# "No" sign?  Red circle with slash through it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sign-red-circle-with-slash-through-it/231372>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 26, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sign-red-circle-with-slash-through-it/231372 "2004-02-26T23:36:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sign-red-circle-with-slash-through-it/231372/1 "2004-02-26T23:36:19Z")

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What would you call the signs that have text or a picture of some action and then have the red circle with a slash through it to indicate that one shouldn’t do that?

Also, I’m trying to look for this “overlay” to make a t-shirt with and I can’t find it. Mainly because I don’t know what to call it.

I’m looking in Photosuite (I could have sworn it was there) but I can find it.

Help

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sign-red-circle-with-slash-through-it/231372/2 "2004-02-27T00:13:04Z")

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Googling _Restriction Signs_ turns up a few examples.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sign-red-circle-with-slash-through-it/231372/3 "2004-02-27T00:31:32Z")

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They’re called restrictive or prohibitory signs by most DOT/DMV orgs.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sign-red-circle-with-slash-through-it/231372/4 "2004-02-27T02:16:37Z")

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> [@Omnipresent](#):
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> Also, I’m trying to look for this “overlay” to make a t-shirt with and I can’t find it. Mainly because I don’t know what to call it.
> 
> I’m looking in Photosuite (I could have sworn it was there) but I can find it.
> 
> Help

MS Word, “Drawing” toolbar, Autoshapes-\> Basic Shapes has a good one.