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PB239352

Publication Date	1974
Page Count	172
Abstract	The intent of the project was to produce a consistent and inter-related group of symbols to bridge the language barrier and simplify basic messages at domestic and international travel facilities. The working process attempted to take full advantage of strong and widely recognized existing symbol concepts and to introduce new symbol forms only where no satisfactory concepts existed. The report includes detailed descriptions of the process employed to create the symbols as well as guidelines for their use.
Keywords	Symbols Pedestrian movement Transportation Graphic arts Symbolic codes Transportation problems Passenger terminals Legibility Visual perception Airports Reading Regulations Services Graphic methods Vehicular traffic control Signs DOT/4HZ/HA DOT/1C
Source Agency	Office of Facilitation
NTIS Subject Category	45E - Graphics 91B - Transportation & Traffic Planning 85 - Transportation
Corporate Authors	American Inst. of Graphic Arts, New York.; Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. Office of Assistant
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Jul-Nov 74.
NTIS Issue Number	197508
Contract Number	DOT-OS-40192

Symbol Signs. The Development of Passenger/Pedestrian Oriented Symbols for Use in Transportation-Related Facilities.

Symbol Signs. The Development of Passenger/Pedestrian Oriented Symbols for Use in Transportation-Related Facilities.
PB239352

Publication Date	1974
Page Count	172
Abstract	The intent of the project was to produce a consistent and inter-related group of symbols to bridge the language barrier and simplify basic messages at domestic and international travel facilities. The working process attempted to take full advantage of strong and widely recognized existing symbol concepts and to introduce new symbol forms only where no satisfactory concepts existed. The report includes detailed descriptions of the process employed to create the symbols as well as guidelines for their use.
Keywords	Symbols Pedestrian movement Transportation Graphic arts Symbolic codes Transportation problems Passenger terminals Legibility Visual perception Airports Reading Regulations Services Graphic methods Vehicular traffic control Signs DOT/4HZ/HA DOT/1C
Source Agency	Office of Facilitation
NTIS Subject Category	45E - Graphics 91B - Transportation & Traffic Planning 85 - Transportation
Corporate Authors	American Inst. of Graphic Arts, New York.; Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. Office of Assistant
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Jul-Nov 74.
NTIS Issue Number	197508
Contract Number	DOT-OS-40192