Unconventional uses of Clearview

[SignGeek101]

Bumping an old thread because I thought this sign was pretty interesting. Unconventional for British Columbia? Definitely no. But as a whole, certainly using Clearview on the Tsunami Evac Route sign is uncommon:



Photo by Clayton Perry Photoworks on Flickr.

Especially considering that the word tsunami is in italics. I don't think I've seen italicized Clearview before.

[PurdueBill]

What seems out of place about the Evacuation Route sign at least for use in the USA is that it is a standard sign and the Clearview was approved for mixed-case destination legend on designable signs.  Non-designable signs shouldn't be changing typefaces.  Now the American MUTCD doesn't apply to Canada, so they can mandate that Clearview be used for everything, but I would believe that in the USA such a sign for Evacuation Route would not just be unconventional--it would be outright wrong because evacuation route signage is standard and among the family of non-designable signs. 

[jakeroot]

What seems out of place about the Evacuation Route sign at least for use in the USA is that it is a standard sign and the Clearview was approved for mixed-case destination legend on designable signs.  Non-designable signs shouldn't be changing typefaces.  Now the American MUTCD doesn't apply to Canada, so they can mandate that Clearview be used for everything, but I would believe that in the USA such a sign for Evacuation Route would not just be unconventional--it would be outright wrong because evacuation route signage is standard and among the family of non-designable signs.

Yes. If this sign was in the US, well, none of the states that receive tsunamis use Clearview, so I don't think this sign would ever be witnessed in Clearview. If Gray's Harbor County had their Clearview licence approved, there might have been a chance to see the evac sign in Clearview in Washington State, but as for now, the British Columbia MOT is the only department that uses Clearview in the evac zone. In BC, most signs use Clearview, regardless of the type of sign.

Here's another evac sign often posted on Vancouver Island and other exposed BC coasts:





Here are some other unconventional uses of Clearview (though geographically, correct):

[hbelkins]

Quite a bit of black-on-white Clearview in Kentucky, and lots of black-on-yellow in Pennsylvania.