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Title: Verysqueezed lettering on signs
Post by: txstateends on September 15, 2013, 03:56:08 PM
This is in Dallas, south of Northwest Highway (north Loop 12) on Inwood.(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.com%2Fscaled%2F800x600%2F850%2F36sd.jpg&hash=ff397b43882127bb702c55c88cd074ead5cc0a7e)

If those letters were squeezed any more, forget not seeing the entrance (a turnoff, around the bend ahead, to a cul-de-sac), they'd be impossible to read.

It would be better to arrange the text part as:
HIDDEN
ENTRANCE
allowing for a much wider, more readable layout.  Oh well, they didn't ask me.
Title: Re: Verysqueezed lettering on signs
Post by: 1995hoo on September 15, 2013, 03:57:50 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F1683b80be395528f9c7df663d736ecb6_zpsa019a6dc.jpg&hash=e9b6fa85f416bd4928cf0c5e654174446cf0b551)
Title: Re: Verysqueezed lettering on signs
Post by: sammi on September 15, 2013, 04:39:46 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 15, 2013, 03:57:50 PM
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What happened to the first few inches of the sign? o.o Is that why they had to compress the letters?

*squints* Series A...? :wow:
Title: Re: Verysqueezed lettering on signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on September 16, 2013, 08:20:12 PM
Quote from: sammi on September 15, 2013, 04:39:46 PM
What happened to the first few inches of the sign? o.o Is that why they had to compress the letters?

*squints* Series A...? :wow:

It was blown-away  in a storm (I think it was a thunderstorm).  Hoo or Adam, do you recall?

That panel is not that  old, either.
Title: Re: Verysqueezed lettering on signs
Post by: sammi on September 16, 2013, 08:27:09 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on September 16, 2013, 08:20:12 PM
That panel is not that  old, either.

But... that doesn't look like B. scratches head (:P)
Title: Re: Verysqueezed lettering on signs
Post by: 1995hoo on September 16, 2013, 09:30:47 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on September 16, 2013, 08:20:12 PM
Quote from: sammi on September 15, 2013, 04:39:46 PM
What happened to the first few inches of the sign? o.o Is that why they had to compress the letters?

*squints* Series A...? :wow:

It was blown-away  in a storm (I think it was a thunderstorm).  Hoo or Adam, do you recall?

That panel is not that  old, either.

I don't remember what happened, but yes, DC replaced lots of signs in the past six years or so. Obviously that sign was not there before 2008, as Nationals Park opened in March 2008 (and notice "Nationals Park" is in slightly squeezed type as well).
Title: Re: Verysqueezed lettering on signs
Post by: PHLBOS on September 18, 2013, 10:39:07 AM
Recent, within the last year, pull-through BGS along US 202 Southbound/US 322 Eastbound just outside of West Chester, PA with the squeezed-in lettering for Wilmington (DE):

http://goo.gl/maps/lyLTN (http://goo.gl/maps/lyLTN)
Title: Re: Verysqueezed lettering on signs
Post by: Henry on September 18, 2013, 12:09:14 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 16, 2013, 09:30:47 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on September 16, 2013, 08:20:12 PM
Quote from: sammi on September 15, 2013, 04:39:46 PM
What happened to the first few inches of the sign? o.o Is that why they had to compress the letters?

*squints* Series A...? :wow:

It was blown-away  in a storm (I think it was a thunderstorm).  Hoo or Adam, do you recall?

That panel is not that  old, either.

I don't remember what happened, but yes, DC replaced lots of signs in the past six years or so. Obviously that sign was not there before 2008, as Nationals Park opened in March 2008 (and notice "Nationals Park" is in slightly squeezed type as well).
Either that, or they just added on the "Nationals Park" part when it opened.
Title: Re: Verysqueezed lettering on signs
Post by: 1995hoo on September 18, 2013, 05:00:55 PM
Quote from: Henry on September 18, 2013, 12:09:14 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 16, 2013, 09:30:47 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on September 16, 2013, 08:20:12 PM
Quote from: sammi on September 15, 2013, 04:39:46 PM
What happened to the first few inches of the sign? o.o Is that why they had to compress the letters?

*squints* Series A...? :wow:

It was blown-away  in a storm (I think it was a thunderstorm).  Hoo or Adam, do you recall?

That panel is not that  old, either.

I don't remember what happened, but yes, DC replaced lots of signs in the past six years or so. Obviously that sign was not there before 2008, as Nationals Park opened in March 2008 (and notice "Nationals Park" is in slightly squeezed type as well).
Either that, or they just added on the "Nationals Park" part when it opened.

Fair enough, I suppose it's not necessarily obvious, but either way, the sign was put up after Nationals Park opened. Lots of new signs were posted when Adrian Fenty was mayor.