8/11/2023 0 Comments Clearview font in texas![]() You can still see examples of old 元 on flag signs in major cities and on some really old autoroute signs. Old L1 had letterforms more or less identical to modern L1/L2 old L2 was a more condensed (thinner) version of old L1 and old 元 was an italic roman typeface. Until the early 1980's, the French used a different ensemble of three typefaces, and did not attempt to compensate for positive or negative contrast. There is not much variation in condensation between L1/L2 and 元/L4, so now when the French want to de-emphasize the length contrast between a short placename (like PARIS) and a long one (like ARROMANCHES), the increase the intercharacter spacing (125% default, I've seen up to 200%) in the short placename or reduce it in the long one (I've seen down to 50%).īut these are the modern L1-L4 typefaces. The same is true of 元 and L4, both of which are derived from an italic humanist typeface very similar (if not identical) to the one Adrian Frutiger developed for signs within Charles de Gaulle airport. ![]() L1 and L2 are essentially the same sans-serif typeface, with different stroke widths to accommodate positive and negative contrast. In France there are currently four typefaces in use, L1 through L4. ![]() The VSS-Schriften are no longer used in Switzerland-they have been replaced with ASTRA-Frutiger, at just one level of condensation-but they live on in Belgium and Bulgaria. Switzerland used to use the VSS-Schriften, which are available in at least three levels of condensation. Germany (dumping Breitschrift) and the US (dumping rounded Series A) are far from alone in this respect. Historically it is fairly common to have traffic signing typefaces in multiple levels of condensation, and then to prune down the levels of condensation that are actually used on traffic signs. ![]()
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