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Here's something interesting to ponder on a humpday afternoon: Does anyone ever really give much thought to the font that's being used on the screen? Oh sure, some fonts are more visually ...
The edict was both covert and surprising: On Jan. 3 1941, Nazi official Martin Bormann announced that Hitler no longer wanted to see Gothic typefaces used in print. But the stated reason for this ...
Century Gothic is apparently even more economical than a well-known "eco-font", and when printer ink can cost US$10,000 a gallon it's a great eco-friendly initiative that not only helps the planet ...
What people find readable tends to be more cultural and experience-based than anything. For example, in the Middle Ages, people found Gothic lettering to be extremely readable, right?
The main typeface on signs for many decades is called Highway Gothic. This typeface is defined by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Standards Alphabets for Traffic-Control Devices, which ...
Two font designers have been waging a two-decade insurgency with The Federal Highway Administration about the lettering used on highway signs.
Hello and congratulations on clicking on a story about road sign fonts, you’re officially a nerd — the best kind, obviously. The only approved typeface used on U.S. road signs between 1956 and ...
Prison Gothic’s medium typeface is set to launch in November with 8,000 characters, and Yau is planning to develop a light version with the crowdfunded money.