Types of signboards and their importance

Definition of signage

These signs are such as the “instruction manual”, as it introduces us to places, directions, exit and entry areas, and the importance of the panels increases in particular within the marketing centers and hotels to guide customers on the different sections of the place and ease of access to the area they wish to reach, as well as safety, health and professional signs and exit from the fire situation. Etc. of these signs.

It is a picture or a distinctive sign to denote a certain thing, which may be for the purpose of guidance, advertisement, or other purposes depending on the place in which they are placed, and it may be written or photographed or both together and the guiding and directive signs are used either internally, such as companies, factories, hotels … or externally on the streets. And inside closed residential complexes.

Types of sign boards

1- External indicative panels

When you pass any road in the world, you may notice the presence of guide plates on the roads directing us to the roads we want to reach or the areas we are heading to, but some may ask a particular question, especially because of the different colors of car plates in Saudi Arabia and the world and not carrying one color and what is The secret to each of these colors.

The use of a specific color for the background of the sign is a way to help the driver find the indicative panels he is looking for and identify their type and help him distinguish the type of path he would like to take, and according to the classification of the indicative panels, we can determine the reason for the color of each plate or what it refers to as follows:

• The green color indicates highways, as well as indicative signs in main roads and streets, especially at intersections and exits, and kilometer signs inside cities.
• The color blue indicates cities and roads within cities and to clarify the names of roads, places of services on the side of the road, government institutions and pedestrian paths.
• White color indicates the locations of public services, service roads, residential neighborhoods, and gatherings.
• The brown color is specific to tourist areas and parks
• Yellow or orange is for maintenance, repair, or new road construction.
• The red color is to direct the road users to the necessity to stop, slow down, or to prevent them from driving a certain direction, depending on the traffic regulation.

2- Interior signboards

This type of instructional panels are panels for directing and guiding the company’s employees or visitors inside the building. These guiding panels are manufactured from different materials acrylic, aluminum, copper and stainless steel.

These signboards are also used as civil defense and emergency panels, and are used as identification panels for rooms in the building, such as a “meeting room” in companies and factories, or an “operating room” in hospitals and others.

Imagine that you are in a huge mall trying to find a specific store or department within a store, but you have no idea which floor or which direction to go. Or you went shopping and when you finished buying you just want to get out, or you lost trying to find your classroom at a large university, and you were already late in the semester. In each of these scenarios, it would be extremely beneficial to have signboards and to make one’s life less stressful.
Simply put, it makes it easier for you to find what your customers are looking for – be it your office, or a product inside your store – the easier it is to get a sale. If a customer can’t find what they need, they may become so angry that they give up and lose your sale. Signboards are a good and easy way to direct your customers to the right place.

The importance of signboards

There is no doubt that road signboards have become over time one of the standards of safety, security and guidance, in addition to being a civilized indicator as well, for these signs are thanks to saving time and trouble for the road user, in addition to preserving his safety, and reaching his destination in a timely manner. .

It is important to say that the indicative panels on traffic roads perform a very important practical function, in addition to being a main communication and communication tool for drivers of vehicles of all kinds, whether they are citizens, transients or tourists who need accuracy in order to go to their destinations easily in moving from Street to street, and to familiarize them with tourist places and some other areas with long distances, in addition to shopping centers, rest areas, petrol stations, hospitals, police departments and other places. The importance of the paintings is especially high on highways, where their absence is a great danger, in addition to their shortage in cities. It is a major cause of traffic confusion as well

The importance of adhering to the instructions of the signboards

Indicative panels are one of the most important tools that must be taken into account in establishments, whether hospitals, hotels, and even factories, and the excitement of us do not care or pay attention to reading the indicative panels of the place he is visiting, and this is a big mistake, and the indicative panels have been placed in their places to warn of the dangers or draw attention to the instructions that are necessary Otherwise, it exposes the individual or establishments to danger.

The signboards are designed to implement occupational safety and health standards, not as a kind of entertainment or decoration, but rather to apply the minimum safety limits that come through the application of security and compliance instructions within the facility.

Dear visitor of the facility, the indicative sign for no smoking is not designed for luxury ..!

Indeed .. Visitors to the establishments believe that some of the indicative panels were set for luxury, or to restrict them psychologically and morally, and among those indicative panels “No smoking”, but if the visitor thought about the nature of the facility’s work or the place where that board was placed, he would be sure of its importance, for example: –

• If this plate is placed in some areas in the factories, it has several possibilities for its presence in that region, including that the area contains flammable materials, or that this area is subject to certain specifications in the shape and nature of its alarms.
• And if you put that signboard in hospitals, then dear visitor, you must abide by it, so that it is not a source of inconvenience and a danger to the health of patients. The no smoking sign should be adhered to in any place dear to you, as you are free in your life as long as you do not harm others.

Why are you obligated to read and implement what is contained in the indicative signs in the establishments …?

Instruction panels were placed in their places to alert people about the importance of implementing some instructions in the facility, for example: –

1. There are indicative panels in the facilities that aim to inform visitors of their destination, exit and entry route, and if you do not pay attention to these signs, you will waste your time and effort in searching for your destination.
2. The facility may have some repairs, whether by building or digging in its roads, and so the facilities are obligated to place warning signs of the presence of pits or construction work in that area, and with commitment to them, you will protect yourself from the evil of dangers and injuries.
3. There are indicative panels placed in dangerous areas, such as warning about areas with flammable materials, places of electricity pressure, or areas of hot and inflammable fumes.
4. Indicative panels for the exits, which are intended as emergency exits to evacuate all the things in the facility, or to be used in the immediate evacuation process when the building and those in danger are exposed, and those exits are designed in an engineering manner in which they all lead outside the building, or to a place where safety and security factors are available And be protected against sources of danger.

And because emergency operations and evacuations must be done quickly and easily, the signboards for the exits are among the most important things that must be adhered to at those times, and among the most important conditions for the indicative signs of the emergency exits: –

1. The panels should be distributed in clear, distinct, and easy to identify places.
2. That the color, size and shape of each sign board be chosen so that it can be easily seen and recognized, and its shape and color differs from the surrounding decor.
3. All exits indicative panels must contain the word (exit) in Arabic, English and any other languages in clear, large and legible letters.
4. It is prohibited to place any brightly lit sign near the line of sight to the indicative plate for the output.

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We offer the following: –

– Interior signboards for offices and clinics.

It shall have the company addresses, hotels, room and office numbers on it.

We manufacture signboards from acrylic and aluminum.

We design signboards for peace instructions, addresses for offices, emergencies and exits by direct printing on acrylic and aluminum.

Various sizes according to the client’s desire.

– It is distinguished by a distinctive identity by means of a decorative aluminum and steel nail.

– We preserve the beauty of the painting.

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