On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Alan Mintz <[email protected]> wrote: > At 2010-08-22 19:28, you wrote: >> I wouldn't put too much stock in the fact that directionals on street >> signs are often in smaller fonts. The people who are responsible for >> such signs are trying to make them useful while holding down cost (and >> not having street signs that are exceptionally long). > > I disagree. There is no reason to think that they are not also trying to > show that the directional is part of the block number, not the name, and in > exactly the way that one would expect - by making it smaller and positioned > with the block number, and not the name. Logic says this is the more likely > intent of the sign makers. When someone uses a different font in a document, > they are usually trying to tell the user that the information is of a > different type than that shown in other fonts.
Perhaps a better example is Orlando. I linked a photo in the previous thread: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.515555,-81.392877&spn=0.015404,0.041199&t=k&z=16&layer=c&cbll=28.515547,-81.393042&panoid=FgoBLwm7V3KHZOXf7Oklcw&cbp=12,122.26,,1,-0.48 The directions are clearly marked as part of the addresses here. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
