This is the type of video you watch when you're procrastinating your assignments
@MrJakemakai3 жыл бұрын
Literally me
@WoahhTeamJacob3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@yesi7263 жыл бұрын
I am doing just that
@jusletursoulglobaby3 жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I've turned my body AWAY from my desk to watch
@oliverrainer57713 жыл бұрын
Doing this right now
@MegaJestify3 жыл бұрын
Vox finds the weirdest, most abstract seemingly basic topics you could think of and forces you to be interested in it
@coastaku19543 жыл бұрын
I was actually wondering about that
@lamarr9123 жыл бұрын
It makes sense though. For a state as poor in South carolina, to think that they have newer font signs then North Carolina, that shock.
@albiesnyder4123 жыл бұрын
Idk if you're already aware of them but Half as Interesting and Wendover Productions make similar videos.
@coastaku19543 жыл бұрын
@@albiesnyder412 Nooooooooooo, really?
@SlaughterDog3 жыл бұрын
This is further proof to me that I really need to get into production of these types of KZbin videos. I wonder about things like road sign typefaces, and just recently ended up researching this exact topic!
@rostinrostai3 жыл бұрын
Im planning on doing a cross country journey that takes 48 hours of driving, I better pack my single orange!
@delighteddino93633 жыл бұрын
Lol
@_Atzin3 жыл бұрын
I think that was a mandarin.
@stunnasaad3 жыл бұрын
Even better is driving around the perimeter of the country
@rita-want-sex1523 жыл бұрын
Remember
@jsal76663 жыл бұрын
@@_Atzin No, it was a tangerine.
@evanbaker47803 жыл бұрын
Gonna crash off the highway trying to figure out which font I’m looking at on every sign I pass now
@JP-br4mx3 жыл бұрын
that sounds really dangerous.
@lupillogarcia54113 жыл бұрын
Lol same tho
@edwardmiessner65023 жыл бұрын
With me just one glance and it's wicked obvious: the typeface that looks like ad copy is definitely Clearview
@henrysmithpham45873 жыл бұрын
@@JP-br4mx it’s a joke
@CDRiley3 жыл бұрын
Congratulations
@heath.c89263 жыл бұрын
I have never been so interested in something I care so little about
@MrMustangMan3 жыл бұрын
yes.!!!!!!!!
@JP-br4mx3 жыл бұрын
You will care once your phone stop working and you found yourself out of nowhere at night.
@ToyotaNutjob3 жыл бұрын
Shows that you can be fed mindless unentertaining content as long as its put together professionally by a million dollar Corp. How sad. Read a book
@heath.c89263 жыл бұрын
@@ToyotaNutjob it was a joke but ok buddy
@Motionman373 жыл бұрын
SAME
@DanSchaumann3 жыл бұрын
Some GeoGuessr pro out there has probably devised a way to use roadsign typeface to further determine with pinpoint accuracy where they are in the US
@simonair3 жыл бұрын
When having the highway number, distance, and the exit doesn't give you a perfect score
@these_handles_are_stupid3 жыл бұрын
I've done that, but by memorizing each and every 50 states standards for highway maintenance and road numbering. Welcome up the world of roadgeeks, we're a very, very niche community that does weird stuff like that
@Debre.3 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily fonts, but some states such as Texas do have distinctive road pavements. Although usually it's hard to tell without state highway signs, which are almost always unique.
@vigilantcosmicpenguin87213 жыл бұрын
Another tip: if the speed limit is 85, you're in Texas.
@s4b1n333 жыл бұрын
lol, i play way too much geoguessr and set my system font to highway gothic months ago. it makes things so much easier to read. i love it.
@SwitchAndLever3 жыл бұрын
I find it a bit of an oversight to interview Tobias Frere-Jones without actually acknowledging that he designed an updated and more legible version of the Highway Gothic typeface called Interstate. It improves on the original, but without pushing it into Clearview territory.
@samcooke3433 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's an oversight at all, it's just not particularly relevant since Interstate is a commercial/retail typeface and not used on actual highways. Still a great improvement, though.
