Road signs in Italy use a variation of the Transport typeface called Alfabeto normale, or the condensed form of it, called ‘Alfabeto stretto’ (the latter is the one on the top and the bottom signs in the photo).
Albania
Albania use the ‘Alfabeto normale’ typeface (with the narrow variant ‘Alfabeto stretto’), a heavier version of the British ‘Transport’ typeface. Albania has recently started using ‘Arial Narrow Bold’ typeface.
Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine use typefaces based on one specified in a Soviet standard ГОСТ 10807–78. In Belarus, the according standard is СТБ 1140–99. In Ukraine, it is ДСТУ 4100–2002. In Russia, it is ГОСТ Р 52290–2004.
A Scottish sign using the Transport typeface on the Isle of Skye, with placenames given in both Scots Gaelic and English, and distances shown in miles.
Portugal
Example of the use of the Transport typeface in road signs in Portugal.
Irish
Irish road signs using dotless i and script a (upper and lower case)
Motorway typeface in UK
Motorway typeface is used on United Kingdom motorways.
Germany, Czech Republic and Latvia use the DIN 1451 typeface.
Greece
Greece used a modified version of the British Transport typeface and, today, uses a modified version of DIN 1451.
Hungary
Hungary does not use a defined typeface as the letters are defined one-by-one in the national regulation. The typeface resembles the DIN 1451 typeface closely.
Señal S-242a. Preseñalización en autopista o autovía de dos salidas muy próximas hacia cualquier carretera.
Spain
Señal S-220. Preseñalización de direcciones hacia una carretera convencional.
Spain uses two typefaces: Autopista (derived from FHWA series E modified) for motorways and Carretera Convencional (also known as CCRIGE or Traffic Type Spain D) for other situations. The typeface Carretera Convencional is derived from the British Transport typeface, and is almost identical to the Italian Alfabeto Normale.
