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(x) International symbols for toilet {Randy, Stephen}
Posted by thesignguy in
18 Apr 2003 — 7:17am
18 Apr 2003 — 7:17am
Is there a freeware font for toilet symbols. I am thinking there may be if international symbols are in the public domain?? Thanks
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18 Apr 2003 — 3:35pm
This isn't a font but it should work out. Good old AIGA.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm?ContentID=147
Randy
18 Apr 2003 — 3:57pm
Borrowed hrant's toilet cam.
:-)
19 Apr 2003 — 4:24pm
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19 Apr 2003 — 5:12pm
Arabic typography expert Thomas Milo once suggested over dinner that the only non culturally specific way to differentiate between toilets for men and women would be to use photographs of genitalia.
19 Apr 2003 — 8:25pm
speaking of international symbols, here's the symbol for "i'm about to cut your legs off."
i think it's even from dingbest.
21 Apr 2003 — 7:58am
Thanks to all youse guyz for the info and opinion!!! This is GREAT!!! A perfect blend of Saturday Night Live and The Man Show!!
18 Apr 2003 — 7:29am
Make your own! You can do teriffic tongue-in-cheeck stuff with those. (Uh-oh, I hope Hrant is not going to make some tasteless pun on this remark ;) ) I've got a magazine somewhere with some brilliant and witty solutions. One of the best was the one they had at MetaDesign. Believe me, it's a great exercise in symbol-making, because for some people it still is a sensitive subject.
18 Apr 2003 — 7:36am
BTW Gooooooodmorning America. Hearing the news that Michael Moore's Stupid White Men is/was at the top of the bestseller list somehow restored my faith in the American people (NOT in the US Government which is purely evil incarnate, don't misunderstand me). Just do me a favor: read the book and kick this friggin' nutcase warmonger plus his shady friends out of the White House at the next elections! Pretty please? The world is watching and doesn't like it one bit, I tell ya.
18 Apr 2003 — 3:39pm
Oh, you crazy Yves. Using the ID Board for your political
soapbox. BTW, I'm with you on Dubya.
AIGA offers free symbols.
FontShop offers free FF Dingbest.
18 Apr 2003 — 3:39pm
Randy! You beat me to the symbol punch!
19 Apr 2003 — 3:42pm
Hey Stephen, I might sometimes burst out in
totally gratuituous political commentaries, BUT
I'd like to stress that I never ever attack anyone
on the board personally (unlike others who... -
whoops, almost got me there) and that it's always
in good humour.
Randy, you lucky
19 Apr 2003 — 4:18pm
it's always in good humour
Yvezzie - I agree. As are mine.
19 Apr 2003 — 4:37pm
Yeah, I guess so, but at least he's funny, which
makes him connect with people who otherwise would be
put off by an overly serious approach to politics
(by the likes of Noam Chomsky for example). It
doesn't help that much preaching to the converted.
19 Apr 2003 — 4:39pm
Back on topic: I'll see if I can find that magazine
and post some examples of toilet symbols. The one
from MetaDesign I'll have to draw from memory.
21 Apr 2003 — 10:58am
That's us: type identification with a plus! We
select our collaborators on grooviness, whackiness,
silliness... oh yeah, and they need to know
something about type too. =D
21 Apr 2003 — 11:04am
BTW John it's funny you bring this Thomas Milo up
because the toilet sign at MetaDesign looked
approximatively like this: