NPS Rawlinson Roadway
CategorySerif
Designer(s)James Montalbano
Commissioned byNational Park Service
Re-issuing foundriesTerminal Design
Design based onPlantin, Sabon, Garamond
Also known asNPS Rawlinson
Websitewww.terminaldesign.com
Latest release version2.0

NPS Rawlinson Roadway is an old-style serif typeface currently used on the United States National Park Service's road signs. It was created in 2000[1] by Terminal Design to replace Clarendon. Type designer James Montalbano named the typeface after his wife's surname, as her father worked for the Forest Service.[2]

Approximately 10–15% more compact than its predecessor, the typeface was found by the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute to increase readability by 11%.

Concurrent with NPS Rawlinson Roadway, the National Park Service uses Frutiger for applications requiring a sans-serif typeface.[3]

References

  1. ^ "NPS Typefaces". National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 11, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Yaffa, Joshua (August 12, 2007). "The Road to Clarity". The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on May 19, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
  3. ^ "Why Frutiger and NPS Rawlinson?". National Park Service. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.

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