@[email protected] to Map [email protected] • 2 months agoHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down16cross-posted to: typography[email protected][email protected]fonts
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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink9•edit-22 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoUniversal Grotesk. Still in use in Slovakia. What is your opinion on lowercase/uppercase and closest/farthest at the top?
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink3•edit-22 months agoAlso I don’t really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it’s too bold+curvy…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoThe kerning on the “Od” there feels too loose to me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 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-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink2•edit-22 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