- FE-Schrift
Infobox font
name = FE-Schrift
style =Sans-serif
date =1978 –1980
creator =Karlgeorg Hoefer
foundry = Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen
sample = |FE-Schrift [Schrift für Kfz-Kennzeichen. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, Postfach 10 01 50, 51401 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany] or fälschungserschwerende Schrift (falsification-hindering script) has been the only
typeface used (except military registered vehicles which are still using the former DIN typeface) on newvehicle registration plate s inGermany since November 2000. [ [http://www.stvzo.de/stvzo/fzv/anlage_4.htm StVO, FZV – Anlage 4] ] It was designed byKarlgeorg Hoefer for the German government in the late 1970s in the light ofRed Army Faction terrorist activities, when it was discovered that with the then standard font for vehicle registration plates (DIN 1451 road-sign font) it was particularly easy to modify letters by applying a small amount of black paint or tape. For example, it was easy to change a "P" to an "R" or "B", "3" to "8", or an "L" or "F" to an "E". Modifications to FE-font plates are somewhat more difficult, as they also require the use of white paint, which is easily distinguished at a distance from theretroreflective white background of the plate, in particular at night. Faked FE-Schrift letters (e.g., "P" to "R") appear conspicuously disproportionate.References
ee also
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Vehicle registration plate
*German car number plates
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