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Standards in Practice

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Legibility at velocity
Every glyph engineered for 200 km/h readability. Tested across extreme sightlines, glare, and low-contrast conditions.
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Grid-constrained composition
Sixteen-column modular grid with ruled baselines. No element placed by intuition alone — every position specified.
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Traffic-color semantic coding
RAL 3020 marks hazard, RAL 5017 signals navigation. Color carries regulatory meaning, never decoration.
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Reproducible from one specification
A single master template generates every sign. Each measurement documented, each margin deliberate.
This is the DIN 1451 Signage design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full DIN 1451 Signage guide → designbycurio.com/learn/din-1451-german-signage