#CLEARVIEW FONT TYPEFACE SERIES#

In both cases, optimizing the background area is more effective than adding a border within the same layout. Two options for layout of conventional street name signs. Mixed case legend base-line on which the legend is placed (see grids below) to accommodate the descending letters (g, j, p, q and y), and to balance the mixed case legend even without a descending letter on display, places the lower case across the mid-section of the panel for all street name layouts.

#CLEARVIEW FONT TYPEFACE SERIES#

Legibility studies by the Larson Transportation Institute, found that a mixed case street name sign using Clearview 2-W or Clearview 3-W outperform same sized FHWA standard alphabets e.g., FHWA Series C and Series D, by well over 20 percent respectively in both day and night viewing (research study 3 in this web site). Clearview in mixed case was designed to be viewed at long distance.

The shapes (footprint) created by an effectively designed mixed case typeface creates word patterns that aid recognition and the layout of the legend on the panel also contributes to readability. The easier it is to identify the name of the street when driving the speed limit, the more time motorist will have to plan and safely execute a maneuver and return their attention to the road.

Clearview font typeface