(10 May 2015, 9:09 pm)aureolin wrote I was never a huge fan of them. They looked good up close, but not from a distance. Thankfully the new white numbers look both bigger, and are clear to read from a distance.
They never bothered me to be honest.
As long as the destination colours didn't bleed into the numbers, then they were ok.
(10 May 2015, 9:15 pm)G-CPTN wrote So where does that feature in the DDA requirements?
I realise that you cannot cater for people who are totally blind (you would need some sort of external 'next stop announcements'), but why make it difficult for any people with 'normal' sight?
I have neither dyslexia nor colour-blindness, but tell me that the red background is as easy to see from a distance as a simple white number on a black background and I don't believe you.
My only sight defect is age-related long-sightedness (ie I now need simple reading glasses - the sort that you can buy in chemist shops, Poundland or ALDI).
There is something about destinations in the DDA, but nothing about colours (if I remember correctly).
Both the BDA (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyslexic/e...d-dyslexia
) and Colour Blind Awarness (http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/), issue guidance.
Ironically, red is poor for colourblind people and black/white for dyslexia.