Talk:Fingerpost

Purpose

Could someone explain to me the point of this article? It seems like adding stuff for the sake of it to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.36.225.43 (talk • contribs) 09:25, 7 June 2006

I creator of this article thinks it is needed as it is a heritage object of intrest to many people, including myself, in reponce to the reference needing sentence, that is a qoute from a article in the news from 2004. Lenny 08:36, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I found this a useful and interesting article.

Please see:

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ashley.leaney/SussexSignposts"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/ashley.leaney/RqURInXIxbE/AAAAAAAAAOk/o7nkQp-n3bw/s160-c/SussexSignposts.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a>

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ashley.leaney/SussexSignposts" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Sussex Signposts</a>

— Preceding unsigned comment added by AshleyBones (talk • contribs) 22:05, 2 August 2007

typeface

I don't understand the sentence "Mandatory standards ... required ... lettering to be of a different typeface."

Different from what? Do the standard actually mandate that the typeface be *different* than something? Or does the standard actually mandate some particular typeface, which may be -- but is not necessarily -- different from the previous typeface? --68.0.124.33 (talk) 03:45, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

It means it must be of a new standard typeface that was different from all previous typefaces ued. The result was the precurser to the Transport typeface. It was used on all roadsigns. UNI^|SOUTH 10:43, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

frontpiece

Are you sure your using the term correctly; this doesn't seem to be a frontispiece (compare) at all? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BeckenhamBear (talk • contribs) 10:18, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

M*A*S*H

Just wondering if reference to the signpost in M*A*S*H would be relevant in this article? There is a public domain photo of it on the show's article.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 00:16, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I vaguely recall fingerpost signs in other war films used as establishing shots — army bases had lots of people far from home — and it stands to reason that the producers of M*A*S*H amped up an existing trope. I'll see if I can track down some actual Korean War and WWII photographs... kencf0618 (talk) 23:01, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Photo and variety

It would be cool to have a photo showing a fingerpost with actual fingers, like [1], though I haven't yet found such a pic with a suitable license.

These posts are also seen outside the British Isles; we have them in the U.S. though they are often decorative or whimsical. -- Beland (talk) 17:05, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

This one has a semi-restricted license which might work. -- Beland (talk) 17:12, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

But that's not a fingerpost -- it doesn't have any "arms". -- Dr Greg  talk  19:02, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

There is one in Commons here.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 05:11, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

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Gallery

"Fingerpost-like signage" ?!? If there's going to be a distinction between signposts and fingerposts, then the definition of fingerpost should be kept in mind -- basically the sign should point to some place. If we examine the photo of the signs in the New Albion, New York example, we cannot see any fingers, or hands, or even arms clearly pointing to the specified place. I had to dive into Google Maps to determine that some of those signs may in fact be examples of fingerposts. The yellow signs are not; they designate county roads that they are on (which is why they point in two directions at once). The top sign for "LEON" is not; it is another name for County Road 6 which it is sitting on. The other three signs on that post may in fact be examples of fingerposts. The sign that looks like "TTARAU US" is supposed to say "CATTARAUGUS" and may be pointing to the left which is where the village of Cattaraugus is. The other two signs are hard to read because of the angle, but apparently for the villages of South Dayton and Little Valley. So out of all the signs in the picture that we see, only three actually may as fingerposts, and none of them clearly point to where they're supposed to because of deterioration or the bad angle of the signs. Since there are plenty of other entries in the Gallery, I removed this poor example.

Removed example

--TresÁrboles (talk) 20:13, 22 February 2021 (UTC)