SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 4 months agoHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down16cross-posted to: typography@lemmy.mltypography@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1113arrow-down1imageHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlSubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 4 months agomessage-square31linkfedilinkcross-posted to: typography@lemmy.mltypography@lemmy.ca
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-24 months 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-squareChaoticNeutralCzechlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months 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-24 months agoAlso I don’t really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it’s too bold+curvy…
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoThe kerning on the “Od” there feels too loose to me.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzechlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months 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-up2·4 months agoWhat do u think about the British font?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzechlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months 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-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months 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