Carretera Convencional
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| Category | Sans-serif |
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| Also known as | Alfabeto carretera convencional, Carretera convencional RIGE, CCRIGE |
Carretera Convencional, also known as CCRIGE, is the name of a sans-serif typeface family for road signs in Spain, Andorra, Djibouti[1], and some roads in Cuba and Equatorial Guinea.[2] There are no variants and it was originally commissioned as a bold text variation of Transport for specific use in dark, all-caps text on a white background.
It was originally commissioned around 1988[3] for its specific use as black all-caps text on a white background for conventional roads and urban signage in Spain, as indicated by its original name. Its legal use was definitively approved in 1999 with the publication of Norma 8.1-IC de Instrucción de carreteras.[4] In 2015, new regulations abolished the use of the alternative typeface Autopista for use on motorways and dual carriageways,[5] making Carretera conventional the only signage typeface for all types of roads. The new Traffic Sign Catalogue, published in 2022,[6] introduced a redrawn version with a slight overall increase in thickness and a decrease in spacing.
References
- ↑ niyadsamee (2024-07-30). "Señales de Dirección en Yibuti". instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ↑ "Carteles de Carreteras y Geopolítica. Avatares históricos". CITOP Aragón (in español). 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
- ↑ Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Urbanismo. Borrador de Instrucción 8.1-IC /1990 "SEÑALIZACION VERTICAL" (PDF). Search this book on
- ↑ Ministerio de Fomento (2000-01-29). Orden de 28 de diciembre de 1999 por la que se aprueba la norma 8.1-IC, señalización vertical, de la Instrucción de Carreteras. pp. 4049–4106. Retrieved 2022-12-25. Search this book on
- ↑ Ministerio de Fomento (2014-04-05). Orden FOM/534/2014, de 20 de marzo, por la que se aprueba la norma 8.1-IC señalización vertical de la Instrucción de Carreteras. pp. 29044–29295. Retrieved 2022-12-25. Search this book on
- ↑ "Catálogo de señales verticales de circulación Tomo II – Dimensiones de las señales" (PDF). Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish). Ministerio del Interior and Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana. March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-02-11. Retrieved 25 March 2024.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
External links
- Traffic Type Spain, a digitization of the Carretera Convencional typeface, developed by the URW Type Foundry.
- CCRIGE, an alternative, free digitization of the typeface.
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