What are the fonts used in signage?
The official typeface designation for the majority of signs in the U.S. is the “FHWA Series”, with most of the rest using “Clearview”. Examples of both can be found at http://www.trafficsign.us/signtypeface.html . The U.S. National Park Service formerly used Clarendon for its signs (example at link in the previous sentence) but is now using Rawlinson Roadway, trademark of Terminal Design, Inc. ( http://www.terminaldesign.com/custom_road_rawlinson.shtml ), also known as “NPS Roadway”. Fonts using the FHWA series typeface may be downloaded from http://www.triskele.com/fonts/ , http://www.floridafreeways.org/florida/ (roadgeek.zip file), http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/pixymbols/highway-gothic-2002/ , or various pages linked from http://members.aol.com/rcmoeur/creation.html ; Britain’s (Transport, Motorway, etc.) may be found at http://www.cbrd.co.uk/media/fonts/ . The former old-fashioned typeface for US markers circa 1927 may be obtained at http://pghbridges.com/hsotw/UShwy_font/ . More in
