#listing out all the typefaces in use on roadsigns around the world n i was HOPING it would tell me the name of the typeface | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

rubberbandballqueen · 5 months

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ever since i found out that highway gothic (typeface commissioned for use in the american highways) is optimized for legibility with just a brief glance at high speeds i cannot stop thinking abt how easily readable it is. like my eyesight isn't like immaculate or anything so i can sometimes have a hard time reading fine print but even when the roadsigns are kind of blurry they're still pretty easy to read

#the worm speaks #they use highway gothic in taiwan for english street signs too which makes sense #i never paid much attn to the highway/street fonts in america until i was in taiwan n star sent me the wikipedia page #listing out all the typefaces in use on roadsigns around the world n i was HOPING it would tell me the name of the typeface #for the cn signs in taiwan since it was such a nice cn font.... but no it didn't....#but i did pay attn to the english signs there too n now that i'm looking at the ones in america i'm like. yeah that's the same one #it's also funny bc i looked at the highway signs there n Suspected they were the same bc the numbers looked the same and i was RIGHT #easily one of my Top Ten Most Useless Niche Skills Ever #others of which include 'knowing if a rubber band will snap quickly after stretching it once' (for obvious reasons)#'knowing the quality of a sheet of paper just by touching it' and 'can get full combos on rhythm games whilst walking around'#(the latter is bc i played mallet percussion in marching band so i had to obviously track my place in the bloc whilst playing)

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