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From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: What Font is Used on Highway Signs?
Message-ID: <7246533@bfmny0.BFM.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 91 09:51:21 GMT
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Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
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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?

My great-uncle Andrew invented that font.

He actually once promised to will me the rights to it after his death.

But my hopes for the inheritance were dashed when...

he died interstate.