NPS Rawlinson Roadway is an old-style serif typeface currently used on the United States National Park Service's road signs. It was created in 2000[1] by Terminal Design to replace Clarendon. Type designer James Montalbano named the typeface after his wife's surname, as her father worked for the Forest Service.[2]
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| Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | James Montalbano |
| Commissioned by | National Park Service |
| Re-issuing foundries | Terminal Design |
| Design based on | Plantin, Sabon, Garamond |
| Also known as | NPS Rawlinson |
| Website | www |
| Latest release version | 2.0 |
Approximately 10–15% more compact than its predecessor, the typeface was found by the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute to increase readability by 11%.
Concurrent with NPS Rawlinson Roadway, the National Park Service uses Frutiger for applications requiring a sans-serif typeface.[3]
References
edit- ^ "NPS Typefaces". National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 11, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- ^ Yaffa, Joshua (August 12, 2007). "The Road to Clarity". The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on May 19, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
- ^ "Why Frutiger and NPS Rawlinson?". National Park Service. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
External links
edit- Rawlinson 2.0 at the Terminal Design site
- Rawlinson Roadway at the Terminal Design site
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