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Impact of Shapes and Patterns on Recognition and Response Efficiency in Safety Signage Design

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Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications

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Abstract

Ergonomics in Design, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 77-84, April 2026.
In this article, we studied how the design of safety signs affects how quickly and accurately people understand them. Signs with bar patterns were found to be the easiest and quickest to recognize, while square and irregular patterns took longer and ...