Comments on: What the hell is happening to SF’s iconic street signs?

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 03:25:18 +0000

ok, it sucks but let’s keep it all in perspective.

By: stevenj

stevenj — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:48:36 +0000

Looks way better? Looks like Anywhere, USA. Another SF tradition gone with the wind.

By: STEVE-O

STEVE-O — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:04:49 +0000

ANARCHY BURGER!, hold the GOVERNMENT, Please.

By: Eyesore

Eyesore — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:08:36 +0000

Ridiculous. My eyesight is getting worse as I creep up in my 40s, and the lowercase signs are much harder for me to read because a) lowercase letters look much more similar to one another and b) they’re 1/2 to 1/3 the size (uppercase letters fit in a single grid vs three for lowercase letters, which require descenders and ascenders, with some letters only occupying the middle grid). Beyond the obvious things like i/l there are scads of lowercase letters that are barely distinguished from “o” (just by a descender or ascender, or unclosed circle), w/v/u, etc.

Thanks for making it harder to figure out where I am in the city, federal government.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:39:26 +0000

It really doesn’t.

By: stevenj

stevenj — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:54:25 +0000

All caps have worked here for 100 years. The combination of the large green freeway type signs that went up mid block on many streets in the mid 90′s and the new upper/lower case signs are insuring that SF looks like everywhere else.

By: stevenj

stevenj — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:50:44 +0000

-2

By: Jan L.

Jan L. — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:20:38 +0000

I agree! SAN FRANCISCO (don’t call it “Frisco”) is worth SHOUTING ABOUT!! (Also, we are assuming A LOT when we presume that our drivers can read AT ALL.)

By: Jay Wright

Jay Wright — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:51:15 +0000

Hi there,
Also, I am dissatisfied with the newly written “STOP” signs after a city crew has completed paving a roadway. Take the reimprovement project near Deharo and 17th streets for example.
Those gorgeous curvy STOP signs painted on the street level are being replaced by some ugly painted zigzagged-morphed text. They look absolutely hideous. Who approved that nonsense and what can we do about it?

By: TommyWillB

TommyWillB — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:32:10 +0000

1) seriously, in this economic downturn we are wasting tax money replacing perfectly good signs?

Could someone please research how much money San Francisco is spending, and if the Feds are reimbursing us?!?!

2) where are all the old signs going? Can we get them?

By: Duh

Duh — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:13:34 +0000

Easier to read, yeah, but Kelly Kate will still piss all over it.

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:31:24 +0000

CAP LOCK IS A VIAGRA O.D.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:38:43 +0000

CAPS LOCK IS LIKE CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:32:10 +0000

EASIER TO READ SAYS WHO?? I WANT MY SF STREET SIGNS IN ALL CAPS, IT MAKES ME FEEL WARM AND FUZZY JUST LIKE MY TELENOVELAS MAGAZINES. I THINK IF ANYTHING SHOULD BE DIFFERENT, THEY SHOULD HAVE DUAL EXCLAMATION POINTS AROUND THEM LIKES THIS:

¡DIVISADERO!
¡TURK!
¡OAKDALE!
¡BURGERS!

NOW THAT’S SOMETHING WORTH MAKING IT RAIN WITH TAX DOLLARS

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:20:31 +0000

HOW MUCH STUDY??? RIDICULOUS IS A NOT A QUANTIFIABLE NUMBER YOU PUSHOVER. I LOVE HOW 400 PEOPLE ARE SURVEYED IN VIRGINIA AND THEN WE GET ANOTHER ‘FEDERAL GUIDELINE’ TO FUCK USS IN THE ASS SANS ASTROGLIDE. ME ‘N HERR DOKTOR ARE OUT FOR BLOOD…