page_title: Herbert Spencer (graphic designer)
section_title: Road signs
hierarchical_section_title: Herbert Spencer (graphic designer) / Life and work / Road signs
caption_attribution_description: English: An old torch sign for a school opposite the church in Blackawton. The oldest school sign in Devon and was restored by the Parish Council.
context_page_description: Herbert Spencer was a British designer, editor, writer, photographer and teacher. He was born in London.
context_section_description: Spencer wished to prove that British road signs were chaotic. He therefore photographed road signs and published the results in two photographic essays in  Typographica in 1961. As a result, the Ministry of Transport set up the Worboys Committee in 1963 to devise a consistent system of signage for British road signs.
caption: The confusing 'Torch of Knowledge' school sign, pre-Worboys
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