Austria (font)

Motorway sign with Engschrift Austria in the place names

Motorway sign with central writing Austria at the place names

The Austria font was the official standard font for traffic signs in Austria . A distinction is made between eng and middle script.

Since 2013, this font has been replaced by TERN , which has been tested since 2010. This goes back to an EU project. For the sometimes particularly long place names in Austria, however - as with the predecessor Austria - a special engschrift had to be designed. Since existing traffic signs are not changed prematurely, Austria will continue to be seen on Austria's roads for many years.

literature

Road Traffic Sign Ordinance 1998 (StVZVO 1998) of August 1, 1998, Annex 8, "Fonts: 98 (Engschrift). 97 (large print) ". In: BGBl. II No. 238/1998 , p. 1227.
Traffic engineering: "TERN" for more safety. In: traffic. Int. Weekly magazine for logistics and transport, issue 3/2010, p. 2 ( PDF; 1 p. )

Individual evidence

↑ Brief portrait of Volker Schnebel , accessed on March 21, 2015.
↑ FSV report on the difference between Austria and TERN , accessed on March 21, 2015.
↑ Broadcast of the ORF on the change of script , accessed on March 21, 2015.
↑ Sabine Novak: New traffic sign writing to prevent accidents. In: OÖNachrichten , November 15, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2011.

[1] Brief portrait of Volker Schnebel , accessed on March 21, 2015.

[2] FSV report on the difference between Austria and TERN , accessed on March 21, 2015.

[3] Broadcast of the ORF on the change of script , accessed on March 21, 2015.

[4] Sabine Novak: New traffic sign writing to prevent accidents. In: OÖNachrichten , November 15, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2011.