@TheRealLovermen3 жыл бұрын
That's true honestly I agree
@cappyjones3 жыл бұрын
God, I thought I was a nerd!! 🤓
@callistoarmy55763 жыл бұрын
Because I'm not famous like other singers that's why no one see my singing videos. Just see once❤.......
@alystdesign3 жыл бұрын
And Interstate font is used on Soundcloud!
@johnchessant30123 жыл бұрын
Time for my regular dose of knowledge I'll only ever use because I'm my friend group's "wanna hear something interesting" guy
@rita-want-sex1523 жыл бұрын
By contrast
@plsarguewithme26653 жыл бұрын
same AHAHAHAHA
@oedokpolo33 жыл бұрын
this is me!
@MarkWTK3 жыл бұрын
we're basically nerds😅
@thatonekidonaboat12693 жыл бұрын
Literally SHeldon Cooper at thi point
@pixieanna20583 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this, it was a burning issue for me.
@474yx3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@nightwing40653 жыл бұрын
Yup, they should've replaced it with sarcasm font.
@richardmartinez30783 жыл бұрын
This feels like it should have been a "half as interesting" vid
@gamerf36433 жыл бұрын
True ngl
@Fluffydanger273 жыл бұрын
but with less basic stock media footage.
@mfaizsyahmi3 жыл бұрын
spare me the stock footage dump tho
@anshunayyar23913 жыл бұрын
I am convinced that the American joke was written by the Hai guy only.
@kurtmagbujos3 жыл бұрын
More like Cheddar
@AnnNunnally3 жыл бұрын
Highway Gothic needs to be the title of a TV show.
@j.s.73353 жыл бұрын
And, later, a spinoff series called Clearview. Almost no one will know why it's called that.
@alexv33573 жыл бұрын
American Highway Gothic. It's like Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets American Horror Story, but Buffy's on a road trip
@blueconversechucks3 жыл бұрын
@@alexv3357 yeah but when you add American to the title it's, paradoxically, redundant and overly limiting.
@jimurrata67853 жыл бұрын
@@blueconversechucks There's way more than one American nation... Even If it was 'U.S. Highway Gothic' I still don't see how that's limiting rather than descriptive.
@blueconversechucks3 жыл бұрын
@@jimurrata6785 why don't you do the show and you can call it whatever you want.
@TheStitchWitchPodcast3 жыл бұрын
I love this kind of unnecessary yet entertaining discourse on Americana!!! PLEASE talk about that 'state green" and "reserve land brown" paint shade that is definitely Pantone patented!!
@rita-want-sex1523 жыл бұрын
From the
@scottabc723 жыл бұрын
@@Student0Toucher You seem confused about what the topic of discussion is
@ImNotaRussianBot3 жыл бұрын
Or, about the exact shade of yellow school buses have and its history.
@TheKelpsinator3 жыл бұрын
Important note: it's not just older people who struggle with halation. It happens to everyone with astigmatism, which is about 20% of the population. I have a fairly extreme version of it, and let me tell you that halation is *everywhere.* I'm glad that people are at least trying to find a solution for this on the highways!
@keyholes3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, and same. I have a handful of sight issues, Clearview is much, much easier to read for me.
@gisellemiradiaz29973 жыл бұрын
My whole undergrad thesis was based on the usage of Highway gothic typeface as it’s used in the US, Canada and Mexico.
@mecharoo3 жыл бұрын
Also the Netherlands! We’re also switching to clearview slowly.
@inompsum50073 жыл бұрын
Vox: here's a question literally no one asks. Me: hmm...interesting.
@skippycat94143 жыл бұрын
Inch resting
@GeekOfAllness3 жыл бұрын
My friend and I were actually staring at signs in Idaho wondering why they used different font faces about a week ago. Now I can inform him of the answer.
