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List of public signage typefaces
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This is a list of typefaces used for signage in public areas, such as roads and airports.
- Brusseline – developed for Brussels' public transport company
- Calvert - developed for the Tyne and Wear Metro by Margaret Calvert
- Clearview – developed to replace FHWA (a USA government body) typefaces
- DIN 1451 – the German transport typeface
- Esseltub – earlier used in Stockholm Metro
- Frutiger – used on Swiss road signs, and across the public transport network of Oslo, Norway
- FHWA Series fonts – developed for U.S. road signage, and also used in Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and the Netherlands.
- Gill Sans - used by British Railways (up to 1965)
- Helvetica - used in the New York City subway system, the Chicago Transit Authority and in Madrid Metro
- Johnston – used by London Transport and Transport for London
- Metron – Created in 1973 for Prague Metro by Jiří Rathouský.
- NPS Rawlinson, used by the National Park Service in the United States.
- Parisine – used for the Paris Metro
- Rail Alphabet – designed for British Rail in 1964 and still the dominant font on the British railway system
- Trafikkalfabetet ("The traffic alphabet") - used for Norwegian road signs and license plates until 2002
- Transport – developed for the British roads, used in Italy, Greece and other countries.
- Tratex – used for road signs in Sweden
- Univers - The Montreal Metro, San Francisco BART [1], Frankfurt airport and the Walt Disney World road system also make extensive use of this typeface.