SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agoHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down16cross-posted to: typography@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1110arrow-down1imageHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlSubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agomessage-square31fedilinkcross-posted to: typography@lemmy.ca
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-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month agoAlso I don’t really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it’s too bold+curvy…
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-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
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-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.
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.
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
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