72 Pica Highway Gothic

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Santa’s sleigh must have hit a highway sign on the way to my house this year – I’m now the proud owner of two vintage highway letters. The holes are for reflectors and the X is missing a few but I like it better for that. The typeface Highway Gothic is being phased out by the Federal Highway Administration and replaced with the more legible Clearview. Replacing all the signs across the States will take ten years so hopefully there will be more vintage letters becoming available.

David Rainbird
Posted on Friday, 11th of January 2008 Permalink Comment (3)

Found objects Typography

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Ooooooooooh…..
As a fellow typeaddict, I’m totally jealous of your good luck.
Any tips on obtaining some of these? (I live in NEOhio.)
Thanks….

Posted by treen on Tuesday, January 2008 at 12:24 AM

Keep an eye out on eBay - I’ve seen them come up from time to time…

Posted by David Rainbird on Monday, February 2008 at 7:47 PM

Fantastic…

Posted by Bolcasohbet on Thursday, July 2008 at 2:27 PM

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