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🚫 The History of the No Symbol

A deep dive into the red circle-slash — a ubiquitous sign of prohibition that's easy to spot but hard to explain. When road systems were built out, the US assumed you could read English and covered its signs in words; Europe, with 24+ official languages, relied on symbols. The story winds

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History of the 🚫 symbol
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A deep dive into the red circle-slash — a ubiquitous sign of prohibition that's easy to spot but hard to explain. When road systems were built out, the US assumed you could read English and covered its signs in words; Europe, with 24+ official languages, relied on symbols. The story winds through Bad Religion, Ghostbusters, and a 1931 League of Nations convention on road signs. (The Ghostbusters slash, by the way, 'is not up to ISO specs.')

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