Archery

Category

Sports, Shooting Sports, Sporting Activities, Activities, Recreation, Tourism

Message / Function

For notice in general and to indicate the possibility of shooting with bow and arrow

	Source	Description
	Sagamihara	Side view of human figure holding bow with arrow drawing invisible string
	O'96	Side view of human figure holding bow with arrow drawing invisible string
	Sagamihara	Side view of human figure holding bow with arrow drawing invisible string
	O'72	Side view of human figure holding bow drawing invisible string
	Nova Scotia	Side view of human figure holding bow drawing invisible string
	CNIS	Side view of human figure holding bow drawing invisible string
	Wien BfS	Side view of human figure holding a bow and drawing the string
	SVI	Side view of human figure holding bow drawing the string
	La Clusaz	Side view of human figure holding bow drawing invisible string
	O'80	Side view of human figure holding bow drawing invisible string
	SIS	Side view of upper part of human figure holding bow drawing invisible string
	BS 8501:2002	Side view of upper part of human figure holding bow and drawing the string
	SSRS	Side view of upper part of human figure holding bow and drawing the string
	O'64	Side view of upper part of human figure holding bow and drawing the string
	BTA 1989	Target on stand
	Anatolir	Target on stand, arrow pointing towards center
	Dutchicon	Target on stand, diagonally placed arrow pointing towards center
	O'24	Target, four bows and diagonally arranged arrows pointing towards center
	Anatolir	Bow and arrow

Note: Some of the examples shown above were mirrored horizontally to contrast differences.

Discussion

While many pictograms for Archery can be found in collections regarding Summer Olympics, tourism is also a good source, as people wish to get informed about the possibility of shooting with bow and arrow. Image contents found are rather consistent, as most pictograms show the side view of a human figure holding the bow and drawing the (invisible) string. In a few variants arrows are part of the graphic, too.

We could not find any test data concerning graphic symbols for Archery in our database.

Recommendations

Archery

As we expect variants showing a human figure holding a bow drawing the string to be well comprehensible, we recommend using a pictogram similar to this example pictogram from the Chinese standard GB/T 10001.1-2012, Public Information Graphical Symbols.

In the long term it would make sense to develop improved variants and to examine on basis of tests, if a specific kind of rendering has advantages concerning comprehensibility and legibility/visibility.