List of public signage typefaces
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This is a list of typefaces used for signage in public areas, such as roads and airports:
| Typeface | Used by | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Achemine | SNCF, France | Created in 2008 to improve station accessibility. |
| Agenda One | Warsaw Metro (since 2019) | Designed by Greg Thompson. |
| Alfabeto Normale | Italy | Alfabeto Normale is a bolder variant of the British Transport typeface.[1] Alfabeto Stretto is a condensed version of Alfabeto Normale. Traffic type Spain D, used in Spain, is identical to Alfabeto Normale.[2] |
| Antique Olive | California Department of Transportation | Some regulatory Signs |
| Arial |
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| Austria | Austria | Being phased out since 2013 |
| Avenir | Macau Light Rapid Transit Dublin Airport |
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| Bembo | Smithsonian signage in Washington D.C. | |
| Brusseline | Brussels's public transport company | |
| Calvert | Tyne & Wear Metro, United Kingdom | |
| Caractères | France | Used for road signs in France and in some countries in Africa. |
| Carretera | Directorate-General for Traffic Road signs in Spain |
Proprietary typeface commissioned for this purpose, used on intracity road signs. FHWA Series E is used on intercity and highway signs instead. |
| Casey | Singapore MRT (since 2019) |
Used by Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation until its merger with MTR in 2007. Being gradually replaced by Myriad, which is used by MTR on its networks. |
| Circular | Kereta Api Indonesia (since 2020)[3] | |
| Clarendon | U.S. National Park Service road signs[4] | Used by Public Transport Company in Poznań as the typeface for its fleet vehicles numbering |
| Clearview |
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Developed to replace U.S. FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) typefaces[4] |
| Dansk Vejtavleskrift | Road signs in Denmark[5] | |
| Deutsche Bahn WLS | Deutsche Bahn station signage[6] | Developed in close reference to Helvetica |
| DIN 1451 | Road signs in Germany Road signs in the Czech Republic Road signs in Latvia SADC road signs Road signs in Singapore Road signs in Brunei Road signs in Syria Bengaluru Metro (Namma Metro) signage |
The Frutiger typeface was commissioned for use at Regulatory and Warning Signs in Marin, Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties.
Also used in the Greek motorway network |
| Drogowskaz | Polish road signage typeface | one of a few digitalisations; officially the typeface used in Polish road signs has no defined name. |
| Esseltub | previously used in Stockholm Metro | |
| FIP signage typeface | Government of Canada | A modified version of Helvetica Medium used by the Government of Canada[7] |
| FF Fago | ADIF | Used as official font for signage system of all Spanish railway stations owned by the state-owned administrator, ADIF. |
| FF Meta | Stockholm Metro Caltrans Birmingham Airport TransLink (British Columbia) |
Some mile marker signs. |
| FF Transit | Developed by MetaDesign for Berlin's public transport company BVG and later adopted by other transport systems. Contains many pictograms for signage. Based on Frutiger.[8] | |
| FF Scala Sans | L.A. Metro | |
| FHWA Series typeface (Highway Gothic)[4] | Road signs in the United States | Developed for U.S. road signage, and also used in the Americas, Australasia, China, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. |
| Freight Sans | Kempegowda International Airport | |
| Frutiger |
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The Frutiger typeface was commissioned for use at Warning Signs in Napa, Solano, and Yolo Counties.
