How do you perceive multi-line "road text"? (Like BIKE LANE on two lines)

In My Humble Opinion
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Weird. I don’t think road painted signs are done bottom to top here in the UK; they look like this:

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I’m slow today – is it British (European)?

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In the US, the words are farther apart. How far apart they are depends on the speed limit on the road.