There is also a set of free Roadgeek Series fonts for non-commercial use, encompassing all standard Federal Series alphabets, along with Clearview, British Transport, and some European sign fonts as well. Note that URW++ is a German company and prices its fonts in euros. URW++ has created OpenType fonts for Federal Series A through Series F, including the most-recent spacing tables defined in the Standard Highway Signs and Markings book.
They also offer sign symbols and other related graphics. Page Studio Graphics of Oro Valley, Arizona offers a series of "Pixymbols" fonts that conform to older versions of the Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs defined by FHWA. In the past, Clarendon was used for NPS signs, but is being phased out in favor of these two new typefaces. The two typefaces are NPS Rawlinson and Frutiger 65. On roadways within national parks, the National Park Service (NPS) uses two typefaces for wayfinding, information, and other signing within the park, in accordance with the Uniguide sign system adopted by NPS. Most button copy signs in the US have been replaced, but some are still in place in Arizona, California, Ohio, and other states. Button copy is no longer manufactured in the United States as of the early 2000s, as it could no longer compete cost-wise with newer computer-cut reflective sign letters, and it does not meet new requirements for minimum retroreflectivity in the MUTCD. This style of lettering was in use for decades across the country for large expressway and freeway guide signs. Button copy typefaces closely resemble standard FHWA Series D, E, and Series E modified typefaces, except for minor differences to accommodate the inlaid reflectors. "Button copy" is a generic term for highway sign characters which are made out of enameled metal, with small white circular reflectors (the 'buttons') inlaid in the surface to provide retroreflectivity at night. For comparison, standard B though F letters have a stroke width approximately 13-18% of height. The reason Series E Modified is called 'modified' is because the letter stroke (width of lines making up letter) is modified to be 20% of the letter height. For example, a lower case 's' is 75% of the height of an upper case 'S'. The lower case loop height for lower case letters is 75% of the upper case height. However, nearly all regulatory and warning signs are still required to use text in all capital letters. In 2004, however, FHWA created and approved lower-case letter designs for all these series of typefaces, and recent changes to the MUTCD have approved the use of lower-case legends for guide sign legends on all classes of roadways. However, for clarity, it's probably better to refer to these typefaces with the more correct 'series' name.įor many years, the Series B, C, D, E and F typefaces included only all capital letters. This has caught on to the point where even FHWA occasionally refers to their own typefaces in this manner. In recent years, a practice has developed of referring to these standard typefaces as "Highway Gothic". The official designations for these typefaces are "FHWA Series B", "FHWA Series C", etc.
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