SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoHighway fonts in different countrieslemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down15
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minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoUniversal Grotesk. Still in use in Slovakia. What is your opinion on lowercase/uppercase and closest/farthest at the top?
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoAlso I don’t really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it’s too bold+curvy…
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe kerning on the “Od” there feels too loose to me.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think it would be alright in uppercase. The problem is that lowercase height is barely above half of uppercase, as opposed to most display fonts.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoI personally prefer lowercase as it makes the names less uniform in shape therefore better recognisable. I don’t have an opinion on the second one though. Also btw I have a feeling the Slovaks now use the Austrian font
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhat do u think about the British font?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoIn terms of British transport fonts, nothing beats Johnston but that already has its place on the Tube. This one is a good silver medalist.
Universal Grotesk. Still in use in Slovakia.
What is your opinion on lowercase/uppercase and closest/farthest at the top?
Also I don’t really like Grotesk as a transport typeface, it’s too bold+curvy…
The kerning on the “Od” there feels too loose to me.
I think it would be alright in uppercase. The problem is that lowercase height is barely above half of uppercase, as opposed to most display fonts.
I personally prefer lowercase as it makes the names less uniform in shape therefore better recognisable. I don’t have an opinion on the second one though. Also btw I have a feeling the Slovaks now use the Austrian font
What do u think about the British font?
In terms of British transport fonts, nothing beats Johnston but that already has its place on the Tube. This one is a good silver medalist.
Johnson feels very British