The font from this scene of Atlanta traffic has the older style Highway Gothic type font on their directional signage. (Getty) There have been six variations of Highway Gothic.

Highway administrators gave conditional approval to the use of the font in 2004, believing it would make road signs easier to read from greater distances at night. Alas, recent studies have not ...

Signs in Texas show both fonts, Clearview on the left and Highway Gothic on the right. You can see more interior space in the letters on the left. Another tell-tale sign is to look at the tops of ...

Signs in Texas show both fonts, Clearview on the left and Highway Gothic on the right. You can see more interior space in the letters on the left. Another tell-tale sign is to look at the tops of ...