New Rail Alphabet Font Free
Contents • • • • • • • British Rail [ ] In 1949 the decided on standard types of signs to be used at all stations. Lettering was to use the typeface on a background of the regional colour. This style persisted for nearly 15 years. In the early 1960s, British Rail trialled new signs at Coventry station that made use of Kinnier and Calvert's recently launched Transport typeface. While Transport has since been an enduring success on road signs, it was designed around the specific needs of the roadside environment - such as visibility at speed and in all weathers.
New Rail Alphabet Font Free
The subsequent creation of Rail Alphabet was intended to provide a style of lettering more specifically suited to the station environment, where it would primarily be viewed indoors by pedestrians. The included a new logo (the double arrow), a shortened name, and the total adoption of Rail Alphabet for all lettering other than printed matter including station signage, trackside signs, fixed notices, signs inside trains and train liveries.