Tern (typeface)

Tern
CategorySans-serif
FoundryInternational Institute for Information Design
Date released2008
VariationsTernVMS (Variable Message Signs)
Websitehttps://iiidre.weebly.com/#/

Tern is a sans-serif typeface, which is used on traffic signs in Austria and Slovakia.

The typeface has been officially adopted as road sign typeface in Austria in 2013,[1] although it was already in use since 2010 and replaced the former Austria typeface.[2]

The development of the typeface started in 2005 as part of the sixth Framework Program for Research and Technological Development.[3][4] The typeface was developed together with a set of symbols, of which 65 were adopted in 2020 as new symbols for the road signs in Austria.[5]

  1. ^ "292. Verordnung der Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie, mit der die Verordnung über Straßenverkehrszeichen (Straßenverkehrszeichenverordnung 1998 – StVZVO 1998) geändert wird (1. Novelle zur StVZVO 1998)" (in German). 3 October 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Wie man »Salzburg« neuerdings schreibt". Die Presse (in German). 18 July 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. ^ Simlinger, Peter; Egger, Stefan; Galinski, Christian; IIID; INFOTERM (January 2008). "Proposal on unified pictograms, keywords, bilingual verbal messages and typefaces for VMS in the TERN" (PDF). Retrieved 19 March 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Michael Smuc; Florian Windhager; Karin Siebenhandl; Stefan Egger (2007-08-31). "Impaired Visibility Typeface Test - Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  5. ^ Egger, Stefan (9 April 2020). "Tern Symbole für österreichische Verkehrsbeschilderung übernommen" (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2023.