@carykh3 жыл бұрын
whoa I use an updated version of Highway Gothic (Interstate) in my projects! It's cool to see where the font really originated from
@chickenmcgriffin34943 жыл бұрын
That's right, Cary! Research your fonts, you may never know what you may find
@whatusernametomake96463 жыл бұрын
I’m a big fan of you
@kaitlyn__L2 жыл бұрын
I used Highway for video title cards in 2010, mostly picked for the unique letterforms, then when I visited the USA it was weird seeing it everywhere haha
@JoeAngeLove3 жыл бұрын
Bethlehem ✨ That's my town in the thumbnail! Yay small town, we made it in a Vox video!
@monztermovies3 жыл бұрын
See you in 22 traffic! 😂
@elfinzilla3 жыл бұрын
Ring out the bells tonight! 🔔🔔Bethlehem! Bethlehem!
@d4vian3983 жыл бұрын
cool
@michaelmckeever27343 жыл бұрын
I grew up near Bethlehem too!
@Lrix3 жыл бұрын
TL;DR: I Theorize the LHV will become gentrified, overpriced and too crowded soon enough. Enjoy it while it's "small" The LHV is in the perfect spot for commuters that live in NY and Philly. You have the turnpike straight into Philly and 78 which is basically a straight shot to NY.. Hopefully companies force employees back to their offices after the pandemic is over. If not, and companies realize how much money they can save on electricity, building costs/rentals, custodial staff, etc by having all employees work from home after the pandemic, what's the closest, cheapest place to move to? NJ has high property taxes... "Oh the LHV is only an hour/hour and half away? That's perfect, if they do need me to come into the office just twice a week rather than 5 straight days I can handle that commute"
@muhammadafiqshahrom95593 жыл бұрын
OMG last night I was googling the different font types of road signs in different countries. Good timing!!!
@sheik1243 жыл бұрын
The curved lowercase L is the best thing about ClearviewHwy. There are different spacings/weights that can help with dark text on a bright background as well. Would've been nice to point out that one of the newer studies (or maybe it was the FHWA report) pointed out that a lot of the initial "improvements" in legibility vs. Highway Gothic was because the signs were decades old and they were compared against brand new ClearviewHwy signs.
@8illy3 жыл бұрын
i needed this video for some odd reason
@Octory53153 жыл бұрын
OH HELLO BILLY
@zongjunli28373 жыл бұрын
Let me guess, deadline is at 12 am ?
@literallyme20713 жыл бұрын
Vox could make a video on how to wash dishes and STILL be interesting
@kyanite48183 жыл бұрын
voc: write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN
@bryansarabia19383 жыл бұрын
honestly i’ve trained ppl at restaurants and they do need to make a video on washing dishes cause some ppl rlly don’t know how 😭
@emmamemma41623 жыл бұрын
Did you know people wash dishes differently in different countries? Brits don't rinse off their dishes in clean water, instead they save water by putting dishes with a bit of soapy water still on them directly into the drying rack. In Finland every home has a drying cupboard, meaning the drying racks are built into the cupboard above the sink. There's also the eternal question about using a sponge or a brush. Which do you prefer?
@AverytheCubanAmerican3 жыл бұрын
NJ: Surrounded by states that use Clearview Also NJ: I'm just built different
@NJRoadfan3 жыл бұрын
The "on the road" segments were filmed in NJ as well. They did some test signs with Clearview and then proceeded to toss the idea of ever using the font again.
@Berubium3 жыл бұрын
We’re probably over 90 percent Clearview here in British Columbia & I’d say it has been an improvement. Particularly on smaller signs. My only criticisms are that they made lane arrows point up instead of down & that when there is an “exit only” lane, they got rid of the visible yellow bar over the lane.
@dblissmn3 жыл бұрын
I find Clearview so much easier to read. I was very glad my state was an early adopter. One thing Vox doesn't mention is the Federal Highway Administration banned Clearview in January 2016, only for Congress to reinstate Clearview two months later. There are a few signs in my state put up during that period that had to go back to Highway Gothic.
@gregthompson34813 жыл бұрын
Tbh I clicked on this video because I immediately recognized the highway sign. It’s exit 67 off I-78 in Pennsylvania.
