Synonyms / Other Terms Used
Skating, Figure Skating, Speed Skating
Category
Activities, Sporting Activities, Sports, Winter Sports, Tourism
Message / Function
For notice in general and to signify the activity of ice skating
Source | Description | |
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Unknown | Human figure skating | |
Québec | Side view of human figure skating | |
ÖNORM A 3011 | Side view of human figure skating | |
SIS | Side view of human figure skating, horizontal line below | |
Erco | Human figure skating | |
PC | Side view of human figure skating | |
U.S. National Park Service |
Human figure skating | |
NPS | Human figure skating | |
Dutchicon | Human figure in speed skating position | |
SSRS | Human figure in speed skating position | |
Erco | Human figure in speed skating position | |
BS 8501:2002 | Human figure in speed skating position | |
NZS 8603 | Human figure in speed skating position | |
CNIS | Human figure in speed skating position | |
WO'72 | Human figure in spiral position | |
Erco | Human figure in spiral position | |
Unknown | Human figure in spiral position | |
CNIS | Human figure in spiral position | |
Sagamihara | Human figure with ice skates, in spiral position | |
Unknown | Side view of old style ice skate | |
SSRS | Side view of ice skate | |
Handbuch wien.gv.at | Side view of ice skate | |
BTA 1989 | Side view of ice skate | |
SN 640 827 | Side view of ice skate without boot |
Note: Some of the examples shown above were mirrored horizontally to contrast differences.
Discussion
The collection shown above is only a selection of the wide variety of pictograms used all over the world to signify Ice Skating. Some of the pictograms were developed to denote Figure Skating or Speed Skating in particular.
Test data for the referent Ice Skating is rather limited:
The results of an Appropriateness Ranking Test for five pictogram variants, conducted by Gehringer (1976) in Austria, indicate that showing a human figure skating is preferred to just displaying skates.
Recommendations
Based on test results available we recommend the use of an improved pictogram similar to symbol No 74 of ÖNORM A 3011, ERCO No 740, or the Chinese Public Information Symbol for Skating.
Tests of pictograms of referent Ice Skating
Gehringer, J. (1976): Reihungstest über 18 Begriffe aus dem Sportwesen - Priorität I. Report to the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) dated January 1976, Vienna.
See also
Updated 2024-10-28 by Ch.Brugger