Today I saw a truck trailer with its six-character alphanumeric identifier in Series B (and no other markings) except the letter Z was struck through. That was interesting.
In general, I like it when FHWA fonts are used for this purpose.
On the other hand, I've seen one font I like a little better. It's used for the 6-digit numeric identifiers (plus check digit) on NYK Logistics and MOL intermodal shipping containers. I don't know what the font is, but to my eye it looks similar to Series C but with Katakana influence and a flat-top 3.
Quote from: vtk on July 06, 2012, 11:44:14 PM
On the other hand, I've seen one font I like a little better. It's used for the 6-digit numeric identifiers (plus check digit) on NYK Logistics and MOL intermodal shipping containers. I don't know what the font is, but to my eye it looks similar to Series C but with Katakana influence and a flat-top 3.
Got a picture?
Quote from: vtk on July 06, 2012, 11:44:14 PM
Today I saw a truck trailer with its six-character alphanumeric identifier in Series B (and no other markings) except the letter Z was struck through. That was interesting.
In general, I like it when FHWA fonts are used for this purpose.
On the other hand, I've seen one font I like a little better. It's used for the 6-digit numeric identifiers (plus check digit) on NYK Logistics and MOL intermodal shipping containers. I don't know what the font is, but to my eye it looks similar to Series C but with Katakana influence and a flat-top 3.
When Massachusetts required permits to haul 53 foot semi-trailers on their freeways(they dropped the permit program several years ago after a study that concluded that the accident rate for 53 foot semis was no differnt that for all trucks), one of the ocnditions of the permit was that the trailer have " 53' " placed on the trailer sides above the kingpin. I forget what the minimum height was, but the font was Series C.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 07, 2012, 12:02:20 AM
Quote from: vtk on July 06, 2012, 11:44:14 PM
On the other hand, I've seen one font I like a little better. It's used for the 6-digit numeric identifiers (plus check digit) on NYK Logistics and MOL intermodal shipping containers. I don't know what the font is, but to my eye it looks similar to Series C but with Katakana influence and a flat-top 3.
Got a picture?
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Ooo, I like that. Reminds me of the sort of numbers you might find on a mechanical meter of some kind, like an old electric meter or a scale or an old flippy clock or something.
Quote from: vtk on August 05, 2012, 11:26:53 PM
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on the second line, after 22G, is that a 7? if so, that is by far the most divergent from Series C, as well as a lot of other generally used fonts.
I'd be worried that that 7 would be parsed as a 1, I or T by OCR scanners.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 08, 2012, 01:41:56 PM
on the second line, after 22G, is that a 7? if so, that is by far the most divergent from Series C, as well as a lot of other generally used fonts.
I'd be worried that that 7 would be parsed as a 1, I or T by OCR scanners.
Checking my full-resolution original... I think that's a 1, plus some dirt or damage near the top. There is a very short horizontal stroke there, perhaps extending about a half a stroke width left of the left edge of the vertical stroke.
Quote from: vtk on August 08, 2012, 02:02:44 PM
Checking my full-resolution original... I think that's a 1, plus some dirt or damage near the top. There is a very short horizontal stroke there, perhaps extending about a half a stroke width left of the left edge of the vertical stroke.
that makes sense. it sure does look like an ambiguous glyph with that extra dirt/rust there. a backwards capital gamma??