Ahead of the NHL steam extravaganza on 20 March, who's been following Michael Portillo on the railways of Britain? Answer: Various irate ticket inspectors. ("Your advance ticket is not for this service; please purchase a standard open single at £520.")
He's following George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook in cream chinos on weekday nights. The Tuesday night episode featured public parks in Derby and a visit to the home of Burton Bridge Bitter, a regular guest beer at the Marquis Wellington... so I'm told.
Showing posts with label Transport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transport. Show all posts
Friday, 29 January 2010
Monday, 9 November 2009
Public signage typefaces
I'm reading Joe Moran's book On Roads at the moment, which contains a fascinating account of how the Transport typeface and mixed-case lettering came to be used on British road signs. Wikipedia maintains a very fine collection of functional sanserif fonts, with an interesting list of those that have been used on public signs.
Transport: British road signs
Rail Alphabet: also used in some hospitals!
Johnston: in 2008 TfL removed the serif from the number '1'
Frutiger: according to Wikipedia, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol uses Frutiger as its main font for house style and signage.
Clearview: the new typeface on the US road sign scene
All of these images are in the public domain apart from Rail Alphabet, which has attribution and copyright info here
Transport: British road signs
Rail Alphabet: also used in some hospitals!
Johnston: in 2008 TfL removed the serif from the number '1'
Frutiger: according to Wikipedia, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol uses Frutiger as its main font for house style and signage.
Clearview: the new typeface on the US road sign scene
All of these images are in the public domain apart from Rail Alphabet, which has attribution and copyright info here
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