The Frutiger typeface was commissioned for use at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1975. |
| Futura BSK | Italian railways[13] | |
| Giaothong1 and Giaothong2[14] | Vietnam | Modification of DIN 1451 typeface with Vietnamese extension |
| Gill Sans | British Railways (until 1965) Transperth |
Also the official font for all the signage system of the Spanish Government. |
| Goudy Old Style | Used on Victoria PTC railway station signs in the 1990s, replacing the green The Met signs. | The blue Metlink signs replaced these signs in 2003 after a short trial of Connex signs (using Verdana) at Mitcham and Rosanna stations. |
| Helvetica |
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Formerly used the Hong Kong MTR, Stockholm Metro, portions of the LACMTA system and the Melbourne MTA, and some Toronto subway station signage. Less commonly, the typeface is used on street signs in the United States, including in some suburbs of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, parts of Pennsylvania, and by the Contra Costa County Transportation Authority. Previously used on road signs in Japan and South Korea. |
| Helvetica Neue | Being phased out on the Victorian public transport network in favour of Network Sans, but still commonly seen. SBB uses its own version of Neue Helvetica named SBB.[15] | |
| Hiragino | NEXCO East Japan NEXCO Central Japan NEXCO West Japan |
Japan Highway Public Corporation (divided into three NEXCO group companies in 2005) used its own JH Standard Text until 2010. Since 2010, Hiragino is used for Japanese text, Frutiger for numbers, and Vialog for English text.[16] |
| Johnston | Transport for London | Some Citybus and New World First Bus route displays in Hong Kong |
| LLM Lettering | Road signs in Malaysia. | Based on the Italian Alfabeto Normale and Alfabeto Stretto. |
| LTA Identity Typeface | Singapore MRT[17] | |
| Metrolis | Lisbon Metro | Custom font for the 1995 rebranding, designed by the Foundry (Freda Sack and David Quay) |
| Metron | Prague Metro | Created in 1973 by Jiří Rathouský |
| Moscow Sans | Public transport and wayfinding in Moscow since 2015 | Custom font family by Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel (A2-TYPE) in collaboration with Ilya Ruderman (CSTM Fonts) |
| Motorway | Motorway route numbers in the United Kingdom and Ireland | |
| Myriad | Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway Korail (for English signage) Seoul Metro (for English signage) Signage at Istanbul Airport |
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| Neris | Manila MRT signage (since 2016) | |
| Network Sans[18] | Transport for Victoria Public Transport Victoria |
Replaced Helvetica Neue |
| New Frank | Transport for New South Wales, Australia | Used for all transport signage around Sydney and New South Wales. |
| New Rubrik | Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines | replacement for Helvetica on airport signage |
| News Gothic | NYC Subway (Mid 20th Century) Aena airports in Spain |
Used on the NYC Subway in the mid 20th century |
| Nimbus Sans | Used for Digital PIDS on the DC Metro | |
| NPS Rawlinson | United States National Park Service | Developed as a replacement for Clarendon[4] |
| NR Brunel | United Kingdom railway stations | Primarily major stations managed by Network Rail, introduced in the mid-1990s. |
| Parisine | Paris Métro Osaka Metro |
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| Pragmatica | Saint Petersburg Metro (since 2002) | Currently (2010–11) being replaced by Freeset, Cyrillic variation of Frutiger |
| PT Sans | Public transport in Jakarta (Jak Lingko) since 2021: TransJakarta, Jakarta MRT, Jakarta LRT | |
| Rail Alphabet | British Rail British Airports Authority DSB NHS Road signs in Iran |
Designed for British Rail in 1964. Still in use on parts of the UK rail network, but mostly superseded elsewhere. |
| Rail Alphabet 2 | United Kingdom railway stations | An evolution of Rail Alphabet commissioned by Network Rail and planned for use on new station signage projects from 2020 onwards. |
| Rambla | Budapest Public Transport Authority (since 2018) | Designed by Martin Sommaruga. Replacing the old Frutiger that used by the Budapest Public Transport Authority since 2018. |
| Rodoviária | Road signs in Portugal (prior to 1998) | Typeface closely identical to the Transport typeface, combined with FHWA Series. |
| Road UA | Ukraine | Used in road signage across the country. Created by Andriy Konstantinov [19][20] |
| Roadgeek 2000 | Argentina[21] | Based on the FHWA Series typeface (B, C, D and E only). |
| Rotis Semi Sans | Metro Bilbao | used by its own creator, Otl Aicher, for the corporate design of Metro Bilbao |
| Rotis Semi Serif | Station signs of Sound Transit[22] | |
| Rotis Serif | Street signposts in Singapore | |
| Ruta CL | Chilean roads[23] | |
| Seoul Type | Seoul Metropolitan Government | Developed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government in 2008 for usage in official Seoul Metropolitan Government documents and institutions, signage and public transport within Seoul. The structure was designed to resemble the gradual curves of a traditional hanok roof. |
| Sispos and Sisneg | Sweden | Designed by Bo Berndal – old Swedish standard (SIS 030011, 1973) for public road signs, displays, etc. |
| SNV | Belgium Bulgaria Luxembourg Romania Countries of the former Yugoslavia Switzerland (until 2003) |
