Vid the Kid wrote:
> Character wrote:
>
>> Vid the Kid wrote:
>>
>>> As it is, roadgeeks are pretty well-satisfied with the Roadgeek 2005
>>> set of fonts for imitating road signs. However, that set does not
>>> include Clarendon, which is used on road signs by the National Park
>>> Service, or any lookalike.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know a freeware lookalike? Here's a photo example:
>>> <http://www.southeastroads.com/vsr/images/fhp54_020505.jpg>
>>
>>
>> In Roadgeek's "Parks" set, there are simulations of both the old (NPS
>> Clarendon) and new (NPS Rawlinson) sign fonts. They're named Roadgeek
>> 2005 Old Parks and Roadgeek 2005 New Parks, respectively.
>>
>> http://www.triskele.com/roadgeek-fonts
>
>
> Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Though the names may suggest
> otherwise, the Parks set (and the "blended" set) weren't part of the
> 2005 release. I hadn't actually visited Mike's site in a while, and I
> must have missed his likely announcement of these additions on
> misc.trans****t.road, as I've been away from my newsgroups for several
> months.
>
I hadn't been there in a while either. Another change is that all of
the "older" fonts from the 2005 set are now in OTF rather than Truetype.
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