@TheNormal2563 жыл бұрын
They also used a lot of footage of 78 in North Jersey
@kellykafara48343 жыл бұрын
SAME
@thegreatrandomchannel3383 жыл бұрын
Same
@kayanna98433 жыл бұрын
That’s my exist to get home. What a small world. Lol
@candacemyers56673 жыл бұрын
Thanks for featuring the dresser drawer at @0:15. That's in my hometown of High Point, NC. So cool!
@Pseudynom3 жыл бұрын
Vox: "Highway Gothic is carefully composed to guide you to your destination, without distracting you." USA: *puts giant billboards next to highways*
@TheDanaYiShow3 жыл бұрын
I love that Vox manages to make seemingly obscure topics interesting, loved it!
@Account40963 жыл бұрын
When I moved from NC to VA, one of the first things I noticed was the speed limit signs looked a bit "off." Well this video explains it all. On a side note, I consult with an aircraft manufacturer and we use Highway Gothic for cockpit signage whereas that role is traditionally filled by MS33558, DIN1451 or Futura. I personally find Highway Gothic to be the best.
@reillywalker1952 жыл бұрын
Futura seems like a poor choice for cockpit signage. While I the character of its single-storey lowercase A and the fact its lowercase A is easy enough to tell apart from its lowercase O, its capital I and lowercase L look excessively similar, as do its lowercase I and J.
@bp96963 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, my favorite travel companion. A single tomato
@gamersvn57383 жыл бұрын
that was a clementine bud
@bedwarspro19173 жыл бұрын
Mine is a carrot
@naimr.43013 жыл бұрын
Bro that's an orange tf
@AustinCKinghorn3 жыл бұрын
that was a plastic explosive bud
@matejpolak66383 жыл бұрын
That's a tangerine
@Therealtuxedo3 жыл бұрын
Vox is the place I come to when I want to learn about the most random subject I would’ve never googled in the first place
@aishyv13 жыл бұрын
In the UK we use a typeface called Transport - there was once a feature on Top Gear about it and all the road signs we use
@FoxHatLeo11 ай бұрын
Transport looks so nice.
@gavinthecrafter3 жыл бұрын
Highway Gothic is very American to me. Whenever I see a Clearview sign, I feel like I'm in Europe.
@reillywalker1952 жыл бұрын
British Columbia is weird. Our highway signs installed since 2006 are in Clearview, but our street signs outside of municipalities are in Highway Gothic, and our BC Parks signs seem to use Helvetica from what I can tell. It's like we can't decide what standard to use.
@darwinqpenaflorida37972 жыл бұрын
Philippines is one of the countries decided to use Clearview and Highway Gothic as a font depending on districts
@stevetalkstoomuch Жыл бұрын
Ironically, Netherlands uses Highway Gothic as their font also. I heard there is a change but haven't seen it yet. A lot of countries use the US MUTCD designs on their highways - a lot of Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand. What I can't stand is the Swedish highway font. Just looks too odd.
@Ludix1473 жыл бұрын
I'm from Germany, and I really like the design of our road signs. In our neighbor countries, icons often feel off-center or off-balance. And our font is nice. It's in MS Word as "Bahnschrift" (Train font)
@Carewolf3 жыл бұрын
It is pretty good. The Danish one is better though ;P
@conroads26263 жыл бұрын
My local font is Highway Gothic even though some of the highway is from newer times On road trips to Florida I commonly see Clearview across the Mid Atlantic
@Tustin21213 жыл бұрын
“There is something very distinctly... American. It is a bit... blunt, and stumbling, and loud.” I’ve heard no better description of what it is to be “distinctly American”. 😅 🤣
@Toothily3 жыл бұрын
I feel like by that description, it’s fitting we use Highway Gothic in Australia too
@DavidShiel13 жыл бұрын
@@Toothily It's used in the Netherlands too 🇳🇱
@slawdify3 жыл бұрын
I was doing out-of-town work in Youngstown, Ohio (from the west) and for a while I was confused by a sign for the next major road to "Sharon Pa". Because of the capitalization, I didnt know that Sharon was a town in Pennsylvania, or if there was a town in Ohio called Sharon Pa. The confusion was I think due in part to what seemed to be an inconsistent use of capitalization.
