A New Font for the Highway

Maybe it's because my handwriting sucks, but for some reason, fonts (yes, typefaces) have always been a fascination for me, even though they may seem like the most boring thing on the earth to most people. A beautifully designed font, properly used, can make such a huge difference in the presentation of an essay or article.

This was why I was so interested to read this New York Times article talks about a new font that has been designed for use on the US highway signage system. It's amazing just how much work goes into designing a new font and making it usable. The entire article is very long, but there's an accompanying slideshow that's worth a look at if you don't want to read through the entire article.

I probably should put this into part of my HCI class.