Signs of Change: How a new font called “Clearview” is changing America’s highways

From time to time we take a break from economic stories to show you some of the other interesting things we see along the way. We call them “Detours,” and this is one of them.

Something was definitely up with the L’s.

In the first weeks of our trip, we began noticing something subtly but decidedly different on the interstate road signs we passed. Something about them was changing and it had to do with the lowercase L’s. On closer inspection, we realized there was a whole new typeface being used on some signs. Read more