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Clearview

[Dirt Roads]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7722431,-73.8728842,3a,75y,110.44h,98.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa_A_49g40kQuk21BhdC14w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1
Clearview, in LGA NY? 

That's Frutiger. Not every font on a sign that isn't FHWA Series is Clearview.

I wasn't quite sure.  It's not the clean-and-crisp Frutiger that is used all over the place by the Port Authority.  We even had to use a special version of Frutiger at the airport in Amsterdam, appropriately named Schiphol Frutiger (after three attempts, that project never got built).

[Scott5114]

It looks like they've tinkered with the kerning to get something closer to FHWA Series metrics (although it wasn't done particularly artfully; notice the spacing on "Terminals").

[tolbs17]

Does Maryland not use Clearview anymore? These were installed in 2018 or 2019..

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2496394,-76.6799261,3a,69.8y,55.42h,105.5t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sm44e5F5Ao5Ud9dbElibbvg!2e0!5s20210901T000000!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1821008,-76.8743734,3a,48.4y,223.94h,114.53t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sWbP3G6__Uf1OxMCQOQhUXQ!2e0!5s20190701T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DWbP3G6__Uf1OxMCQOQhUXQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D117.76985%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1

[ethanhopkin14]

I know this has been talked about, but my recent trip to Niagara Falls shocked me as to how much Clearview was being used in New York. 

[machias]

I know this has been talked about, but my recent trip to Niagara Falls shocked me as to how much Clearview was being used in New York. 

The Thruway Authority has used a lot of Clearview in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Usually with non-reflective tape on the letters, which is a hoot and half at night.

[J N Winkler]

Does Maryland not use Clearview anymore? These were installed in 2018 or 2019.

Nope.  From a recent I-695 plans set (noise abatement contract with some signing content):



However, I don't know exactly when they abandoned Clearview, since I stopped following the Maryland DOT agencies when the state migrated its procurement platform (eMaryland Marketplace) to a new provider in mid-2019.

[J N Winkler]

Hmm.  The Maryland DOT highway agencies appear to be singing from separate songbooks.  From a Maryland Transportation Authority contract advertised sometime after September 2020:

[epzik8]

Hmm.  The Maryland DOT highway agencies appear to be singing from separate songbooks.  From a Maryland Transportation Authority contract advertised sometime after September 2020:

I-95 from the 895 split/merge northeastward has usually been visually distinct from other Maryland Interstates, owing to its former toll road status.

[seicer]

What's with the overlay?