Spaced out Johnston font

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I absolutely hate what TfL have done to the Subsurface stock and Central line (and perhaps the other lines too, and I just haven’t noticed yet) in car maps, in that the classic yet very modern New Johnston has been modified so that there’s enormous spaces between each letter, and I think it’s bolder too, and frankly I just think they look really bad.

I get visibility and having clear to read signage is important, but the New Johnston font is and was already exactly that. The in car maps as they were are (to my personal view anyway) far clearer than publications done by GWR in Serif Glypha, or the pleasant but somewhat condensed font used by Avanti. I think it was an unnecessary mistake. The maps don’t look clearer to read, they just like they were printed oddly.

Had anyone else noticed?

 

[thomalex]

It's all a matter of personal taste I guess. The current font called Johnston 100 was introduced in 2016 and I've always liked it, the subtly wider letters and spacing is actually closer to the original font than New Johnston. You can read about it here https://www.monotype.com/resources/case-studies/introducing-johnston100-the-language-of-london

 

[Sad Sprinter]

I absolutely hate what TfL have done to the Subsurface stock and Central line (and perhaps the other lines too, and I just haven’t noticed yet) in car maps, in that the classic yet very modern New Johnston has been modified so that there’s enormous spaces between each letter, and I think it’s bolder too, and frankly I just think they look really bad.

I get visibility and having clear to read signage is important, but the New Johnston font is and was already exactly that. The in car maps as they were are (to my personal view anyway) far clearer than publications done by GWR in Serif Glypha, or the pleasant but somewhat condensed font used by Avanti. I think it was an unnecessary mistake. The maps don’t look clearer to read, they just like they were printed oddly.

Had anyone else noticed?

Haven’t noticed. But not happy about losing the old Emma Clarke announcements and original traction motor sounds though - used to think they sounded so cool as a child