Charles Wright Font
Charles Wright 1935 is a version of the original wider lettering, still used on the plates of older vehicles, for character widths of 57mm and height of 79mm. Charles Wright Bold Caps contains unkerned uppercase letters and numerals in the standard 2001 style for character heights of 79mm and widths of 50mm.
Number Plate Fonts of Europe (cont.) License Plate Fonts of the Western World Page: Europe (2) Click font name link or image for a full character showing, additional information, and download links. Legend: Font Name Year Designed, Designer, Permitted Use. Additional notes follow if applicable. Netherlands The Dutch registration plate font utilizes Gill Sans as its basis, although with numerous modifications. Gill Sans, in turn, was based on the well-known signage typeface, which was designed for the London Underground railway system early in the 20th century during World War I.
Font Old Charles Wright
Collectors’ examples:. 2004, LeFly, free. The Netherlands’ typeface based on Gill Sans. Norway Until 2002, Norway used a font for their license plates (that’s still used on highway signage) called, which is similar to the font used on U.S.
Interstate highway signs. Then they decided to switch to a more squarish techno font, which was designed by the factory producing the plates. However, while futuristic in appearance, it caused problems for toll-road and police OCR cameras. So in 2006 they changed again, this time to Adobe’s Myriad typeface.