----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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: > >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: > >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. > >You know the ones. White on green. They seem to be everywhere. > >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 >-- > As Seen On | Justin the Blue...SunDial Earth Station > ___ _ _ | [log in to unmask]@europa.com > | \ / | Fantasy Cartographer/Street Map Cartographer for Hire > | \/ | Better living through the Lambert Conformal Projection > -- Colin R. Leech |-> Civil Engineer by training, [log in to unmask] |-> Transportation Planner by choice, h:613-224-2301 w:613-741-6440 |-> Trombonist by hobby. My opinions are my own, not my employer's. You may consider them shareware.