List of public signage typefaces

This is a list of typefaces used for signage in public areas, such as roads and airports.

*Brusseline – developed for Brussels' public transport company
*Calvert – developed for the Tyne and Wear Metro by Margaret Calvert
*Clearview – developed to replace U.S. Federal Highway Administration typefaces
*DIN 1451 – the German transport typeface
*Esseltub – earlier used in Stockholm Metro
*FF Meta – used in Stockholm Metro
*Frutiger – used on Swiss road signs, across the public transport network of Oslo, Norway, by the Dutch National Railways and in England's National Health Service
*FHWA Series fonts – developed for U.S. road signage, and also used in Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and the Netherlands
*Gill Sans – used by British Railways until 1965
*Helvetica – used in the New York City Subway system, the Chicago Transit Authority system, and in the Madrid Metro; earlier used in Stockholm Metro
*Johnston – used by Transport for London
*Metron – created in 1973 for Prague Metro by Jiří Rathouský
*Myriad – used on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway
*NPS Rawlinson, used by the United States National Park Service
*Parisine – used in the Paris Métro
*Rail Alphabet – designed for British Rail in 1964 and still the dominant font on the British railway system
*Rotis Serif – used by Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit and typeface for road signposts
*Toronto Subway – used in Toronto Transit Commission subway stations
*Trafikkalfabetet ("The traffic alphabet") – used for Norwegian road signs and license plates until 2002
*Transport – developed for the British roads, used in Italy, Portugal, Greece and other countries
*Tratex – used for road signs in Sweden
*Univers – used by the Montreal Metro, San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit, [ [http://typographi.com/001032.php BART Wayfinding: The Shotgun Technique | Typographica ] ] Frankfurt Airport and the Walt Disney World Resort road system

See also

*Typefaces used on North American traffic signs
*Road signs in the United Kingdom

References