The only approved typeface used on U.S. road signs between 1956 and 2004 were variations of a font colloquially called Highway Gothic ... compared to the height of capital letters.

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 ...

Just 12 years later, the FHWA is changing course: Highway Gothic is the only font for U.S. highways going forward. The announcement took Donald Meeker by complete surprise. Meeker is one of the ...