Comments on: New American Interstate Typeface http://www.neublack.com/art-design/new-american-interstate-typeface/ We are the Neu Black Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:58:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kellis http://www.neublack.com/art-design/new-american-interstate-typeface/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Kellis Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:33:56 +0000 http://www.neublack.com/art-design/887#comment-480 Word, The letter spacing by itself is what makes this a winner. If you can fit bigger more tightly spaced letters on a sign, it means you can read it from farther away, which means it's less likely you will miss your exit. Word, The letter spacing by itself is what makes this a winner. If you can fit bigger more tightly spaced letters on a sign, it means you can read it from farther away, which means it’s less likely you will miss your exit.

]]> By: iancu http://www.neublack.com/art-design/new-american-interstate-typeface/comment-page-1/#comment-479 iancu Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:17:01 +0000 http://www.neublack.com/art-design/887#comment-479 Sorry but I disagree. The New type (Clearview, if I understood right) looks a lot better IMO. Especially Clearview CD45 (because of it's slightly condensed proportions. Also, as you said, the rounded "l"'s re a lot more visible, the "y" looks better and links better with the rest. The old one, while it looks good individually, resembling Interstate (the font), I think was not a good choice, since the signs need a lot of letter spacing, and this font is not good for that since its letters do not link with each other well. Too bad Romanian road signs are way in the stone age, it'll take another 10 years at least till we get to discuss the fonts used :- Sorry but I disagree. The New type (Clearview, if I understood right) looks a lot better IMO. Especially Clearview CD45 (because of it’s slightly condensed proportions. Also, as you said, the rounded “l”’s re a lot more visible, the “y” looks better and links better with the rest.

The old one, while it looks good individually, resembling Interstate (the font), I think was not a good choice, since the signs need a lot of letter spacing, and this font is not good for that since its letters do not link with each other well.

Too bad Romanian road signs are way in the stone age, it’ll take another 10 years at least till we get to discuss the fonts used :-

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