tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562686141393829467.post1708710836359109..comments2023-06-06T16:34:58.691+02:00Comments on The you you meet en route: SignageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562686141393829467.post-5483035733203538242013-07-14T13:39:48.209+02:002013-07-14T13:39:48.209+02:00Interesting that you refer to the sign being set i...Interesting that you refer to the sign being set in Helvetica. There is no Helvetica anywhere on that sign. The '10 min' section looks like DIN Mittelschrift to me: a German face especially designed for road signs. It is one of my favourites. The Chemin bit isn't Helvetica either, although I'm not sure what it is - something similarly based on Aksidenz Grotesk I can only assume. However, as you probably know, the old Latin name for Switzerland is Confoederatio Helvetica, hence the abbreviation for the country being CH, still seen everywhere including the country's Internet domain suffix .ch. A little known factoid there for you :) xxx<br /><br />http://www.swissworld.org/en/politics/general_information/<br />adexnoreply@blogger.com