@mrflinstone573 жыл бұрын
really glad to see an interview with Tobias as a risd graphic design student (where he went too). he also did Gotham, used for Spotify. at the end of the day it is all these small details that contribute to the overall legibility of a typeface that can be very high stakes especially in the world of directional signage. once you start seeing these things it is impossible not to!
@lukesmith28543 жыл бұрын
Vox really pushin it making a video about highway fonts
@naimr.43013 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@WellBattle63 жыл бұрын
How many typeface videos have they made so far? Clearly someone at Vox has a degree in typeface design.
@SaiAkashTumu3 жыл бұрын
Nah this is youtube, there needs to be a video on every imaginable topic.
@567secret3 жыл бұрын
There's something distinctally American about Highway Gothic "It's blunt, stumbling, and loud" I have to wonder if this was intentional.
@vigilantcosmicpenguin87213 жыл бұрын
"It's blunt, stumbling, and loud, and it enjoys fast food and commercialism."
@lzh49503 жыл бұрын
I think the font would be easier to read if it wasn't bolded, especially as some characters' strokes aren't very obviously curved e.g. 'g' might be mistaken as 'q' while '6' might look more like 'b' from far
@spol3 жыл бұрын
It’s a bit disrespectful for how great of a font it really was for its time.
@Jonesy17013 жыл бұрын
There is a 3rd font. The font used on the Extraterrestrial Highway sign on State Route 375, called Westminster. It's also the one used on cheques.
@truepeacenik3 жыл бұрын
It seems some form of Highway Gothic Light might be a good blend. The Illinois example suggests that blending these two (and reducing the luminosity and therefore blurring/glare) might be useful.
@reillywalker1952 жыл бұрын
Improving on Highway Gothic is probably the best option. Whereas Clearview requires licensing from its foundry, Highway Gothic is public domain.
@queenluci66643 жыл бұрын
The thumbnail was taken in Eastern Pennsylvania. I've seen that exact sign many times
@user-iy5nq4jc7d3 жыл бұрын
same that my local exit
@davidkaro97743 жыл бұрын
Anyone wanna climb the steel stacks with me
@Honeydwarf853 жыл бұрын
@@davidkaro9774 nah, I'm good lol
@belle161173 жыл бұрын
Palmer (Easton) representing here.
@hebneh3 жыл бұрын
When the federal interstate system came into existence in 1956, there was a lot of discussion and study about the standards for directional signs - not just the typeface, but the colors as well. Once the US government starting giving out huge amounts of money to build the national freeway system, all the freeways everywhere had to conform to the national requirements, thus Highway Gothic appeared everywhere.
@avelus59843 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see a sign again, I will silently thank it for being there and guiding me through the highway. This video made me realize how important these things are.
@joelaldodiaz3 жыл бұрын
I literally was driving down the road in mexico the other day wondering why the fonts were so different there vs the US in roadsigns and then this video. It’s like the internet can read minds now.
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@Motionman373 жыл бұрын
Why am I suddenly interested in such an insignificantly abstract topic such as the font on freeway signs
@drtee513 жыл бұрын
Just think--next time you're at a party, and the conversation bogs down . . .
@ShockerXL3 жыл бұрын
So happy to see road signs get more love on Vox!! Would love to see more in the future 💜
@grojas16943 жыл бұрын
As someone who is very interested in typefaces, this video was really nice!
@ReekieReels3 жыл бұрын
A fontain of knowledge. This type of video really underlines the boldness and variety of your content Vox, cheers.
@DriversofOttawa3 жыл бұрын
I noticed that they changed a lot of the road signs to the Clearview Font in the Canadian province of Quebec recently as well. It was especially noticeable in the Montreal region where I have travelled many times and noticed the changed signs.
