and the traditional highway sign font, Standard Highway Alphabet, below. Credit: Graphic by Ben Hasson There is little room for creativity on highway signs. Every inch of the large metallic ...

When you head out on the highway in the United States, you’re probably paying attention to the signs above your car and on the side of the road — the ones that direct you to your destination.

A highway sign can last as long as 20 years, he said, so Ohioans can expect to see some Clearview signs until about 2036. The change won't be a big one for Ohio drivers.

the government needed a standard typeface for its road signs. As graphic designer Don Meeker explained in a story about the design of road signs, Highway Gothic was based on a print lettering font ...

But pending that appeal, it will switch to the standard highway lettering on new signage. Existing signs do not need to be removed, but as they age, they will be replaced with signs without the ...

In 2004, Texas joined a handful of other states, and decided to start switching the font on the green signs. Instead of the Standard Highway Alphabet lettering sanctioned by the Federal Highway ...