Nick Whitelegg <[email protected]> writes: >>here, whatever the local council decides to put up >>often reflective silverish background, black letters >>may be black on yellow >>may be white on blue >>may be green on white > > Where's "here"? > The UK seems to be rather variable, black on white is most common but I've > seen white on green, white on black, and rarely, other schemes such as > white on blue. > > The UK seems to be particularly heterogeneous with regards to colour and > font compared to other countries I've visited such as Germany and the USA. > Other countries have more tendency for a national scheme, whereas the UK > seems to depend on the local council, and even they are inconsistent (my > own city has about 10 to 15 different styles, some introduced within a few > months of each other!)
In Massachusetts, US, street sign coloring can vary at each town (where there are ~350 towns, many of which have ~ afew thousand people). There are a lot of white on green (my town), but the next town west has white on red. Plus, the town I grew up has black raised lettering on white with a black border (think pretty wrought iron) for old signs, but I think is replacing them with white on green. I would think the solution is an easy way to train/teach, not a giant database of the world, as it seems too variable in time to keep up with at that scale.
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