@applebottomjeans3333 жыл бұрын
Vox always answering questions I didn’t ask but am glad were answered.
@Connor-mf3qg3 жыл бұрын
1:35 wow interstate 78 in Springfield! I live close to there and drive there all the time!
@InStateofTrance13 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!! Never thought about how much work goes into highway signs. Great video!!
@poundlandvodka3 жыл бұрын
In the UK, their highway font (called Transport) became so widely recognized as a trustworthy, legible and British typeface that the Government now uses it everywhere - if you visit the website for 10 Downing Street, all that text is in a modified version of Transport.
@Carewolf3 жыл бұрын
It is a very nice looking font. Though you might want to increase letter spacing for highway signage (for the reasons mentioned in the video). Then you would pretty much get the Danish "Vejtavleskrift" (literally Road Sign Script).
@jimurrata67853 жыл бұрын
@@Carewolf kerning is always important to legibility.
@firmanang91323 жыл бұрын
Vox coming in clutch with the best graphic design videos love as always
@ophello3 жыл бұрын
They have two fonts because they’re changing out the old font for a more readable version, but the change is happening slowly because it’s not worth spending billions doing a massive sign changeover, so they’re just replacing the signs as they age naturally. The change will take decades.
@NJRoadfan3 жыл бұрын
Not all states use Clearview. Also FHWA rescinded the intern approval for Clearview for a few years until Texas pushed for its return. Some states do a pretty poor job of Clearview signs, using the font in applications where it is not approved for use. FHWA has a hall of shame on their site with examples, mostly from Maryland.
@kenifox33423 жыл бұрын
@@NJRoadfan link?
@GurningSpear3 жыл бұрын
@@NJRoadfan Just wanna say I knew I would find you in here lol. Follow and kept up w your website for a years! Shout out to you for all your informative research!
@jeremiahallyn46033 жыл бұрын
Never even thought about the font of road signs, until now. I will now be looking at them all to differentiate which one has which font type, lol. Thanks Vox 👏
@21cup3 жыл бұрын
I find fonts fascinating, user experience at the core of it.
@snehaarvind31903 жыл бұрын
I am currently designing a set of illustrations set against the backdrop of American road trips. Being non-American, I was super confused about the design system that the signs follow and was so glad/surprised that you uploaded this video today! Things are a bit clearer now. :)
@calebbenedict46393 жыл бұрын
From what I remember, the FHWA actually disallowed Clearview from being used in 2016 after they determined that the creators of Clearview mostly cheated to "prove" that their font was superior, such as using larger Clearview fonts on brand new signs and compared them with old, smaller font Highway Gothic signs. The only reason it is still allowed to be used today is because lobbyists and congressmen from Texas, where those who stand to profit from Clearview's use are (Clearview costs governments money to license while Highway Gothic is free), had a rider attached to a federal bill in 2018 that forced the FHWA to reinstate Clearview even though they had already determined that Clearview is, in fact, inferior.
@meowmixerr1232 жыл бұрын
follow the money!
@stevetalkstoomuch Жыл бұрын
That is correct.
@thatjpwing Жыл бұрын
Absolutely correct.
@Pyrotech56 Жыл бұрын
Also, Clearview didn't have the same letter spacing requirements. Narrower letters overall so the legibility would be obliterated by sign-printers cramming too many Clearview letters into a given width. Take a roadtrip through a Clearview state and it's not hard to find an example of a smashed-together letter sandwich. That was much more rare to see with Highway Gothic.
@davidcarias44073 жыл бұрын
this was one of the things I was curious about when visiting the US. in Florida I’d only seen signs with highway gothic font, but once I visited Georgia I was curious how the typeface of the signs immediately changed as you entered the state. It made me wonder if every state had a different typeface for their signs, now I know. thanks!
@christophersargeant45453 жыл бұрын
You'll see that a lot between Pennsylvania and its neighbors as well. PA went all-in on conversion (they were very involved in the development of Clearview) whereas it's sparing to non-existent in most neighboring states.
