new york road sign type
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- alnove
can anyone tell me the typeface used for road signage in new york city, thought it might be interstate but not sure.
Cheers
- alnove0
anyone?
- alnove0
yeah, they're the ones
- skelly0
Clearview, possibly?
- Baskerville0
not clearview as the american government aren't efficient enought to replace all those street signs yet.
I put this sample from the broadway street sign in to what the font:
and the best match it gave me is called Saa Series.
Looks pretty close:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw…
- alnove0
cheers, that'll do
- Baskerville0
cheers, that'll do
alnove
(Nov 27 06, 08:33)'that'll do' the famous last words
- madirish0
it's "Transport" i thought.
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/media/font…
i know it was designed for the uK, but i thought NY used it as well.
- jaylarson0
i second the call for Transport. I believe that is what 'The Font Bureau' designed Interstate off of....