The type face that you see on most speed limit signs, road direction signs, etc. is a font specified by Federal DOT regulations called Highway Gothic D. The software we have at work that we use to make signs of course has this font installed, but I didn't have it installed on the computer I use for mapping because it is a proprietary type face and each PC would need a license.

Last week I did some searching and found an almost exact freeware replica. It is called Blue Highway and can be found for download here.

I found the font at other sites, but they didn't have the "D" version of the font in the Zip file for some reason. This site does.

Occasionally I need to reproduce what a sign looks like on a map. In the past I have used Franklin Gothic Medium which comes installed with Windows. It is close but not exact.

Download it and make some street signs of your own!