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Highway fonts in different countries (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

DIN for Germany/Czechia. Distributed by Microsoft as Bahnschrift.

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 5 points 21 hours ago

Found it one Wikipedia for Germany under DIN 1451 Mittelschrift. You can download and use it legally even under the OFL license for free.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ahh a fellow Czech road nerd

Edit: you'll like this - this was the old pre-2001 font (I've forgotten the name tho)

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Universal Grotesk. Still in use in Slovakia.

What is your opinion on lowercase/uppercase and closest/farthest at the top?

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago

What do u think about the British font?

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Also I don't really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it's too bold+curvy...

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago

The kerning on the "Od" there feels too loose to me.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I personally prefer lowercase as it makes the names less uniform in shape therefore better recognisable. I don't have an opinion on the second one though. Also btw I have a feeling the Slovaks now use the Austrian font