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  2. Cat's eye (road) - Wikipedia

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    In almost all European countries, cat eye road studs will include reflective lenses of some kind. By contrast to the UK where use of cat's eyes is widespread, in Continental Europe, cat's eyes are rarely used as a permanent fixture. Most appear white or gray during daylight; the colors discussed here are the color of light they reflect.

  3. Retroreflective sheeting - Wikipedia

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    Retroreflective sheeting for road signs is categorized by construction and performance specified by technical standards such as ASTM D4956-11a.; [4] various types give differing levels of retroreflection, effective view angles, and lifespan. [5] Sheeting has replaced button copy as the predominant type of retroreflector used in roadway signs.

  4. Raised pavement marker - Wikipedia

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    A white retroreflective raised pavement marker (Stimsonite design) A blue raised pavement marker (for marking the location of fire hydrants) White markers — for lane markings or to mark the right pavement edge. Yellow or orange markers — These separate traffic moving in opposite directions, or mark the left pavement edge on one-way roadways.

  5. Button copy - Wikipedia

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    Button copy is a type of physical design for road signs in the United States. Round plastic retroreflective buttons made of transparent plastic are placed in rows following the contours of sign legend elements, usually painted white, such as letters, numbers, arrows, and borders. In daylight, the buttons visually blend with the white sign ...

  6. Road surface marking - Wikipedia

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    In some countries and areas (France, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia etc.), road markings are conceived as horizontal traffic signs, as opposed to vertical traffic signs placed on posts. Road surface markings are used on paved roadways to provide guidance and information to drivers and pedestrians. Uniformity of the markings is an important ...

  7. Traffic signs by country - Wikipedia

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    Local traffic road signs usually employ black text on white. Exceptions are the Czech Republic (yellow-on-black), Finland (white-on-black), Austria and Spain (white-on-green), as well as Denmark, Iceland and Poland (blue-on-white). Tourist sighting signs usually employ white on some shade of brown. Detours use black on a shade of yellow or orange.

  8. Optical telegraph - Wikipedia

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    A replacement telegraph system was sought, and of the many ideas and devices put forward the Admiralty chose the simpler semaphore system invented by Sir Home Popham. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A Popham semaphore was a single fixed vertical 30 foot pole, with two movable 8 foot arms attached to the pole by horizontal pivots at their ends, one arm at the top ...

  9. Ambigram - Wikipedia

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    For example, black words on a printed paper are seen as the "figure", and the white sheet as the "background". In ambigrams, the typographic space of the background is used as negative space to form new letters and new words. For example, inside a capital H, one can easily insert a lowercase i.

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