@stevetalkstoomuch Жыл бұрын
Georgia used a condensed version of Highway Gothic - narrower letters. Series C or D. They now use the regular width letters.
@ultracapitalistutopia35503 жыл бұрын
And the "Johnston" typeface used by Transport for London shares quite the similar story
@reillywalker1952 жыл бұрын
Johnston is also regarded as the first humanist sans serif typeface if I remember correctly.
@bruceschneider49283 жыл бұрын
It's always good to hear from Tobias Frere-Jones. The man knows his stuff.
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un3 жыл бұрын
Shame none of these states are cool enough to use Comic Sans
@JohnAlbertRigali3 жыл бұрын
Shouldn’t you be busy implementing the United States’ founding principles in your own nation? I’m really looking forward to that.
@E4439Qv53 жыл бұрын
@@JohnAlbertRigali Hum. Does Comic Sans MS display Korean characters?
@ChrisAndEmilie3 жыл бұрын
This is great! Now we're analyzing every sign as we pass it on our road trip!
@marcusrojas47303 жыл бұрын
EVERYDAY I ALWAYS LOOK UP TO THE CHANNEL WHETHER IF THIS CHANNEL WILL POST OR NOT BTW I LOVE THE STORIES VOX❤️❤️❤️
@bigyoshiofficial3 жыл бұрын
Same
@kelkellys3 жыл бұрын
me too
@celestemeisel3 жыл бұрын
this is something so minuscule (in the grand scheme) and yet is something that I'm so interested in (like oxford commas) i love it
@rankedskywars3 жыл бұрын
this just goes to show i will literally watch anything before doing my homework
@michelinman85923 жыл бұрын
I'm a trucker, and (have) routinely run routes from my home state of Michigan, to Ohio. Michigan is Clearview all the way, but Ohio likes to be in the past with its backlit highway signs. There is NOT anything wrong with that, in fact it's quite charming!
@connordevereaux7593 жыл бұрын
Interesting video Vox. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
@jeffreybanks051911 ай бұрын
In Highway Gothic, for lower case 's', "it does seem like one that one side of the curve is arguing with the other". This stuff is so profound and intellectually stimulating! Way to go Vox..
@Yvettegallardo52903 жыл бұрын
I can hear my undergrad design professor saying “IT’S TYPEFACE NOT FONT” 😂
@TheCoachMc3 жыл бұрын
I love this kind of trivia, thanks!
@JuniperArcher3 жыл бұрын
As a Love Live fan, nothing could have prepared me for the whiplash of suddenly seeing "halation"
@jonnyminogue3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been so curious about this very niche issue. Thank you for concisely explaining it
@shubhamarya45763 жыл бұрын
This is some unnecessary information I absolutely needed.
@davidnabbit3 жыл бұрын
I’ve noticed different fonts in different states, but I just thought it was a state thing. Thanks, Vox!
@joedellinger94373 жыл бұрын
In Honolulu there is an exit to “Moiliili”. In highway gothic it just looks like “Mollllll”.
@punkdigerati3 жыл бұрын
They didn't put in the ‘okina?
@joedellinger94373 жыл бұрын
@@punkdigeratiDidn’t when I lived there in the early 1990’s, at least.
@bobbobbington39323 жыл бұрын
That’s not true. It would have lowercase i’s with the dots. Not capital I’s in the middle of the word.
@diannt95833 жыл бұрын
@Bob Bobbington maybe that's with halation?
@hebneh3 жыл бұрын
@@punkdigerati Federal highway standards for the interstate system requires following all kinds of standards, so while Hawaiian words on street signs can have diacritics, the freeway signs can't make exceptions for them. And since federal highway money is used for H-1, H-2, H-3, and whatever the Moanalua part is called (H207, or whatever), they're interstates even though they do not literally connect to another state.
@virmirus3 жыл бұрын
Vox, if you want to continue these videos on typeface, please know that I'm 100% here for it.
