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Started by treichard, February 22, 2009, 06:43:57 PM

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treichard

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Voyager

Mostly highway signs use Clearview and also Gothic in some cases.
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deathtopumpkins

Those sure don't look like Clearview to me!  :spin:
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Chris

What is actually so bad about the Clearview font? I kinda like it, but I see people responding with "Eww Clearview".

ctsignguy

i think many of us simply prefer the older FHWA fonts...

Clearview in my eyes (and they arent the greatest) simply isnt worth all the expense for whatever marginal improvement it represents over the classic highway fonts...franjkly, i think it is one UGLY font for signs!

(i AM biased....my word processors at home and my office computers are set up to use Roadgeek Series D font [very close to FHWA D font] as default...i find it easier to read than New Times Gothic or Arial

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treichard

Any idea what the names of those fonts from the first post are?  None looked like Clearview to me.
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Alex

A lot of states used custom fonts. Maryland definitely did, and Delaware did with its wider 4's. Jake (aka agensteel53 on the forum) would know

ctsignguy

The following states used custom fonts (to my knowledge, based upon phots and my collection:

Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont (but not to any great extent)
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Michigan
Montana
Nevada


anyone care to add any others?
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Alps

Georgia uses a custom version of a standard font, does that count?



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