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VISUAL CODES
men and charts
Hands
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HANDS THAT CARRY INFORMATION |
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HAND GESTURES FOR DIVERS |
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HAND GESTURES - NUMBERS |
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HAND GESTURES FOR WATERSKIERS |
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HAND LANGUAGE FOR THE BOOKIE (HORSES) |
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HAND LANGUAGE - LETTERS |
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UMPIRES' GESTURES |
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V SIGNS (INADVERTANT OR DELIBERATE) |
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VISUAL LANGUAGES 'MUTE/DEAF' |
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SCOUTS' DRILL |
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SIGNALS, POLICEMAN |
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FINGERPRINTS |
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FORTUNE TELLING |
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ENGRAVING FROM BOSSE'S TREATISE 1645 |
Abstract Codes
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BRAILLE |
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CIVILIAN CHEVRON MARKINGS |
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ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING |
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HOBOS' CODE |
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HOUSE MARKS |
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MARITIME FLAGS (signals) |
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PERIODIC TABLE |
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QUIPU (coloured knots) |
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US CAR PLATES |
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BOTANICAL SIGNS |
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ROAD SIGNS (UK 1930's) |
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FOUR ELEMENTS |
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SWAN MARKINGS |
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STONEMASONS' MARKS |
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STRING FIGURES |
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REDMAN'S PERPETUAL TIDE TABLE 1761 |
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WEATHER SYMBOLS |
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JAPANESE FAMILY CRESTS (SINGLE) |
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CHINESE DEBT CERTIFICATES |
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TRADING STAMPS |
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THEATRE CHECKS AND TICKETS 1671 - 1817 |
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AMERICAN ABSTRACT/PICTORIAL SYMBOLS 1959 |
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BBC TV TEST CARD 1952 |
Picture Codes
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HERALDRY |
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REBUS |
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THE STATE EXECUTIONER'S AXE |
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POINT IT OUT, 1944 |
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OSAKA EXPO '70 SIGNAGE |
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MONTREAL
EXPO 1967 SIGNAGE  |
Notation
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DANCE NOTATION |
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MUSICAL NOTATION |
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NOTATION FOR BALLET |
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NOTATION FOR GAMES |
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Sheldon's The Art of Short Writing, London 1672 |
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24 Representations of Polander's Tumbling (1894) |
Diagrammatic
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BODILY DAMAGE |
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INTONATION |
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HEIGHTS ABOVE SEA LEVEL FOR AREAS OF LONDON |
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ENGINEERING THE MOTOR CAR C1955 |
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GOD AND THE FIRMAMENT AND TEXTS 1531 |
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FRISKING |
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Guide to Coinage, Hyginus, Basle 1550 |
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A Slave Ship, plan of packing in bodies |
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A Demonstration Baby |
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Representative Heights of Men |
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Guide To Flying c1937, Mechanical Drawing |
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HOW TO TIE A BOW TIE |
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BRADMAN'S INNINGS |
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AN AIR RAID WARDEN'S POST US 1948 |
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CINE LIGHTING, NILSEN, CINEMA AS A GRAPHIC MEDIUM |
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MISE-EN-SCENE, THE BRAZEN HORSEMAN, NILSEN C1930 |
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SPANISH PATTERN BOOK 1640 diagram of cutting |
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HORSE MEDICINE HIPPIATRA 1576 |
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MAKING CHARCOAL, Kramer 1766 |
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THE EMPEROR'S CHAMBER AUDIENCE 1729 |
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A NEW TYPE OF BEE-HIVE 1679 |
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BUSINESS MAN AS CORPORATE DIAGRAM, New Yorker |
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CORPORATE STRUCTURE, CARRICK 1949 |
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THE FUNERAL OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL |
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THE NARRATOR'S HOUSE from Flatland |
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ANCIENT SHIPPING PARIS 1549 |
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REED'S SEAMANSHIP 1952 FLAGS AND LIGHTS |
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MILTON'S HOROSCOPE DIAGRAM |
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CATCHING VERMIN c1725 |
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THE LACONIAN COUNTERMARCH Du Praissac 1642 |
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MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, an edition of Caesar's Commentaries Venice 1570, a battering ram |
Insignia
| PILOT CAP BADGE | |
| AVIATION CAP BADGES USA | |
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AIRFORCE
MARKINGS PLANES, CORPORATE IDENTITY  |
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AVIATION, RAF 1927 |
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AIRLINE INSIGNIA JULY 1958 |
Communication
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CRYPTOGRAPHY |
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HELIOGRAPH |
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DISTRESSED CAMPERS |
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SEMAPHORE |
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AURAL CODE (MORSE) |
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COMPONENTS AVALABILITY BOARD |
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GETTING INFORMATION BY TORTURE, Venice 1669 |
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POLICE OF THE WORLD GESTICULATE |
Maps and Location
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ARROW SHOWS YOU WHERE ... |
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ARROW INDICATES SLEEPWALKER |
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ANIMAL TRACKS |
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CAVALRY MANOEUVERS, MALZO, 1611 |
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FORTS IN EUROPE, FORTUNE 1943 |
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WHERE KING CHARLES HID IN THE OAKTREE |
Language
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PICTURE WRITING (Strand Magazine c1895) |
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HIEROGLYPHIC BIBLE |
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PREPOSITIONS |
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PROOFREADERS' MARKS |
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SHORTHAND |
VISUAL LANGUAGES - THE MISCELLANY
(ORIGINAL SCREEN)
SIMPLE TASKS
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