About this websiteThis noncommercial website is an authoritative guide presenting facts and studies about pictograms and public information symbols, based on research and extensive testing in many countries. Test data for thousands of different variants is basis for our discussions and recommendations. We also present symbol collections from several standards as well as some organizations. Comparison of concepts Get more details by selecting one of the highlighted terms or names. You will find a representative selection of concepts. Based on sources listed we provide comments on the variants shown, and regarding facts from testing we ususally recommend a variant that should be used, as it proved to be superior. Find a list of all themes and pictograms discussed in the table of contents. Literature In our literature collection you can find a large selection of papers, reports and books related to tests and design of graphic symbols as well as associated subjects (wayfinding, warnings, etc.). Standards We also want to inform you about relevant standards, which show pictograms selected or developed on the basis of scientific research and testing. We also cover standards on testing procedures.
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Airport
Arriving Flights
ATM
Automat
Baby Care
Baggage
Baggage Claim
Bar
Barber
Bath
Beach
Bowling
Bus
Cabin
Campfire
Camping
Car Rental
Castle
Cave
Chairlift
Check-in
Church
Cinema
Currency Exchange
Customs
Cycling
Darts
Departures
Drinking Water
Elevator
Entry
Escalator
Exit
Ferry
Fire Extinguisher
First Aid
Fishing
Football
Funicular
Gas Station
Golf
Hairdresser
Heliport
Hiking
Hospital
Hotel
Ice Skating
Information
Ladies
Lawn
Left Luggage
Library
Lift
Litter
Lost and Found
Lounge
Mail
Male
Meeting Point
Minigolf
Museum
Newsstand
No Entry
Palace
Park
Pharmacy
Ping Pong
Playground
Police
Port
Porter
Quiet
Railway
Repairs
Restaurant
Riding
Rowing
Safe
Sailing
Sauna
Shops
Shower
Silence
Ski Tow
Skiing
Sledding
Smoking
Snacks
Solarium
Spa
Squash
Stairs
Swimming
Taxi
Tennis
Theater
Tickets
Toilet
Tram
Transfer
Viewpoint
Volleyball
Waterskiing
WC
Zoo
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OrganizationsMany organization have developed individual inventories of symbols for a wide range of messages. Get an impression of the public information symbols / pictograms for orientation and guiding systems from the organizations listed below: Austrian Standards British Standards Institution International Organization for Standardization UIC
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