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-squareboredtortoise@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoIt’s really pissing me off that this map doesn’t include the typeface names Anyway, here are the specs of the Finnish one in a pdf. It doesn’t seem to be named other than “typeface for road signs” or available as a font file
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago It’s really pissing me off that this map doesn’t include the typeface names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_signage_typefaces
minus-squareumbraroze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoAs I understood it the typeface is distributed this way because the roadsign makers will handle the letters as graphic elements, not text. And I think someone actually unofficially adapted it as a font at some point.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThe capital letters seem to be quite similar, but the small letters look different to me.
It’s really pissing me off that this map doesn’t include the typeface names
Anyway, here are the specs of the Finnish one in a pdf. It doesn’t seem to be named other than “typeface for road signs” or available as a font file
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_signage_typefaces
As I understood it the typeface is distributed this way because the roadsign makers will handle the letters as graphic elements, not text.
And I think someone actually unofficially adapted it as a font at some point.
It looks quite similar to DIN 1451 tbh
The capital letters seem to be quite similar, but the small letters look different to me.