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How Not to Help People Read a Sign

Can you read this sign? It's a bit hard.

Can you read this sign? It's a bit hard.

To the right is a picture from this month’s Gretna Heritage Festival which had numerous local restaurants, non-profits, and craftsmen selling delicious food and one-of-a-kind crafts.

Here is a sign that could use some help. When trying to get the text to fit, you need to do more than condense the font and make it skinnier. It is impossible to read from more than 5 feet away. Further more, the sign printer just had to remove the cents in each price and show just the dollar amount. This simple change would open up more room and make the price look even cheaper.

One Comment

  1. Posted November 19, 2009 at 3:51 pm | Permalink

    I see those types of signs at every festival – and I never want to read them. I’m a young’un, but those signs make me feel visually impaired. I’d rather read smaller, less condensed type myself.

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