User:HueMan1/Gallery/Road signs/Latest version

These signs are based upon diagrams from the Road Signs and Pavement Markings Manual issued by the Department of Public Works and Highways of the Republic of the Philippines.

They have been created in collaboration with Fry1989, TagaSanPedroAko and Photo07.

Sign Colours:

  • 00 Blue (8, 69, 151) - Mandatory Action Signs
  • 00 Brown (158, 83, 36) - Tourist-Oriented Signs
  • 00 Fluorescent Yellow-Green (183, 255, 13) - Pedestrian Signs
  • 00 Fluorescent Orange (255, 121, 0) - Road works
  • 00 Green (21, 167, 81) - Direction Guidance Signs
  • 00 Red (195, 25, 38) - Regulation, Prohibition, and Warning Signs

Sign Shapes:

  • Octagon - Stop sign
  • Upside-down Equilateral Triangle - Give way sign
  • Circle - Regulatory signs (Circular signs may be placed on rectangular plates with text for additional information.)
  • Equilateral Triangle - Warning signs
  • Horizontal Rectangle - Directional signs, service signs, roadwork signs, special use signs, and supplementary plates for warning signs.
  • Vertical Rectangle - Facility information signs, traffic instruction signs, guide signs, and destinations of point of interest.
  • Pentagon - Pedestrian-related warning signs.

Sign Fonts:

  • is the most common font used on road signs.
  • or FHWA Standard Alphabets are usually used on directional signs.
  • is common on several new directional signs and most newer road signs, especially regulatory type signs. Font is allowed on negative-contrast signs, as opposed to the FHWA which only allows use of the font on positive-contrast signs and requires interim approval.

Regulatory signs (Type R)

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R1: Priority signs

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R2: Direction signs

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R3: Restrictive signs

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R4: Speed signs

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R5: Parking signs

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R6: Miscellaneous signs

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Warning signs (Type W)

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W1: Horizontal alignment signs

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W2: Intersection and junction signs

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W3: Advance warning of traffic control devices signs

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W4: Road width signs

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W5: Road obstacle signs

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W6: Pedestrian signs

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W7: Railway level crossing signs

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W8: Supplementary signs

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W9: Other warning road signs

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Guide or information signs (Type G)

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G1: Advance direction signs

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G2: Intersection direction signs

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G3: Reassurance direction signs

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G4: Finger board and direction signs for less important roads

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G5: Street signs

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G6: Town names and geographical feature signs

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G7: Service signs

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G8: Tourist information and tourist destination signs

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G9: Route marker signs

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G10: Asian highway route marker signs

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Expressway signs (Type GE)

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GE1: Expressway approach signs

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GE2: Expressway information signs

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GE3: Advance exit signs

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GE4: Exit direction signs

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GE5: Expressway service signs

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GE6: End of expressway signs

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GE7: Toll signs

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GE8: Expressway traffic instruction and regulatory signs

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Traffic instruction signs (Type S)

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S2: Movement instruction signs

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Hazard marker signs (Type HM)

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See also

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