Questions tagged [wayfinding]
any method, tool, image, text or object to assist in navigation in physical or virtual space.
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What font is used in the John Crerar Library?
I visited the John Crerar Library at UChicago, and the font used in its interior looks fantastic to me.
I tried searching on WhatTheFont, and it told me the font is BB Manual Mono™ (Pro), but I don't ...
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Ideal letter spacing on signage – tight or loose?
Now I’m not sure if large signs should be kerned like normal sized type on a page. If they need a bit of tweaking, should you tighten the kerning and tracking or loosen it?
I know generally small ...
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How do you indicate visually that a shower is for women?
When you see toilet signs, they look more or less like this:
It is clear who can enter either of them.
Now, say you are designing the signs for showers and you want to distinguish between the ones ...
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What Icon Can Be Used to Represent "Attributes"?
I am looking for a comprehensible icon/a visual metaphor to express "arbitrary attributes", in the sense of additional information.
In my particular case, each record represents a word, or a name, ...
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How to make it obvious that an option is unavailable, and can be deleted?
Here is the question I have asked on StackOverflow that somehow did not get the response I hoped for. I am trying it now here, as I am looking for a visually appealing solution. Ideally using a ...
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How do I figure out the right size font / text for a given read distance?
To avoid printing single letters at varying sizes and measuring how far away I can see it from a distance is there a formula for determining what size font for a particular read distance? Is it better ...
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How can graphic design be more accessible for people with disabilities?
I've noticed that, when talking about accessibility, guidelines and articles often refer to web design, but only in rare occasions I've seen graphic design (print in particular) being targeted as well....
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Can I freely use the fire exit symbol and similar ISO symbols?
I've been doing some research into this symbol (part of ISO 7010), which I'd like to use:
but I can't find out whether I'm allowed to or not. Is the glyph in the public domain? What about similar ...
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What does Scaling mean in this context?
I just got a pre-interview questionnaire for potentially a new job. On it I have to rank certain skills like creativity, attention to detail, photo manipulation.... one of them says "Scaling"
Before ...
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