These are EPS image files delivered via Gilmores e-Vault process, organized into 19 sub-folders. The electronic vector image files of the Handbook of Recommended Information Sign Symbols for Canada (2008) are intended to assist jurisdictions with the proper reproduction of the sign symbols presented in the document of the same name.

The files are provided in EPS format in order to maintain their resolution if resizing is required.

The image files are organized into the 19 facility type groups represented in Part 2 of the Handbook: General Services; Emergency Services; Accommodation; Campground Services; Disabled Services; Domestic Animal Facilities/Services; Public Facilities/Services; Roadside Assistance; Transportation and Station Services; Cultural Attractions; Nature Attractions; Structures; Tourist Attractions; Air Recreation; Entertainment; Land Recreation; Water Recreation; Winter Recreation; and Miscellaneous. 

The sign symbol images for each group are accompanied by a PDF overview listing. Practitioners are strongly encouraged to use the image files in consultation with the Handbook, which contains important information on general application and guidelines, facility eligibility, and multiple activity/facility signing for proper sign symbol use.  

Buying this Publication The Handbook and its related components can be bought as follows.  

·         The vector image (EPS format) files only (FLS-SYMBOL-E) for $149 member / $199 regular. The image files are delivered via Gilmore’s eVantage software. 

·         The Handbook (PTM-SYMBOL-E) only for $149 member / $199 regular. Available in print or e-book.

·         A package of both the Handbook and vector image files (PKG-SYMBOL-E) for $249 member / $325 regular. The package PKG-SYMBOL-E-EBK offers the Handbook in e-book format. 

The e-book, image files and package are delivered using eVantage software by VitalSource. Users will need to both create an eVantage account and download this software. 
After Bookstore checkout, customers will receive an order confirmation email and another email with both their license code and instructions to create their account and redeem their license code. Click the “resources” (paper clip) icon beside the cover of the user guide to download the sign pattern files. 

There are NO REFUNDS provided after the license code has been redeemed.

The Handbook of Recommended Information Sign Symbols for Canada is a reference guide for recommended information sign symbols whose comprehensive nature excludes its contents from TAC's Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC) due to that document's large breadth and scope.  The Handbook is useful to Canadian jurisdictions implementing new sign initiatives or reviewing current programs that use standard symbols in their sign design. For example, Tourism-Oriented Directional Signing (TODS) programs, increasingly adopted by Canadian jurisdictions, rely on the availability of many specific information sign symbols.

·         Part 1 of the Handbook provides context and important information on general application and guidelines, facility eligibility, and multiple activity/facility signing for proper sign symbol use.  

·         Part 2 of the Handbook provides listings of the sign symbols, organized into 19 facility type groups.  Customers may purchase the Handbook of Recommended Information Sign Symbols for Canada and/or its related electronic vector image files (EPS) in the following options or combinations:

o   PKG-SYMBOL (PACKAGE: print version Handbook + vector image files): $249 member / $325 non-member

o   PKG-SYMBOL-EBK (PACKAGE: e-book version Handbook + vector image files): $249 member / $325 non-member

o   PTM-SYMBOL (Handbook only: print version): $149 member / $199 non-member

o   PTM-SYMBOL-EBK (Handbook only: e-book version): $149 member / $199 non-member

o   FLS-SYMBOL (vector image files only): $149 member / $199 non-member

See the written description for the vector image files – FLS-SYMBOL – for more information.

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