[IxDA Discuss] A more usable font for highway signs

[Patrick Grizzard]

Haven't read the whole thing, but this article in last weekend's NYT  
magazine might address some of those issues:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html



On Aug 14, 2007, at 3:51 PM, <bjminihan at nc.rr.com>  
<bjminihan at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> I wonder what metrics they used to justify the expense of  
> designing, developing & testing the new font, not to mention  
> switching existing signs over...
>
> Thanks for sharing =]
>
>  - Bryan
> http://www.bryanminihan.com
>
> ---- Matthew Attaway <mataway at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I thought this crew might get a kick out of this.  A new font has  
>> been
>> approved for use on US road signs. A great deal of testing was  
>> done to
>> create the new font, which they outline in a fair amount of detail  
>> on their
>> site.
>>
>> http://www.clearviewhwy.com/
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Matt
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