The only approved typeface used on U.S. road signs between 1956 and 2004 were variations of a font colloquially called Highway Gothic, and formally called Federal Highway Administration (FHWA ...

leaving some states with signs written in a font called Highway Gothic, others with signs in Clearview, and some places with a mixture of both. This font saga dates back to 1948, when the Federal ...

When I proposed that this column be printed using a font called Interstate—a commercial typeface inspired by Highway Gothic—I was told derisively, "We don't use Interstate." "He loves ...

Some tests by printer.com, via a post on CNET's Digital Media blog, found that the use of the 10-point Century Gothic font is 31 percent cheaper than using the default 11-point Arial font.

Try pairing it with a script font for contrast in layered designs. It also works great for monograms or logos where clarity matters more than flourish. Century Gothic is a geometric sans-serif ...

Since the publication of the 25 Point Programme in February 1920, almost all documents issued by the Nazi Party were set in ...

I would say that this font does have kind of a midcentury feel, because it’s based on Franklin Gothic. That was a font that was very often used in newspaper headlines and magazines especially.

In the 1950s, signs in the emerging cross-country highway system were designed using what’s now known as Highway Gothic, a slightly shaky font that was standardized across states. It originated ...

As a boy, Gary Yau would cruise around Hong Kong in the back seat of his parents’ car. What caught his eye was not a toy shop or playground, but road signs. After he got home, the four-year-old ...