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From: graham@cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: What Font is Used on Highway Signs?
Message-ID: <15595@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 29 Mar 91 17:08:37 GMT
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Reply-To: graham@june.cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham)
Organization: University of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
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In article <12539.27f0ac96@amherst.bitnet> ksbolduan@amherst.bitnet writes:
>As I was driving from Florida to Massachusetts along the Interstate, I began
>wondering what font all those green highway signs are in. It's a sans serif,in
>a bold style, but, though we're used to it, it's not particularly appealing. The
>lower case letters seem rather clunky, especially the "g". Anyone know if this
>font has a name? And, if it's possible to get it?

I may be completely wrong, but I think it's a variant of Helvetica.
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Steve Graham
graham@isis.ee.washington.edu
(206) 543-8115