Used on road signs in several European countries |
| Standard (also known as Akzidenz-Grotesk) | New York City subway signs | Sometimes seen on older New York City subway signs. Was sometimes used in place of Helvetica.[24] |
| Sweden Sans | Swedish Government | Commissioned by the Swedish government, designed to represent "Swedishness" both abroad and at home, and aims to become default in official sites in Sweden.[25] |
| TERN (Trans-European Road Network) | Road signs in Austria Road signs in Slovakia |
Developed by the International Institute for Information Design with the aim of unifying the road signage in all of the European Union. |
| Times New Roman | Station signage for MARTA | |
| Toronto Subway | Toronto Transit Commission | Used in maps, publications, and most stations of the Toronto subway |
| Trafikkalfabetet | Road signs in Norway | Used for Norwegian road signs and (until 2002) motor vehicle registration plates |
| Transport |
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Also used in Portugal, Greece and other countries |
| Tratex | Road signs in Sweden | |
| TS Info and TS Mapa | Transantiago | Created by the DET (Departamento de Estudios Tipográficos, Universidad Católica de Chile) for the Transantiago, the public transport network in Santiago de Chile. |
| Univers |
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Also used for the Walt Disney World road system (route numbers are in Highway Gothic). Formerly used on the destination rolls of Comeng trains in Melbourne prior to refurbishment, as well as Hitachi trains which had their original destination rolls replaced in the 1980s with the Comeng type. |
| Universal Grotesk | Road signs in Czechoslovakia | Previously used on road signs in Slovakia until 2015. |
| Vialog | Renfe Directional signs on Japanese expressways |
Used in signage and all corporate communications of the state-owned Spanish Railway Operator in a custom-made variant called Renfe Vialog. |
| Wayfinding Sans | Metro Rio El Dorado International Airport Santa Cruz Kereta Api Indonesia (December 2016–20) |
Used in signage for Rio de Janeiro's metro system Metro Rio, El Dorado International Airport, the city of Santa Cruz, California and Indonesian Railway Company. |
See also
References
- ^ Traffic Sign Typefaces: Italy http://opentype.info/blog/2009/02/09/traffic-sign-typefaces-italy/
- ^ "Traffic Type Spain D - Desktop font « MyFonts". Myfonts.com. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ Subekti, R. (2020-12-11). "Jelang Libur Akhir Tahun, KAI Modernisasi Signage" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ a b c d Joshua Yaffa (August 12, 2007). "The Road to Clarity". The New York Times.
- ^ http://www.trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=123041 (in Danish) Q&A by the Danish road authority Archived November 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Schrift in der Wegeleitung" [Fontface in route guidance]. Deutsche Bahn AG Marketingportal (in German). Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "4.5 Signage Typeface." FIP Manual. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, n.d. Web. 17 August 2011. <http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/fip-pcim/man_4_5-eng.asp>.
- ^ a b "FF Transit fonts from the FontFont Library". www.fontfont.com. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "Handbuch VBB-Richtlinien Fahrgastinformation" [VBB guideline for passenger information] (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Berlin Brandenburg. November 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "The STM rolls out new signage in métro stations". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "BAA: Printed Literature". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ "NHS Identity Guidelines".
- ^ "Sistema segnaletico: Manuale e strumenti di lavoro - Standard architettonici per le stazioni - RFI" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ According to National Technical Regulation on Expressway Guidance Signs (http://mt.gov.vn/Images/FileVanBan/_TT27-BGTVT.signed.pdf). Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ^ SBB Schrift
- ^ East Nippon Expressway Company Limited (NEXCO East), Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited (NEXCO Central), and West Nippon Expressway Company Limited (NEXCO West)「より視認し易い高速道路案内標識を目指した 標識レイアウトの変更について」[1]
- ^ http://mic-ro.com/metro/files/LTAFont.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "PTV Network Sans Typeface". The Dots. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
- ^ "Road UA". GitHub. 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Нова дорожня навігація — Агенти змін".
- ^ "MANUAL DE SEÑALAMIENTO VERTICAL" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Two Twelve Harakawa Inc.; Maestri Design Inc.; Jon Bentz Design (September 2004). "Typography" (PDF). System-Wide Signage Design Manual, Second Edition. Sound Transit. p. DS-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ "Manual de Señalización de Tránsito - Conaset". CONASET, Ministerioa de Transporter Telecomunicaciones. Feb 2015.
- ^ "The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway". AIGA. 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ http://soderhavet.com/nyheter/sverige-har-fatt-ett-eget-typsnitt/ (in Italian)
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