Sep 3, 2002 10.1 Q: What does the highway marker look like in…?
http://www.routemarkers.com/ or http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jlin/signs/ ) with graphics of every state highway marker, and many for Canada, Australia, Europe and Southeast Asia. The circle marker is the default marker for U.S. states, so any state which uses a circle for its state highway marker most likely didn’t choose it as its marker, rather it simply didn’t choose any marker at all. Feb 2, 2002 10.2 Q: What are the fonts used in signage? A: The official typeface designation for the majority of signs in the U.S. is the “FHWA Series”. The U.S. National Park Service uses Clarendon for its signs. Examples of both can be found at http://members.aol.com/rcmoeur/alphabet.html . Fonts using the FHWA series typeface may be downloaded from http://www.triskele.com/fonts.html , http://i4.netfirms.com/ (roadgeek.zip file), or various pages linked from http://members.aol.com/rcmoeur/creation.html ; Britain’s may be found at http://www.allan-online.co.uk/transport/roads/fonts/ . Mar 13, 2003 10
