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Reposted from misc.transport.urban-transit. Please respond to him, not me.
In a previous article, [log in to unmask] (Justin the Blue) says:
>First: Sorry if I'm asking in the wrong forum. Just point me
>the direction I need to go and I shall.
>
>Now, the query:
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>I like to compile street maps. Eventually, I hope to publish them.
>I am looking for names/sources of fonts that are used on highway
>signs and transit maps.
>
>Specifically, two types:
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>1)The font seen, pretty much universally, on freeway/expressway
>signs the nation over. This not only includes the simple text of
>the signs, but the style of the numerals used in the US Interstate
>System shields.
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>You know the ones. White on green. They seem to be everywhere.
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>2)Transit fonts: the plain, sans-serif style favored in NYC subway stations
>for ease of readablility, also the clean simple style used in the
>London transit and Underground.
>
>At present I am manually-drafting maps, so if I can get a pointer to
>dry-transfer that would be best, though I would try to make software
>sources do.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>...Justin the Blue
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