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Re:London Underground Dot Matrix Typeface by Symbiote on Saturday June 17, 2023 @07:34AM (#36369311)
K should be easy to get when the next station is Kingsbury, and Q is available at the following stop, Queensbury. F from Finchley Road.

U might show as "London Underground" at some point.

Does V show in "Change for the Victoria Line"? I can't remember if these trains show that.

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Re:London Underground Dot Matrix Typeface by gareve on Saturday June 17, 2023 @08:41AM (#36369724)
After London City Airport comes "King George V"
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Re:London Underground Dot Matrix Typeface by seanhunter on Saturday June 17, 2023 @09:31AM (#36370016)
There is the tube stop called “Victoria” also.

They have done a great job on these fonts btw. They are instantly recognisable to any Londoner.

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Re:London Underground Dot Matrix Typeface by Symbiote on Saturday June 17, 2023 @09:53AM (#36370157)
It needs to be a stop on the Jubilee (or possibly Bakerloo) line, as the relevant dot matrix is only installed on one (or possibly two) types of train.
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Re:London Underground Dot Matrix Typeface by seanhunter on Saturday June 17, 2023 @11:12AM (#36370877)
If we’re talking about the same thing they have that same font on the circle and district line, which goes through victoria. Source: am on a district line train now and went through Victoria a few minutes ago
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Re:London Underground Dot Matrix Typeface by grishka on Saturday June 17, 2023 @11:05AM (#36370814)
London fonts in general are very recognizable. The print one with rhomboid dots, too.
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Re:London Underground Dot Matrix Typeface by raphlinus on Saturday June 17, 2023 @11:34AM (#36371120)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_(typeface)

Agreed, it's extremely distinctive.

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Re:London Underground Dot Matrix Typeface by qingcharles on Saturday June 17, 2023 @12:11PM (#36371504)
I think fonts and typography all across the UK is excellent. See also British Rail, and all the road signs.

As a Britisher exported to the USA, the fonts and typography of government projects here regularly gives me the heebie-jeebies. I can't even bear to look at the highway signage.

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