SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 day agoHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down15cross-posted to: typography@lemmy.ca
arrow-up199arrow-down1imageHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlSubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 day agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: typography@lemmy.ca
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoDIN for Germany/Czechia. Distributed by Microsoft as Bahnschrift.
minus-squaretimestatic@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoFound it one Wikipedia for Germany under DIN 1451 Mittelschrift. You can download and use it legally even under the OFL license for free.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 day 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 day agoUniversal Grotesk. Still in use in Slovakia. What is your opinion on lowercase/uppercase and closest/farthest at the top?
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-221 hours agoAlso I don’t really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it’s too bold+curvy…
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoThe kerning on the “Od” there feels too loose to me.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoWhat do u think about the British font?
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-221 hours 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
DIN for Germany/Czechia. Distributed by Microsoft as Bahnschrift.
Found it one Wikipedia for Germany under DIN 1451 Mittelschrift. You can download and use it legally even under the OFL license for free.
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.
What do u think about the British font?
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