So I figured out I can make compliant signs with pdftocairo (for transcoding the PDF working drawings to SVGs) and QCad. The hard part is making the working drawings (including Transport & Motorway glyths) usable when drafting, since they don't have solid borders and every so often there's a stray line that isn't looped, which impedes hatching. All of the spacing has to be done manually as well.
The content is definitely of the 'if the fantasy world were sensible' nature.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y7mxbicja5tjl ... S.pdf?dl=0
Sabristi-created road signs
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Sign design is very easy when using programs like Inkscape, Adobe InDesign or Affinity Designer. Inuse the latter all the time.
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I don't think Inkscape is quite as accurate as CAD programs for certain things. For example: getting a route arm to two thirds the length of the width of a destination block. With my program I infodist the width of the tiles in the destination block (or panel), do the math and then insert a horizontal line of my worked figure from a point directly above where the block starts, the arrow can be constructed later. Watching this, you don't seem to be able to snap the arrow to the side of a block you arranged and you've resorted to 'eyeballing' it.
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You can snap it, there's lots of snapping settings that can be enabled. Inkscape may be more long-winded than CAD but it'll produce the same results often.
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Also you can use a calculator to calculate the route arms.
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So the new A1170 roundabout post new bridge has made it onto GSV, and although my 2018 designs weren't perfect, what's actually been installed are generally worse.