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Highway Gothic (formally known as the FHWA Series fonts or the Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs) is a sans-serif typeface developed by the United States Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and used for road signage in the Americas, including the U.S., Canada, and Latin American countries, as well as in Asian countries influenced by American signage practices, including the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Variants, major and minor, but not the exact U.S. typeface, are used in countries like Turkey, Mexico, Australia (AS1744 fonts), Spain, the Netherlands, Brazil, New Zealand, Macau (written in Portuguese), and some signs in countries like India and Saudi Arabia, when written in English. The typefaces were developed to maximize legibility at a distance and

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rdfs:label	FHWA Series (es) Highway Gothic (en) Highway Gothic (fr) Highway Gothic (it) 联邦高速公路字体 (zh)
rdfs:comment	Highway Gothic est une police d'écriture américaine dessinée dans les années 1940. Linéale, elle utilisée pour la signalisation routière dans de nombreux pays. (fr) Highway Gothic è un font senza grazie sviluppato dalla Federal Highway Administration statunitense per l'uso nella segnaletica stradale. Oltre ad essere utilizzato nella segnaletica degli Stati Uniti, è in uso in altri paesi dell'America e utilizzato per le indicazioni in lingua inglese in alcune nazioni. Altri font utilizzati per scopi simili sono e . Esempio di segnale di indicazione con font Highway Gothic (it) 联邦高速公路字体（英語：Highway Gothic），或称为高速公路标识标准字母（英語：Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs），是一套无衬线字体，由美国交通部下属的（FHWA）开发，并被用于美国以及加拿大、土耳其、墨西哥、澳大利亚、西班牙、委内瑞拉、荷兰、巴西、智利、中国大陆、臺灣、马来西亚、印度尼西亚、泰国、蒙古国、厄瓜多尔、新西兰等地的道路标志，在沙特阿拉伯也有部分使用。这款字设计初衷是能在一定距离和高速的条件下最大限度地保证易认性。其他版本，比如 Highway Gothic 以及面对公众出售的 Interstate 带有设计成方形的句号；官方标识上的标点是圆形。这套字体包含六款字型："A" （最窄，已被弃用）"B"、"C"、"D"、"E"、"E(M)" （加粗版的 E）和"F"（最宽）。除了"E(M)"这款用于大型高速公路道路交通標誌以外，这套字体最初只有大写字母，而小写字母是后来加上的。 (zh) Las tipografías Serie FHWA (a menudo llamadas informalmente Highway Gothic y mal llamadas fuentes) son un conjunto de tipos de letra sans-serif desarrolladas por la Administración Federal de Carreteras (FHWA, por sus siglas en inglés, Federal Highway Administration) de Estados Unidos y usadas para la señalización vertical en EE. UU., Canadá, México, Australia, España, los Países Bajos, Brasil, Chile, Ecuador y Nueva Zelanda. Las tipografías se crearon para maximizar su legibilidad a distancia y a altas velocidades. Son definidos oficialmente por la norma "Alfabetos Estándares para Aparatos de Control de Tráfico", originalmente publicada en 1945 (y reeditado en 1952). Cambios a las especificaciones se publicaron en 1966, 1977 y 2000. Las especificaciones del 2000 se difieren de versiones an (es) Highway Gothic (formally known as the FHWA Series fonts or the Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs) is a sans-serif typeface developed by the United States Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and used for road signage in the Americas, including the U.S., Canada, and Latin American countries, as well as in Asian countries influenced by American signage practices, including the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Variants, major and minor, but not the exact U.S. typeface, are used in countries like Turkey, Mexico, Australia (AS1744 fonts), Spain, the Netherlands, Brazil, New Zealand, Macau (written in Portuguese), and some signs in countries like India and Saudi Arabia, when written in English. The typefaces were developed to maximize legibility at a distance and (en)
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