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https://github.com/petykowski/London-Underground-Dot-Matrix-Typeface

A set of dot matrix fonts in the style of TfL's Underground arrivals board.
https://github.com/petykowski/London-Underground-Dot-Matrix-Typeface

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A set of dot matrix fonts in the style of TfL's Underground arrivals board.

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# London TFL Dot Matrix Typeface



A set of dot matrix fonts in the style of TFL's Underground network. Each font weight represents a unique typeface featured on TFL arrivals boards and rolling stock led announcement boards.



## London Underground Regular



This typeface sets out to recreate the font used on dot matrix arrival boards found across London Underground stations in late-2019 / early-2020.



![London Underground Regular Station Names](resources/examples/London-Underground-Regular-Station-Names.png)



### Character Set Details

This font includes a full alpha character set (upper and lower cases), numbers, and symbols `- ' & * +`.



![London Underground Regular](resources/examples/London-Underground-Regular.png)



## London Underground Medium



This typeface sets out to recreate the dot matrix font found displayed on London Underground 1996 Stock.



![London-Underground-Medium](resources/examples/London-Underground-Medium-Next-Station.png)



### Character Set Details

This font includes a full alpha character set (upper and lower cases) and symbols `! ' , - . / : ; & \`.



![London-Underground-Medium](resources/examples/London-Underground-Medium.png)



**NOTE: Unverified Characters!** This font currently includes 'best effort' characters due to a lack of reference materials for certain letters. Please contact me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/petykowski_), or raise an issue on GitHub if you have photographs of these characters.

* `F j q U V X Y Z`



## London Underground Bold



![London-Underground-Bold-Numbers](resources/examples/London-Underground-Bold-Numbers.png)



### Character Set Details

This font only includes a full number set and symbols `:`.



## London Underground Heavy



This typeface sets out to recreate the font used on dot matrix arrival boards found across London DLR stations in late-2019 / early-2020.



![London-Underground-Heavy-Station-Names](resources/examples/London-Underground-Heavy-Station-Names.png)



### Character Set Details

This font includes a full alpha character set (upper and lower cases), numbers, and symbols `- ' , * ()`.



![London Underground Heavy](resources/examples/London-Underground-Heavy.png)



## Reference



London Underground Regular, Bold, and Heavy is sourced from original photographs of dot matrix arrival boards found across London Underground stations during late-2019 / early-2020.



The following photographs are an example of the particular dot matrix style which was referenced in the typeface creation.



![London-Underground-Arrival-Board](resources/examples/London-Underground-Arrival-Board.jpeg)



![DLR-Arrival-Board](resources/examples/DLR-Arrival-Board.jpeg)



London Underground Medium is sourced from video recordings found on YouTube. Attributes as follows:

* [Tony - Transit & Games](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgeEbnxA5A2M30JRgfLiYMw)

* [X2K9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpcsaVmps-Q)

* [Random Transport](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G5eaNuZYDc)

* [Mongchong 123](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdS9RxWD6is) (_Thanks [@robhagemans](https://github.com/robhagemans)_)



![Random Transport](resources/examples/London-Underground-Jubilee-Line.png)



## Contribute



#### Build Additional Characters to Existing Typeface

From Adobe Illustrator template file:

1. Build New Character

   - Add new artboard

   - Provide name of character for layer and artboard

   - Build character on separate layer

2. File > Export > Export As...

2. Export Artboards as SVG

   - Choose Export location

   - Format: SVG (svg)

   - Use Artboards Checked

   - All Artboards Selected

   - Maintain default SVG options



#### Add Characters to Existing Typeface

Open .sdf file in FontForge

1. Select character to update

2. File > Import

3. Set width to width of character + 100

   - If svg width is 600 then set element width to 700



#### Generate Font

1. File > Generate Fonts

   - Maintain default export values

2. Save into `font` directory of repo 



## License



This typeface is distributed with an [SIL Open Font License](http://scripts.sil.org/OFL).