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micro · 26-01-2007, 19:37

Hi,

Some subway systems are using their own exclusively designed typefaces for signage and paperwork. I have listed seven of them I know of on this page:

mic-ro.com/metro/metrofonts.html

Does anybody know of other subway fonts? I've heard rumors that Lisbon also has its own font, for example...

Thanks in advance
Mike

Herr Kurm · 27-01-2007, 03:53

In TYPO magazine number 8 2003 that is/was released in hungary had a quite interesting article about subway typography in Prague, Paris and London. IIRC the font used in Prague was Metron

cocknose · 27-01-2007, 05:32

MTR stations in Hong Kong are set in Helvetica but, they are being changed to Myriad!! the english of course

micro · 27-01-2007, 07:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr Kurm

In TYPO magazine number 8 2003 that is/was released in hungary had a quite interesting article about subway typography in Prague, Paris and London. IIRC the font used in Prague was Metron

Thanks a lot! The article even seems to be online! In English!
magtypo.cz/buxus/generate_page.php?page_id=369
(I cannot post real links here because I'm a new user.)

micro · 27-01-2007, 07:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by cocknose

MTR stations in Hong Kong are set in Helvetica but, they are being changed to Myriad!! the english of course

But both Helvetica and Myriad are standard typefaces not designed exclusively for MTR...

My current list (to which I'll probably have to add Prague):

Amsterdam: M.O.L.
Berlin: Transit
Brussels: Brusseline
Lisbon: Metrolis
London: Johnston
Newcastle: Calvert
Paris: Parisine
Toronto: Toronto Subway

Are there more metros around the world with their own corporate fonts?

cocknose · 27-01-2007, 07:56

ahhh... i get you!

if you need xtra info about Metron:
Designed originally for the Commerical Order in Czechoslovakia. Jiri Rathousky was commissioned in 1970 to make a Typeface for the new underground information system. Which he based on the original Metron Cut.
Metron is no longer the typeface of the metro in prague now, it is helvetica although on the A and B lines the original metal Metron casts still survive!

micro · 27-01-2007, 08:07

^^ thanx

Herr Kurm · 27-01-2007, 08:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by micro

Thanks a lot! The article even seems to be online! In English!
magtypo.cz/buxus/generate_page.php?page_id=369
(I cannot post real links here because I'm a new user.)

thanky you m8, I had it only in a pdf which had two languages mixed together.

micro · 20-11-2007, 19:08

Now 16 cities with exclusive subway typefaces listed on the metro fonts page of Metro Bits.
Paris has the most metro fonts (three, or even eight when the six varieties of Guimards art deco fonts are counted).

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