Designing the Transport Typeface
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2 days ago
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n00bskoolbus
5 hours ago
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James May did a car "review" with Margaret Calvert years back in an episode of Top Gear. Was a bit of a departure from regular Top Gear but certainly interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTDB3dpe3eg
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qingcharles
4 hours ago
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This is bloody brilliant. Classic Top Gear. Thank you.
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qingcharles
4 hours ago
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These signs and the typeface are my gold standard. I've traveled to dozens of countries, and I still think the British signage is the cleanest and clearest in the world.
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ErroneousBosh
2 hours ago
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Quite often temporary roadworks signage uses something "off brand" like Helvetica, and I actually want to deliberately break the temporary speed limit out of spite.
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joelanman
4 hours ago
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tedd4u
3 hours ago
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I love Transport and it absolutely evokes Britishness for me whenever I see it. The "Highway Gothic" [1] font used on US Interstate highways (and apparently also in Australia and Canada) is also pretty good I think and similarly evokes the open road in my mind.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Gothic

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fkealy
4 hours ago
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I've found transport typography and design great to integrate into my ui designs. They're so universal and have accessibility built in it's great!
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