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Highway Gothic Ted Forbes N/A Sample Highway Gothic (formally known as the FHWA Series fonts or the Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs) is a set of developed by the and used for road signage in the Americas, including the,,, and, with Asian countries influenced by American signage practices include the,,,, and. Variants, minor and major (but not the exact US font) are used in countries like,, (AS1744 fonts),,,,, and some signs in countries like and, when written in English. The typefaces were created to maximize legibility at a distance and at high speed. Computer versions known as Highway Gothic or (a separate font), which are for sale to the general public, include punctuation marks based on a rectangular shape. However, on signage the official FHWA Series punctuation is based on a circular shape. The set consists of six fonts: 'A' (the narrowest), 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'E(M)' (a modified version of 'E' with wider strokes), and 'F' (the widest). The typefaces originally included only uppercase letters, with the exception of 'E(M)', which was used on large expressway and freeway.

Contents • • • • • • • • • History [ ] The typefaces are officially defined by the FHWA's Standard Alphabets for Traffic-Control Devices, originally published in 1948 (reprinted 1952). Changes to the specifications were published in 1966, 1977, and 2000. The 2000 specifications differ from earlier versions in the shapes of a few letters and in the inclusion of lowercase letters for all alphabet series. FHWA Series A, B, C, D, E, and F were developed by the (which later became FHWA) during World War II. Draft versions of these typefaces were used in 1942 for signs on the. Between 1949 and 1950, as part of a research program into freeway signing carried out by the, Series E Modified was developed from Series E by thickening the stroke width to accommodate for ground-mounted signs, while a lowercase alphabet was developed to allow mixed-case legend (consisting initially of Series D and lowercase letters) to be used on externally illuminated overhead signs.

The lowercase letters, paired with Series E Modified, later became the basis of a national standard for mixed-case legend on freeway guide signs with the 1958 publication of the signing and marking manual for Interstate highways. Series 'A' has been officially discontinued in the United States due to poor legibility at high speeds, though it continues to be specified for certain signs in New Zealand. In 2004, the FHWA published lowercase letters for all of the typefaces and made changes to the, which allows their use.

There was an expectation that over the next few decades, the new typeface, also specifically developed for use on traffic signs, would replace the FHWA series on some new signage. However, the FHWA announced in 2016 that it was rescinding its 2004 interim approval of Clearview in the United States; while existing Clearview signs can stay up, new signs must once again use the FHWA series. On June 7, 2016, the has introduced a bill to challenge this decision, ordering the FHWA to suspend enforcement of its rescission of the interim approval. Designed the typeface, based on the FHWA series, during the 1990s.

Is an open-source replacement for Interstate commissioned. Usage [ ] United States [ ]. An example roadsign Typically, one- or two-digit,, and U.S. State route signs use the Series D font for the numbers, while signs with three or more digits use either a narrower font (Series B or C) or have smaller numbers in the Series D font. Series E and F is most commonly used on U.S. Signs, although older signs often use narrower fonts.

Usually feature white Series B, C or D letters (which may either have all capital letters or a combination of capital and lowercase letters) on a green background (which can also be substituted for other colors, such as blue or brown). Georgia uses both Series C and D fonts for the Interstate highway signs. Beginning in 2016 when the interim approval for Clearview was rescinded, the is now using mixed case (non-Modified) Series E for freeway guide signage, mixed case Series D for guide signage on non-freeway roads, and mixed case Series C for street name signs. By the mid-1990s the FHWA series of typefaces was used as a source of inspiration for a multi-weight print typeface designed by of Font Bureau. Frere-Jones made accommodations for smaller print reproduction and Font Bureau released the face under the name. Bubblegum Crisis Torrent. It has been adopted by many companies for branding; for example, used it for graphics packages from 1997 to 2006, and uses the typeface on its cover.