font_category: legible

Autoradiographic

Autoradiographic font

Autoradiographic is a sans-serif typeface inspired by hand-painted warning signs from the mid-twentieth century. Inflammable! Stay away! Low waistlines were popular after WWII, although strict waistline alignment was not. This sort of informational…

Sunday Evening

Sunday Evening font

Sunday Evening is a sans-serif display typeface with a reverse contrast. While the high waistlines and curving ends are reminiscent of Art Nouveau, the forms are high-tech superelliptical in the style of Microgramma. Its...

Remissis

Remissis font

Remissis is a sans-serif typeface that is semi-casual. It’s not too easygoing to be deemed whimsical, but it still exudes a natural look. This typeface is perfect for conveying the idea of naturalness and...

Gymkhana

Gymkhana font

Gymkhana is an easy sans-serif typeface inspired by twentieth-century architectural lettering in America. Gymkhana is easy to read at any screen size thanks to its big x-height and generous width. It will add a...

Expressway Soft

Expressway Soft font

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s FHWA Series of Standard Alphabets served as the source of inspiration for the sans-serif font family known as Expressway Soft. It has been the font of choice for road...

Galderglynn 1884

Galderglynn 1884 font

Galderglynn 1884 is a nineteenth-century style sans-serif typeface. This is a refined expansion of another typeface called Galderglynn Esquire. Galderglynn Esquire was an intentionally rustic looking typeface based on a mixture of several…

TX Switch

TX Switch font

TX Switch and Switch Box are number 3 of 7 in the series asking how can personality described through handwriting be translated into typefaces? Each element of the analysis was matched by a moment...

Saturday Morning Monotone NF

Saturday Morning Monotone NF font

A fitting complement to the ever-popular Saturday Morning Toast is this book weight, monoline version, popular in the early twentieth century. Both versions contain the complete Unicode 1252 (Latin) and Unicode 1250 (Central European)...

Centralia Depot NF

Centralia Depot NF font

This quintessential nineteenth-century offering is based on a typeface from the 1912 American Type Founders catalog called Lining Central Antique. Quaint, yet crisp and clean, it is equally suitable for headlines or body copy....

PIXymbols DOT Border

PIXymbols DOT Border font

The five Highway Gothic fonts are designed specifically for use by barrier companies and state, county and city Departments of Transportation sign production shops to fabricate signs to meet the specifications of the U.S....