Re: icon showing that something is banned or nonfunctioning

["Bruce Wolf" <bwolf -at- scheidt-bachmann-usa -dot- com>]

"Blue Laws" are a sign of Prohibition.  ;-)


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From: "John Cornellier" <tw -at- cornellier -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: icon showing that something is banned or nonfunctioning


> There are generic classes of signs, and those classes should have names.
On European roads, signs which are round and blue are signs of obligation.
Those which are white with a red border are
> signs of restriction. (E.g. a round sign with a red border and nothing in
it means "no entry"). The red circle with a diagonal line prohibits whatever
is shown with a pictogram-thingy on the sign. In
> France there's a generic term for this which I'd translate as "sign of
prohibtion". The thing to do might be to check on a gov't road sign web site
in an English-speaking country where they use these
> signs. Australia? UK? South Africa?
>
> So in answer to your question: "sign of prohibtion" - ?


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