this week.....

[vtk]

Where is that sign at? I want to get a look for myself, possibly after work this week.....

In the median of Lane Ave EB approaching Kenny Rd.  And now I'm questioning why it says to go left; it was probably meant to be temporary, or only displayed during special-event traffic patterns or something...

[Alps]

Contrary to what some may believe (including someone who recently "standardized" all the OH route marker images on Wikipedia) the correct wide OH route marker shape is not a simple stretched version of the correct square OH route marker shape.

Okay, I'll bite. How does the correct wide shield differ from a stretched shield? Unlike Kentucky's "racetrack" ovals (two straightaways and two curves), there's no obvious solution here.

[vtk]

Contrary to what some may believe (including someone who recently "standardized" all the OH route marker images on Wikipedia) the correct wide OH route marker shape is not a simple stretched version of the correct square OH route marker shape.

Okay, I'll bite. How does the correct wide shield differ from a stretched shield? Unlike Kentucky's "racetrack" ovals (two straightaways and two curves), there's no obvious solution here.

I think the most obvious difference is in the depiction of the Ohio River, about halfway between Cincinnati and Portsmouth: the wide version levels out horizontally for a few inches, wheras the square version descends monotonically for the same general region.  I'm not sure if the difference was intentional.  I may post a comparison based on my own interpretation of the OSDM trace-grid figures soon.

[PurdueBill]

I was looking at pictures from last Thursday and found an error that I didn't notice until looking at it tonight....the old S in SOUTH switcheroo with a lowercase s in a place name.....except this one isn't button copy letters of similar height.  It's a FHWA capital S and a Clearview lowercase s!



Ay caramba!  Makes the one I noted above on the button copy I-71 sign look like child's play.

[ctsignguy]

This is from my own collection...someone at the sign shop wasn't paying attention!

The goof


How it is SUPPOSED to look....

[ctsignguy]

Contrary to what some may believe (including someone who recently "standardized" all the OH route marker images on Wikipedia) the correct wide OH route marker shape is not a simple stretched version of the correct square OH route marker shape.

Okay, I'll bite. How does the correct wide shield differ from a stretched shield? Unlike Kentucky's "racetrack" ovals (two straightaways and two curves), there's no obvious solution here.

I think the most obvious difference is in the depiction of the Ohio River, about halfway between Cincinnati and Portsmouth: the wide version levels out horizontally for a few inches, wheras the square version descends monotonically for the same general region.  I'm not sure if the difference was intentional.  I may post a comparison based on my own interpretation of the OSDM trace-grid figures soon.

Like this?

[Central Avenue]

Rather than make a proper long arrow, they just horizontally stretched a shorter one:

[Takumi]

The tip of the arrow looks like it starts to curve upward a bit, too.

[kphoger]

The tip of the arrow looks like it starts to curve upward a bit, too.

The tip of the arrow looks like it starts to curve upward a bit, too.

That's to make sure you remember to step up when you get to the other curb.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Quite a distorted ampersand on this sign in Tukwila:

[Takumi]

There were a couple of these at this interchange, at least one in each direction.

[national highway 1]

Interesting placement of the WEST banner on this NV 172 trailblazer - notice that the WEST banner is an NDOT experiment in Clearview...

[Scott5114]

I don't think that's Clearview. It looks more like a Nevada custom font, if anything.

[J N Winkler]

Yup--it is a Nevada custom font and has been called "Public School Block" in MTR.

[The High Plains Traveler]

Does that postmile sign say that NV-172 begins at mile 1.35? That is, unless that's a separator rather than a "1" under the CL (Clark Co.) indicator and the sign is 0.35 miles from the beginning of the route. Even that would be quite a distance for a "BEGIN" marker to be placed.

[JREwing78]

^^ The design error there is the "need" to advertise the fact that the hospital has a level 1 trauma center. I would argue most people don't even know what that really means... In an emergency, you're going to look for the nearest hospital period.

It's pretty consistently applied in Ohio, at least whenever the hospital has a "trauma center". I don't get the purpose myself; you're better off seeking the closest hospital and letting the doctors decide to move you if necessary. And, one would hope ambulance drivers and such would already know from experience which hospital to take you to.

[Brandon]

Bizarre font on the Blue Water Bridge.  Actually, they use three different fonts for speed limit signs.  Helvetica, FHWA, and this.

[Alps]

Does that postmile sign say that NV-172 begins at mile 1.35? That is, unless that's a separator rather than a "1" under the CL (Clark Co.) indicator and the sign is 0.35 miles from the beginning of the route. Even that would be quite a distance for a "BEGIN" marker to be placed.

Begin West is the eastern end. Presumably the route is only 1.35 miles long in Clark County.

[agentsteel53]

Yup--it is a Nevada custom font and has been called "Public School Block" in MTR.

what a horrid name for that font!  was "waste elimination facility" taken?

it's been around since the 50s.