Ikea designed its own Soffa font

Re:Ikea designed its own Soffa font by RandomBacon on Thursday July 11, 2019 @11:29AM (#20412290)

As a teenager going into a US IKEA store for the first time, I felt completely lost. As an adult going into the same store for a second time 15 years later, it's not that bad.

I feel like if there was a fire, a lot of children would die due to being lost inside the store. They are easily seperated from their parents inside the store, especially when it is busy.

I too would not take children there unless it is the least-busy time with the fewest number of customers. (As an adult, I would probably be okay, but I might delay my egress to help others which could ultimately get me killed.)

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Re:Ikea designed its own Soffa font by juandazapata on Thursday July 11, 2019 @11:56AM (#20412526)

There are safety regulations that those stores must comply with in order to operate. They include fire alarms, emergency exits, fire sprinkler systems, and a long etc.

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Re:Ikea designed its own Soffa font by RandomBacon on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:53PM (#20416229)

I'm aware. I was even aware of that as a teenager when I felt like it was extremely easy to get lost in the store. I'm also aware I have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting caught in an IKEA fire.

Hopefully there will never be an IKEA fire during a busy time, and we'll never know if those regulations magically made it easier to exit the extremely-confusing (especially to a child that is seperated from parents during confusion) layout.

Are you a trained firefighter? I was. Children will hide in the darnest places during a fire instead of escaping. IKEA is full of places for children to hide. Almost makes me wish I could have played hide-and-seek there as a child.

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