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What the font?

Recently at work The Ranger had his attention drawn by a designer colleague to a remarkable untapped resource - the Tourism Font. It's been used for years for various purposes, and comprises a set of standard symbols for tourism purposes - like this one, with which you ought to be familiar:

Recognise it? Of course you do. There are plenty of other similar emblems on the list that are very handy. But of course, there are a few others, and that's where the fun starts.

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A sheet of these fonts has been passed round the office for a while gathering guesses as to what on earth some of these logos can possibly mean. You might hazard a guess at these:

Presumably these would be "Smelly feet ahead" and "Don't slip on the fallen leaves".

But what about this crop of puzzlers?

These all had everyone scratching their heads - can you do better? The best guesses, in order, are:

Idle padlocks

Beware of pigs

Mondrian ahead

Warning: Obese babies may be beheaded

Christmas is coming

The Ranger would welcome your suggestions...

5 comments so far, see them and add yours here!

Posted on 24th January 2008 at 5 53 pm
by The Virtual Ranger
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Categories: Signs

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Comment from: HM the Cat [Admin]

Designers have a hard enough time without smart-alec rangers taking the mickey. However, some of these symbols are obtuse.

My suggestion for number four is:
"I'm a little teapot, with two spouts,
Tip me up - and my head falls off!"

Or beware of waddling short-limbed people.

Permalink 24/01/08 @ 18:00

Comment from: James Derounian

Leaf/foot motif is obviously "man eating plant ahead"; and the 'smelly feet' one = in fact "Beware: radiating shepherds ahead"

Holly pic: "Herbal teas for sale"
'Padlock' = 'Warning - cyclops ahead'

Thanks for silliness on a Friday!

Permalink 25/01/08 @ 12:45

Comment from: HM the Cat [Admin]

Is number one an aerial view of The Ranger with his hat on?

Permalink 25/01/08 @ 14:36

Comment from: The Wildlife Gardener

Number 2 is uncomfortably close to home:
Beware of the Woodworm

Permalink 29/01/08 @ 14:16

Comment from: The Wildlife Gardener [Admin]

Number 5: Mick Jagger Lying in Road

Permalink 29/01/08 @ 14:24

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What the font?

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