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  • American Traffic signs

    Posted by steve on May 14, 2004 at 9:41 am

    I have to produce 2 authentic 8×4 ft American Highway signs can anyone help
    with typeface info or vector eps of the typefaces or any info these are new to me client has sent a useless jpg as artwork!

    steve replied 20 years ago 5 Members · 9 Replies
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  • Mikeysaudio2

    Member
    May 14, 2004 at 10:02 am

    whats the jpg look like?

  • steve

    Member
    May 14, 2004 at 10:09 am

    The sign has HIGHWAY 90 in a shield with the word THRUWAY to the right of the shield
    then New York and two arrows pointing down depicting two lanes i guess does that help?

  • Richard

    Member
    May 14, 2004 at 11:47 am

    US road sign information can be found here

  • steve

    Member
    May 14, 2004 at 11:57 am

    Thanks Richard

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    May 14, 2004 at 6:59 pm

    Most of our highway signs are on a green reflective background with white reflective lettering in sans-serif “gothic” style font.
    The carriageway signs in Scotland are quite similar in lettering style.
    Have fun!
    Love…Jill

  • steve

    Member
    May 15, 2004 at 5:35 am

    Thanks Jill these signs are for an event at the British Motor Show and will never be used in the US but its nice to get authenticity huh
    Have you got a vector .eps of the interstate sign the one which is on a shield ? i need interstate 90 apparantly a turn off the New York Thruway?

    PS please could you let the millions of e-mail spammers over your way know that I and most of the 56 million other UK citizens am totally OK for Viagra and the plethera of other potentially dangerous drugs they incessantly try to sell me and I also have a nice cheap mortgage and a diploma from every American University known to man!!! its only a matter of time before they try selling .44 magnums and generic AK47’s to us hum it might not be a bad idea the way this country is sliding away from law abiding citizens ask if they have any speed camera ZAPPING WEAPONS!
    DO AMERICANS GET THIS CRAP which is costing us a fortune in lost time every day just deleting i would love to meet one of these people in the flesh the AK47 would come in usefull!


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  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    May 15, 2004 at 11:43 am

    Hi Steve.
    I don’t have any vectorized stuff like that, but it is a simple shield really, and not that hard to “build” yourself from basic shapes & a few bits of clip art. I could do it quickly, but the problem is, I only have GA software & could not export it to save my soul!
    The photos are fairly clear, as you can see by the larger shield photo, the shield on the green sign would have “INTERSTATE” in the red field. I live on a main highway and my road signs are white with a big old 8 on them, in a similar shield.
    I am sorry about the continual Viagra ads, etc., but unfortunately I get them as well (and I’m a girl) Do you have a “block” feature on your email server? That’s what I do.
    Love…Jill 😉

  • Stevo Chartrand

    Member
    May 16, 2004 at 2:17 am

    Hi Steve.
    Here is an Interstate exit sign that me and Jill just saw on the way back from Mass Mayhem. Jill took it out the back window when I was doing about 90mph!
    Hope the quality is okay for you to make out what the name of the town is on the left sign.

    Stevo


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  • steve

    Member
    May 16, 2004 at 7:02 am

    Thanks Guys I have taken Jills advice and created the logo i think I caught a dose a of very prevalent UK disease called CABS stands for cant be arsed syndrome!
    always great to hear from members across the pond -a great country I have been over eight times and not one of them to boring Florida!!

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