Thursday, September 3, 2009

Roadway sign type study by Ralf Herrmann

This is a useful research and type study for roadway signs. Through the author's step-by-step studies, we can see the difference between the existing typefaces and his new creation.

He emphasizes the importance of legibility and creates a new typeface by exaggerating details of letters in order to stress the individual letterform. It is good to see his sensitivity on typography and letterforms, and on stroke width differentiation used on light/dark background colors.

His study prompts us to reexamine our own roadway signs in the US.

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