Motorway (typeface)

The Motorway alphabet appears on road signs on motorways in the United Kingdom, and is used for route numbers. On non-motorway roads at interchanges, the Motorway typeface may only be used on signs pointing in a direction where a driver would become immediately subject to motorway regulations. All other text on UK road signs appears in Transport. == Use in Ireland ==

The Motorway font is also used in Ireland. Its use is slightly different from that in the UK – in the Republic, motorway route numbers are always in Motorway font, whether the sign is on a motorway or not. In addition, on signs erected before 2009, route numbers for all-purpose roads on motorway signs were in Transport font. On signs erected since 2009, all route numbers on motorways are now in Motorway font, bringing Ireland closer to the UK practice (however, as Motorway font has not previously featured the letters "N", "R" and "L", these letters still appear in Transport). As in the UK, all other text on road signs appears in Transport font. Speed limit signs in Ireland since 2005 have used the modified number glyphs of Motorway, in that they are thinner in weight, and the 30 km/h sign makes use of a special flat-top three glyph. == Use in Portugal ==

The Motorway font is used in Portugal for numerals in route numbers as well as exit numbers. == See also ==