Effects of font and capitalization on legibility of guide signs

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1605, 1997, Pages 73-79

  Garvey, Philip M ^a   Pietrucha, Martin T ^a   Meeker, Donald ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Meeker and Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUS DRIVERS; TRUCK DRIVERS; VISIBILITY;

NIGHTTIME SIGN RECOGNITION;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

EID: 0031384578     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1605-09     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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2. Forbes, T. W., K. Moscowitz, and G. Morgan. A Comparison of Lower Case and Capital Letters for Highway Signs. Proc., 30th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., 1950.
3. Garvey, P. M., M. T. Pietrucha, and D. T. Meeker. Development and Testing of a New Guide Sign Alphabet. Pennsylvania Transportation Institute Final Report PTI-9627. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1996.
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5. Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs: A Reference Guide for the Standardization of Letters and Numerals Used on Highway Signs Specified in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1989.