I was hoping for your help with something.
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@mwichary Does this count?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_alphabet#Alphabet
No, it's not used in street signs or anything like that, but it does pop up from time to time, and when it does, I can tell the creator is someone who really knows their Utah history
@mwichary A sort of a typographical shibboleth, I suppose
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@secretasianman Oh yeah, I love that font!!! It’s so quirky.
@mwichary @secretasianman there's a whole saga about how the Toronto's TTC was going to release a free version of the font, but had a massive falling out with the project proponent.
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I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
@mwichary I feel like Gill Sans is _very_ much of London, but that might be too obvious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Sans
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I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
@mwichary my home region has a specific typography that you can find in many places (PDF): https://www.bretagne.bzh/app/uploads/charte_graph_RB_2025_sept_2025_v03.pdf
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I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
@mwichary Traffic sign typeface guidelines for Finland, written in Finnish language:
https://www.traficom.fi/files/media/file/Liite_11_Liikenne-_ja_viestint%C3%A4viraston_tieliikennemerkkien_kirjasintyypin_mitoitus.pdf (PDF file)Traffic signs of Finland in printable vector file formats:
https://kuvapankki.traficom.fi/en/album/8865 -
I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
@mwichary the Johnstone typeface used by Transport for London: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_%28typeface%29
And there's a specific typeface for UK road signs too, I can't remember what it is.
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I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
@mwichary How about video games? This font is used extensively in-world in Final Fantasy 14. It has a sort of exotic look to it, but the glyphs are one-to-one with English, so it's actually readable if you are familiar with it: https://github.com/karaipsum/Eorzean-Typeface
(this is someone's third-party re-creation of the in-game typeface)
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I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
@mwichary the portland classic ceramic house numbers came to mind https://www.pdxmonthly.com/home-and-real-estate/2021/03/the-relics-of-portland-s-great-renumbering
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@mwichary the Johnstone typeface used by Transport for London: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_%28typeface%29
And there's a specific typeface for UK road signs too, I can't remember what it is.
@brunogirin I think it’s called Transport!
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I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
@mwichary The Cambridge Tile Company address tiles used in Milwaukee and Portland.
These are repros, as the originals haven't been made in decades:
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I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
@mwichary Something else led me to these crib sheets for geoguessr which may be of use/interest: https://www.plonkit.net
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I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
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@mwichary I feel like Gill Sans is _very_ much of London, but that might be too obvious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Sans
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@mwichary there's the house face of the TTC subway in Toronto which is similar but different than Johnston Sans
@secretasianman @mwichary was just about to mention this, glad I'm not the only one!
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@Wintermute_BBS Are you nominating the above, the below, or the combination of both?
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@secretasianman @mwichary was just about to mention this, glad I'm not the only one!
@dried @secretasianman It’s the best. Do we still not know who designed it?
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I was hoping for your help with something.
Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.
I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.
(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)
Thank you!
Metron by Jiří Rathouský (1973), Prague Metro, Czechia. Digitized by František Štorm.
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@mwichary Traffic sign typeface guidelines for Finland, written in Finnish language:
https://www.traficom.fi/files/media/file/Liite_11_Liikenne-_ja_viestint%C3%A4viraston_tieliikennemerkkien_kirjasintyypin_mitoitus.pdf (PDF file)Traffic signs of Finland in printable vector file formats:
https://kuvapankki.traficom.fi/en/album/8865@autiomaa Thanks! How is it seen inside Finland, if you know?
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@mwichary I feel like Gill Sans is _very_ much of London, but that might be too obvious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Sans
@pete Well…
(This is East Germany.)
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Anyone traveling by BART in California’s Bay Area will instantly recognize these two classic fonts used in this distinctive way.6.
Also in San Francisco, there are these classic distinctive house numbers.The story is here if you are curious: https://sunnysidehistory.org/2020/07/15/the-little-sculpture-affixed-your-house-anton-fazekas/
