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 ...

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 ...