{"id":4488,"date":"2011-06-23T12:26:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T04:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=4488"},"modified":"2018-08-28T14:32:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:32:22","slug":"taoyuan-international-airport-to-adopt-new-style-for-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2011\/taoyuan-international-airport-to-adopt-new-style-for-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoyuan International Airport to adopt new style for signs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taoyuan International Airport (or “Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport” as it is called in Taiwan’s official Chinglish form<\/a>) will be replacing its signage, adopting a new color scheme and typeface. <\/p>\n

Currently, the signs in the airport have a black background and yellow or white letters. <\/p>\n

The new signs will be modeled after those in the Hong Kong International Airport, with white letters on a blue background. But signs for facilities such as restrooms and restaurants will have white letters on a dark red background. (Perhaps like these<\/a>?)<\/p>\n

Taiwan will also duplicate Hong Kong’s choice of font face: Fang Song (fǎng-Sòngtǐ \/ 仿宋體). One of the reasons for this is that some Chinese characters — such as for yuán (園) and guó (國) — appear similar if viewed from a distance, according to the president of the Taoyuan International Airport Corp. “Passengers can clearly see the words on the [new] signs even if they view them from 30 meters away,” he added. <\/p>\n

The new signs will start to go up in August, with the change scheduled to be complete by the end of 2012. <\/p>\n

I’ve made some samples (which, by the way, contain both 園 and 國) in three typefaces to help illustrate the look of Fang Song. Sorry not to have the right color scheme. <\/p>\n

DF Fang Song:<\/strong>
\n\"sample<\/p>\n

DF Kai Sho:<\/strong>
\n\"sample<\/p>\n

DF Ming:<\/strong>
\n\"sample<\/p>\n

sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

stories: <\/p>\n