Publisher: K-TypeHowever, for Motorway Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert developed just the numbers 0 to 9, the capitals A, B, E, M, N, S and W, ampersand, slash, parentheses and a comma. So, although the lettering made its first appearance on the Preston bypass in 1958, K-Type Freeway is the first total typeface and consists of all upper and lower case letters, plus a full enhance of punctuation, signs and Latin Extended-An accented characters.
As with the Transportation alphabet the starting point was Akzidenz Grotesk, Motorway taking motivation from condensed variations. Changes were primarily driven by a mission for legibility, resulting in some reduced contrast in between horizontal and vertical strokes, and Gill-esque straight diagonal limbs on the 6 and 9, and high vertex for the M.
Kinneir and Calvert designed the limited series of characters in two weights; a SemiBold 'Permanent' weight for use as white letters on blue freeway signs, and a Vibrant 'Short-lived' weight for much heavier black letters on yellow non-permanent signage.
In addition to developing complete typefaces in both initial weights, the K-Type family includes a brand-new Routine weight, plus a set of italics, finishing a highly usable condensed typeface which, while rooted in history, is completely functional for both print and web use. The K-Type font styles are spaced and kerned generally, merely increase the tracking to regain the generous spacing of freeway signage.
Font Family:
· Motorway Regular
· Motorway Italic
· Motorway Semi Bold
· Motorway Semi Bold Italic
· Motorway Bold
· Motorway Bold Italic
Tags: british, condensed, grotesque, highway, kinneir and calvert. grotesk, sans-serif, signage, transport
