Localoaf

When I was creating this failed iSchool t-shirt design, I was astonished and titillated by the extent of the documentation on American highway signage and its fonts. Though to my knowledge the current standard font (Highway Gothic E-modified) is not available for free, Mike the Actuary has created a reasonable facsimile, which I used for the design.

But apparently he’s out of date. The New York Times reports that Highway 2.0 is upon us, as the Federal Highway Administration granted preliminary approval to Clearview, a softer yet more legible new font, in 2004. The geektastically interesting article is available here.

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