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Highway fonts in different countries
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this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2025
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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