Designing the Transport Typeface

(thamesandhudson.com)

79 points | by speckx 4 days ago ago

7 comments

  • n00bskoolbus 2 days ago ago

    James May did a car "review" with Margaret Calvert years back in an episode of Top Gear. Was a bit of a departure from regular Top Gear but certainly interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTDB3dpe3eg

    • qingcharles 2 days ago ago

      This is bloody brilliant. Classic Top Gear. Thank you.

  • tedd4u 2 days ago ago

    I love Transport and it absolutely evokes Britishness for me whenever I see it. The "Highway Gothic" [1] font used on US Interstate highways (and apparently also in Australia and Canada) is also pretty good I think and similarly evokes the open road in my mind.

    [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Gothic

  • joelanman 2 days ago ago
  • qingcharles 2 days ago ago

    These signs and the typeface are my gold standard. I've traveled to dozens of countries, and I still think the British signage is the cleanest and clearest in the world.

    • ErroneousBosh 2 days ago ago

      Quite often temporary roadworks signage uses something "off brand" like Helvetica, and I actually want to deliberately break the temporary speed limit out of spite.

  • fkealy 2 days ago ago

    I've found transport typography and design great to integrate into my ui designs. They're so universal and have accessibility built in it's great!