| 词条 | Button copy | ||||
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Button copy is a type of physical design for road signs in the United States. Round plastic retroreflective buttons made of transparent plastic are placed in rows following the contours of sign legend elements, usually painted white, such as letters, numbers, arrows, and borders. In daylight, the buttons visually blend with the white sign legend elements and so are minimally conspicuous. At night, light from each approaching vehicle's headlamps strikes the retroreflective buttons and is reflected back towards the eyes of the vehicle's driver. Thus the sign is made sufficiently conspicuous and legible for adequately fast and accurate recognition and interpretation by drivers. {{triple image|left|Button copy M (alternate).jpg|62|Button copy arrow.jpg|63|Button copy I-10.jpg|86|Button copy on a letter, arrow, and route marker from a sign in Los Angeles}}Button copy is now rarely manufactured; technologically it has been supplanted by retroreflective sheeting made by various manufacturers in numerous colors and grades.[1] As state departments of transportation increasingly stopped specifying button copy signs in favor of signs made with sheeting, it became uneconomic to maintain production of the materials and supplies to make button copy signs. The last state to specify button copy signs was Arizona, which switched to sheeting in 2000.[2] See also
References1. ^Retroreflective Sheetings Used for Sign Faces 2. ^[https://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/3d4e957b8741f740 Farewell to Button Copy] External links
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