[Talk-us] Fonts

[Eric Patrick]

For those states who use a different shield for toll roads vs free roads,
is that something that can be looked at as well? Texas colors the shields
in red, white, blue for those roads that are toll, while all others are
black and white. There are a few exceptions like the Sam Houston Tollway
around Houston. You can also include the Florida Turnpike in this as well.

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 5:20 PM Elliott Plack <elliott.plack at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Paul, great point. Taking a look at how Apple Maps handles their state
> shields
> <https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-apple-maps-highway-shield-icons>,
> they appear to use Helvetica in place of Highway Gothic, or one of the open
> variants. At that scale it is hard to tell other than at a side by side
> comparison level. I think Helvetica would probably be fine for this purpose
> if it matches the 'style' of US-type shields at a 12pt scale (ish).
>
> Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: U.S. State Highway Shield Icons
> (justinobeirne.com)
> <https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-apple-maps-highway-shield-icons>
>
> Thanks for the comment!
>
> - Elliott
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 4:55 PM Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 3:06 PM Elliott Plack <elliott.plack at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Great work Brian and Collaborators! I too would love to see those
>>> shields use the FHWA standard  Highway Gothic - Wikipedia
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Gothic> fonts where applicable.
>>> They should be public domain as works of the US Federal Government.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure it'll work in a lot of cases...if only because some shields
>> interior size is pretty small, and Highway Gothic is a pretty chunky sign
>> font really not designed to scale down to small sizes on screens.
>> Clearview does slightly better at small on-screen sizes but is also a
>> chunky sign font that doesn't work great as a screen font.  I think the
>> current version has a pretty acceptable compromise in terms of appearance
>> while still being a font that's actually legible when small.
>>
>> There's very few sign fonts that also work as screen fonts; they're
>> rather opposite goals.  Helvetica's the only one that comes to mind.
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