Bahnschrift is a brand new digitization of the famous DIN 1451 character design standard and was released as a variable font for Windows in 2017. DIN 1451 is a standardization for letterforms designs created by the German standards body Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardization) in 1931, and was intended for use on road signs and other technical implementations.

Microsoft’s Bahnschrift is a sans-serif font which has been added to Windows 10 on October 2017 as part of the Fall Creators Update Build 16273 and is compliant to DIN 1451 for writing on traffic signs in Germany and Czech Republic. Another interesting feature is that this font’s thickness can be adjusted in a rather […]

Helvetica or Neue Haas Grotesk was launched in 1957 by Swiss designer Max Miedinger in collaboration with Eduard Hoffmann. Helvetica is typeface that is based on neo-grotesque concept and was designed with inspiration from Akzidenz-Grotesk of the 19th century and other German and Swiss fonts of that period. It was firmly associated with the International […]

Bahnschrift in use. Bahnschrift is Microsoft’s variable rendition of the DIN lettering standard (see DIN 1451). A version with a single weight axis was included in August 2017 the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Upcoming releases of Windows 10 include a version with an additional width axis. Supports Latin (incl. Vietnamese), Greek, and Cyrillic.

Microsoft created the Bahnschrift Family as a serif-free font available with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Build 16273 since fall 2017. Based on DIN 1451 which is used to design traffic signposts in Germany and Czech Republic, one unique aspect of this font is that its thickness can be easily altered between light (“light”) and bold (“bold”); furthermore changing font will not alter ...

Thanks Carmello, I too love the Helvetica Font & appreciate you sharing the link. Back in the 90's I had an HP Laser Printer (I cannot even remember all of the supporting software that came with it), but if offered a wealth of fonts & helvetica was my fave. Thanks again.

DB Type is a font system that was developed by Erik Spiekermann and Christian Schwartz at the end of 2005 as a corporate font for Deutsche Bahn AG. Since then, the fonts have increasingly replaced the Helvetica and Stinnes Sans fonts used by DB . Nowadays, the DB type is used for almost all of DB's corporate communications. The font system can only be purchased from authorized partners of ...

Like Mostra Nuova Font, this font is a fairly basic typeface. In view that of its better, yet extra compact width, this basic font is ultimate for cellular. Bahnschrift Font is perfect for making a keen poster, elegant logo, book covers, advertising printing, greeting card designs, product designs, signage, printing text over the shirt, and more.

Deutsche Bahn fonts. The Deutsche Bahn uses DB Type for signage. ... Helvetica was also briefly used. German road sign font. German road signs use DIN 1451 since 1931. It’s available in 3 variants: narrow (Engschrift), normal (Mittelschrift) and wide (Breitschrift). The Deutsche Post also uses DIN 1451. German licence plate font.