Evaluation of Guide Sign Fonts

The objective of this study is to conduct a field evaluation of new available highway fonts versus the Series E (Modified) and Clearview 5WR fonts for use on guide signs. This study will provide the analysis necessary for decision to be made on inclusion of fonts for older drivers in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). In previous studies comparing Clearview fonts to previously used types, legibility distance, the distance at which a subject can read an unknown word, has been a robust measure of effectiveness. Researchers believe that in order to test the proposed font against the current standard, nighttime data collection in which participants drive an instrumented vehicle along a closed course while researcher's record data would be most conducive.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/490

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $195000
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(262)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  4201 East Arkansas Avenue
  Denver, CO  United States  80222

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155

  West Virginia Department of Transportation

  Division of Highways
  Building 5, Room A-110
  Charleston, WV  United States  25305-0430

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Research Center
  605 Suwannee Street MS-30
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Project Managers:

  Jansen, Lisa

• Start Date: 20170822
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20170822
• Source Data: RiP Project 41944

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Legibility; Sight distance
• Identifier Terms: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Clearview font; Nighttime driving; Sign fonts
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01560732
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(262)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 22 2015 1:02AM