@l...3 жыл бұрын
Led lights with good temperature color will help a lot
@Grace-xl3ih3 жыл бұрын
I love these types of videos
@FinancialShinanigan3 жыл бұрын
I'm just glad it's not written in Comic Sans
@unadequated1893 жыл бұрын
anything but comic sans
@Game_Hero3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it's not in webdings
@ContextMT3 жыл бұрын
Worst font ever!
@adeline.is.sleepy3 жыл бұрын
a lot of these comments are from people who've never thought about this before, meanwhile I clicked because I was so excited to see someone who was actually as interested in Highway Gothic as I am
@almostfm3 жыл бұрын
I know British non-motorways use a font called "Transport", which I found easy to read on my trips there. It's quite similar to "Johnston", which is the font used on the Underground.
@jacobdelatorre91473 жыл бұрын
this is the content I signed up for
@BroAnarchy3 жыл бұрын
the video i never knew i wanted but that i absolutely needed. thank you Voc
@OmarDelawar3 жыл бұрын
I had to download both fonts. They would be great for design projects since people are already familiar with them.
@reillywalker1952 жыл бұрын
Another similar font family to look at is Overpass. It's based on Highway Gothic but has range of weights and a monospace version. Barlow also takes inspiration from highway signage and has a range of weights and widths as well as true italics.
@doeeyes23 жыл бұрын
I rarely ever think or notice fonts but whenever it's brought up, i instantly think of Ryan Gossling's "Papyrus" skit on SNL.
@twinkieerella Жыл бұрын
In the Philippines, Highway Gothic is used in DPWH highway design standards manual; unfortunately, the highway department didn’t enforce it… Clearview font is increasing its grip in the country, especially on newer roads. Clearview font is also used in the same manual, but still no enforcements
@thatjpwing Жыл бұрын
Interesting in the examples shown here that "Bergaults" is not written in the actual Highway Gothic, but a free version available online that is not quite to spec, causing the letters to be closer together than they would actually be on a road sign.
@cassidy8307 Жыл бұрын
Clearview definitely seems better because the letters are more distinctive. Highway gothic looks cooler though
@Srinathji_Das3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I appreciate the ease of use that these roadsigns provide!
@cIeetz3 жыл бұрын
when I seen this upload I had to watch, I knew it was a sign
@Creeperbreh3 жыл бұрын
Pun intended?
@nameless5923 жыл бұрын
As a designer I fully appreciate this video
@Daniel-vb7sw3 жыл бұрын
Extremely necessary information. I was in desperate need of it.
@carloss.c.65183 жыл бұрын
highway 82 featured on the beginning portion of this video is one of the most nostalgic roads in existance for me
@rolling50lama503 жыл бұрын
You guys just wanted to go on a road trip, didn't ya?😎 Btw love your video
@Juventino_18973 жыл бұрын
I didn't feel that there is a difference until I saw this video! Now I can't unsee it!
@letssaylalala3 жыл бұрын
Indonesia made the same change quite a few years ago, but here Highway Gothic is fully phased out now. Personally I think Highway Gothic is waay better than Clearview, part of it is because of road trip nostalgia joy but also Clearview looks just a little too thin. The new typeface doesn’t look as clear (heh) compared to Highway Gothic from far away when I’m driving.
@darwinqpenaflorida37972 жыл бұрын
In our country,the Philippines, instead of phased out,they decided to become co-typefaces:Clearview and Highway Gothic due to demand of infrastructure projects such as expressways and roads
@kaitlyn__L2 жыл бұрын
It’s interesting how similar Clearview is to the UK’s Transport, which was designed from scratch in the 60s for legibility on signage.
@qwertyTRiG2 жыл бұрын
Transport is used in Ireland, but with a few tweaks, such as a single storey A in Irish names, but a double storey A in English names. So Athlone has a double storey, but Ath Luain has a single storey.
@Lone_Coyote2 жыл бұрын
@@qwertyTRiG Single storey "A" can be confusing at larger distances, it can confuse people with a lower case "O"