Kommentare zu: Traffic Sign Typefaces: Italy

Von: Kevin Flynn

Kevin Flynn — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:00:46 +0000

Just for info re: >> From its use in Spain it is also known as Carreta Conventional or CCRIGE <<

In Spain CCRIGE stands for Carretera Convencional (Conventional Highway) + Red de Interés General del Estado (State General Interest Network).

Von: pacamanca

pacamanca — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:25:55 +0000

I live in Italy (but I’m not Italian!!!) and this post cracked me up. I’ve never understood their road signs. “Tutte le direzioni” (“all directions”) is my favorite – but I’ve seen it in France as well – and I swear people don’t see anything wrong with it and don’t understand it when I say it doesn’t make any sense *at all*. Another common feature of their system is two signs for the same place pointing at different directions. Like I always say, Italy is a VERY funny country.

As a side note: I actually met my (Italian) husband partly thanks to the lack of continuity thingie. We were going to the Youth Hostel in Assisi but at a certain point the signs just disappeared, as usual. My friend and I kept walking but had no idea how far we had to go or even if we were going the right way, and looked completely at a loss (not to mention pathetic) with our huge suitcases, lumbering along a narrow road across these fields, the wind blowing madly and a light drizzle falling on our heads. My husband-to-be took pity on us and gave us a ride to the hostel, apologizing for the lack of signs and, well, for most of what I had already experienced in Italy and that doesn’t make any sense to reasonable people… And here I am, 7 years later

Von: Sander

Sander — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:12:16 +0000

I have driven a few times in Italy and the road signs are not so good. As said above there is no consistant implementation and often too much information on a sign. I like the Grotesk typeface but if it works for road signs? Maby the signs work for inhabitants but for foreigners… I lots my way a couple of times in Italy, the landscape makes up for it

Von: stefano picco

stefano picco — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:36:03 +0000

Photo 5 looks great, that’s pure confusion … for a driver

Von: schoschie

schoschie — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:31:03 +0000

“Another typical Italian problem I encountered was the missing continuity.” — seems to be a bit of a mediterranean problem (generalizing here) Had this same problem on Mallorca and Gran Canaria. You’re totally out of luck if you don’t know your whereabouts or have a navi.