New, higher resolution fonts! Good to see BART welcoming 1982 in style.pic.twitter.com/gjdO1j01Jn
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@mwichary related: I've never understood why train length is so prominent in the information hierarchy.
@ptraughber I guess so you don't queue up in a wrong place? But there are better ways to communicate it.
@mwichary Even behind New York perennially delayed countdown clocks. Impressive.
@mwichary having done work with banks, I wouldn't be surprised to find out all that text is BCD from a mainframe DB and "can't be changed"
@scottjenson Holy shit, BCD.
@mwichary: what kills me is just the basic inability to know which station you just pulled into. Few, terrible lighted names, etc.
@slightlylate I agree. Even the improvements (e.g. Powell) are just like the new digital displays: marginal and far behind state of the art.
@mwichary what is better about others' signage?
@josefow Sure! Appreciate you moving this to be more positive/actionable. I will list some things off the top of my head.
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