Sine salad

[jbnv]

Alaskan salad on a stick:

[iBallasticwolf2]

That US 27 shield terrifies me on how bad the numbers are placed

[PHLBOS]

That US 27 shield terrifies me on how bad the numbers are placed

Poster child for why one does not use Series B numerals on route signs.  Series D would've been a much better choice for those 3 shields.

[iBallasticwolf2]

That US 27 shield terrifies me on how bad the numbers are placed

Poster child for why one does not use Series B numerals on route signs.  Series D would've been a much better choice for those 3 shields.

Agreed. I think tho that the worst shield is the US 27 shield because it seems to have spaced out numerals. But the KY 80 shields aren't much better.

[Zeffy]

I don't get why other states that use circular shields don't use Series D numerals like New Jersey now does. With a bit of font kerning, you can make almost any 2-digit combination fit without problems, and most 3-digits as well (some may be suited for C, however). Delaware and Kentucky struck me as odd for the fact they continuously use Series B/C for their shields instead of D.

[hbelkins]

I don't get why other states that use circular shields don't use Series D numerals like New Jersey now does. With a bit of font kerning, you can make almost any 2-digit combination fit without problems, and most 3-digits as well (some may be suited for C, however). Delaware and Kentucky struck me as odd for the fact they continuously use Series B/C for their shields instead of D.

Only in certain districts.

[Kacie Jane]

Personally, I've always thought C looks better than D in circle shields.  But yes, there's no excuse for using B as above.

[SignGeek101]

I don't get why other states that use circular shields don't use Series D numerals like New Jersey now does. With a bit of font kerning, you can make almost any 2-digit combination fit without problems, and most 3-digits as well (some may be suited for C, however). Delaware and Kentucky struck me as odd for the fact they continuously use Series B/C for their shields instead of D.

What about 1 digit routes? I've always been a series D fan, but I've seen Series E Interstate 5 shields in Washington and California.

[mapman1071]

Alaskan salad on a stick:

What is the second language on the street blades?

[national highway 1]

Alaskan salad on a stick:

What is the second language on the street blades?

I guess it's Inuit.

[SignGeek101]

Alaskan salad on a stick:

What is the second language on the street blades?

I guess it's Inuit.

Perhaps Indigenous, but I don't think it's Inuit (plus, the language of the Inuit people is known as Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun. There could be more languages there)

Inuktitut is a language that doesn't use the standard alphabet, instead going for a different approach.



Not my pic. From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Nunavut

[noelbotevera]

Newark area (roughly where my family is headed in one week)

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.726319,-74.139943,3a,75y,77.09h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTTc7L6cbcGGgw9meL-H1bg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.728645,-74.135613,3a,75y,70.64h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1qbgUXHr2PPv7SiTnLTd1g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.704327,-74.15294,3a,75y,33.62h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx_7omJysjgQGnCxI7iZfpg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

[Alex4897]

Newark area (roughly where my family is headed in one week)

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.726319,-74.139943,3a,75y,77.09h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTTc7L6cbcGGgw9meL-H1bg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.728645,-74.135613,3a,75y,70.64h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1qbgUXHr2PPv7SiTnLTd1g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.704327,-74.15294,3a,75y,33.62h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx_7omJysjgQGnCxI7iZfpg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Sine Salad entails several directional signs clustered in one location, these are just BGSs.

[SignGeek101]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.704327,-74.15294,3a,75y,33.62h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx_7omJysjgQGnCxI7iZfpg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

I've never seen that type of sign before. I mean, this:

https://goo.gl/maps/88DaQ

The sign "indents".

Sine Salad entails several directional signs clustered in one location, these are just BGSs.

If BGS's counted, then I could post this: https://goo.gl/maps/TJlcn

[PHLBOS]

If BGS's counted, then I could post this: https://goo.gl/maps/TJlcn

That one would belong in this thread.

[SignGeek101]

If BGS's counted, then I could post this: https://goo.gl/maps/TJlcn

That one would belong in this thread.

I didn't even know that thread existed. Thanks.

[jeffandnicole]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.704327,-74.15294,3a,75y,33.62h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx_7omJysjgQGnCxI7iZfpg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

I've never seen that type of sign before. I mean, this:

https://goo.gl/maps/88DaQ

The sign "indents".

If I think I know what you're referring to here, you're looking at the effects of the drum panels.  Those drum panels are either triangular (3 options) or square (4 options), and rotate to display whatever is needed.  It can't really be flush with the outside panel because it wouldn't have the necessary room to rotate.

[thenetwork]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.704327,-74.15294,3a,75y,33.62h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx_7omJysjgQGnCxI7iZfpg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

I've never seen that type of sign before. I mean, this:

https://goo.gl/maps/88DaQ

The sign "indents".

If I think I know what you're referring to here, you're looking at the effects of the drum panels.  Those drum panels are either triangular (3 options) or square (4 options), and rotate to display whatever is needed.  It can't really be flush with the outside panel because it wouldn't have the necessary room to rotate.

Is the top row on the left BGS (the row with the Interstate shields) a bunch of drum panels?  It looks to me like those are either 2-sided veneers or some sort of flip-segments (like old analog clock radios).

[jeffandnicole]

They are two drums, top and bottom. 1 would be too big to rotate around in the box. Same with the right side.

[jbnv]

Alaskan salad on a stick: [snip]

What is the second language on the street blades?

I guess it's Inuit.

Tlingit. This is in Saxman, AK, which is largely a Tlingit native community.

[roadman65]

http://www.gribblenation.com/ncpics/vintage/toi95-fay-1976.jpg Came across this one on Bing.

[iBallasticwolf2]

http://www.gribblenation.com/ncpics/vintage/toi95-fay-1976.jpg Came across this one on Bing.

Those fonts are strange. But also State name I-95 shield!

[SignGeek101]

http://www.gribblenation.com/ncpics/vintage/toi95-fay-1976.jpg Came across this one on Bing.

Those fonts are strange. But also State name I-95 shield!

They're all standard Highway Gothic. It's just different widths. Looks like Series C for all of them (Series D is used mostly today).

[Mapmikey]

http://www.gribblenation.com/ncpics/vintage/toi95-fay-1976.jpg Came across this one on Bing.

Those fonts are strange. But also State name I-95 shield!

These were the standard route signs in use everywhere in North Carolina from the phasing out of cutouts in the 1960s until at least the late 1980s.  Although the I-95 shield was fairly new style at that point in time...

Mike

[theline]

http://www.gribblenation.com/ncpics/vintage/toi95-fay-1976.jpg Came across this one on Bing.

Those fonts are strange. But also State name I-95 shield!

I'm also offended by the order of the signs. Reading from left to right, we've got 2 routes turning left, then one angling to the right, then two more turning left, then two turning right, and finally one going straight ahead. To my sensibility, the signs are most readable if the 4 left-turners go on the left, then  the straight ahead route (I-95), then the angling-right (301) and finally the two right-turners.