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The nearly 900-page style guide for road signs.

This Beautiful Public Data post on the government’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control is one of those wonderful pieces of insight on the massive systems behind everyday items, and it’s catnip for design and transportation nerds.

Also apparently there was decade-long drama about a new font for road signage? Excuse me while I go down that rabbit-hole for a week.

Image of a roundabout informational sign with design mandates
The post helps show just how many elements of road sign design are mandated by the Federal Highway Administration.
Image: Federal Highway Administration
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