Talk:Transport (typeface)

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[edit] Tanzanian Road Sign

Is the font on the sign on the right (taken in Tanzania at the Rusumo Falls border crossing with Rwanda) in the Transport typeface as well? It looks fairly similar. Signs in Kenya also look much like British ones, but I don't know the reason. — SteveRwanda 17:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I think it is; it has the distinctive "g" of Transport. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 17:40, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree it certainly looks like it, I think its probably Transport Medium and not Transport Heavy, despite the fact that its dark text on a light background. Presumably the reason roads signs in Kenya are like this goes back to Kenya's pre-independence era. Kenya gained independence in 1963 and Transport was well used in the UK long before then.--Joe 1987 18:30, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Oddly, they seem to have used Transport Heavy for the white-on-black B3, and Transport Medium for the rest. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 20:40, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Was Transport in use before 1963? The infobox in the article says that's its creation date... In any case I'd be very surprised if the sign dates back to preindependence days - I'd guess it's more likely that the UK continued to provide road signs for its former colonies in some form or another.

I've uploaded a second sign from the village a few miles down the road (see below) - this one's in very poor condition, but also uses Transport (albeit with further anacronisms such as putting a B road in a green box as if it were a primary route). — SteveRwanda 08:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good article

Good article —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.130.246.2 (talk • contribs).

I agree. Very interesting article. I have two questions:

1. What does the line Until the late 1950s, most roads in the United Kingdom were B roads mean? Did they increase the number of A roads after that time as well as introducing motorways? I wonder if the line should be clarified to single-carriageway roads or similar?
2. Is this typeface available as a computer font?

Cheers. — SteveRwanda 12:08, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Chris's British Road Directory, in the article's links section, has homemade versions of the font and a link to the licenced commercial font. --GagHalfrunt 13:20, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge ?

Agree: merge into Transport (typeface)--219.77.165.93 13:05, 27 July 2006 (UTC)