Rail Alphabet typeface

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rail_Alphabet_typeface
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:typeface
gptkbp:class sans-serif
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:British_Railways
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Margaret_Calvert
gptkb:Jock_Kinneir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rail Alphabet typeface
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Helvetica
gptkb:Akzidenz-Grotesk
gptkbp:introducedIn 1965
gptkbp:notableFeature modernist design
legibility for signage
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Margaret_Calvert
gptkb:Henrik_Kubel
gptkb:Rail_Alphabet_2
2020
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:National_Rail
gptkb:Network_Rail
gptkb:London_Underground_(for_some_signage)
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:British_Rail_signage
gptkb:National_Health_Service_signage
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Margaret_Calvert
gptkb:British_Rail_corporate_identity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7