SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 26 days agoHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1110cross-posted to: typography@lemmy.mltypography@lemmy.cafonts@lemmy.world
arrow-up1110imageHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlSubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 26 days agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: typography@lemmy.mltypography@lemmy.cafonts@lemmy.world
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-226 days 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-up4·26 days 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-226 days agoAlso I don’t really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it’s too bold+curvy…
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days 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-up2·26 days agoWhat do u think about the British font?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-224 days 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-226 days 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…
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