SubArcticTundra to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agoHighway fonts in different countriesimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down16cross-posted to: typographytypography@lemmy.cafonts@lemmy.world
arrow-up1105arrow-down1imageHighway fonts in different countriesSubArcticTundra to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: typographytypography@lemmy.cafonts@lemmy.world
minus-squareSubArcticTundraOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 month agoAhh a fellow Czech road nerd Edit: you’ll like this - this was the old pre-2001 font (I’ve forgotten the name tho)
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoUniversal Grotesk. Still in use in Slovakia. What is your opinion on lowercase/uppercase and closest/farthest at the top?
minus-squareSubArcticTundraOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month agoAlso I don’t really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it’s too bold+curvy…
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe kerning on the “Od” there feels too loose to me.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI think it would be alright in uppercase. The problem is that lowercase height is barely above half of uppercase, as opposed to most display fonts.
minus-squareSubArcticTundraOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoWhat do u think about the British font?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoIn terms of British transport fonts, nothing beats Johnston but that already has its place on the Tube. This one is a good silver medalist.
minus-squareSubArcticTundraOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoI personally prefer lowercase as it makes the names less uniform in shape therefore better recognisable. I don’t have an opinion on the second one though. Also btw I have a feeling the Slovaks now use the Austrian font
Ahh a fellow Czech road nerd
Edit: you’ll like this - this was the old pre-2001 font (I’ve forgotten the name tho)
Universal Grotesk. Still in use in Slovakia.
What is your opinion on lowercase/uppercase and closest/farthest at the top?
Also I don’t really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it’s too bold+curvy…
The kerning on the “Od” there feels too loose to me.
I think it would be alright in uppercase. The problem is that lowercase height is barely above half of uppercase, as opposed to most display fonts.
What do u think about the British font?
In terms of British transport fonts, nothing beats Johnston but that already has its place on the Tube. This one is a good silver medalist.
Johnson feels very British
I personally prefer lowercase as it makes the names less uniform in shape therefore better recognisable. I don’t have an opinion on the second one though. Also btw I have a feeling the Slovaks now use the Austrian font