Crossbuck font?
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Crossbuck font?
This is my first post on the forum, and what better way to start off, than with a poll? This is a rather benign detail, but I would like some feedback on this. What you guys choose will help me decide how to design some signals for a model railroad layout; so, consider your input very important.
Which font do you guys prefer for crossbucks?
Standard font that everyone is familiar with:
Or the newer, bolder font that seems to be popping up:
Or are you guys not picky? Or.... does each font have its place, given surrounding conditions?
Note: No images are mine. Images are courtesy of rxrsignals.net and the appropriate photographers. No copyright infringement intended.
Which font do you guys prefer for crossbucks?
Standard font that everyone is familiar with:
Or the newer, bolder font that seems to be popping up:
Or are you guys not picky? Or.... does each font have its place, given surrounding conditions?
Note: No images are mine. Images are courtesy of rxrsignals.net and the appropriate photographers. No copyright infringement intended.
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I voted that each one has its place. I would make this available in my signs section if I can ever find the font.
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Just from eyeballing it, it almost looks like they're recycling the "old" style font that you have on the main page. The only big difference I see is the new version doesn't have a sidebar on the G that makes a "T"... it only points inward. Other than that, they look VERY similar.
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Yeah, it's the old font used back in the 1940s era. I've seen a few places that have a close font, but not 100% there just yet.
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I prefer the new font. It's like the old cast-iron crossbucks.
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I voted "don't care", but the one thing I don't like about the new one is that the "D" looks too similiar to the "O".
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AHHfgossage wrote:This is my first post on the forum, and what better way to start off, than with a poll? This is a rather benign detail, but I would like some feedback on this. What you guys choose will help me decide how to design some signals for a model railroad layout; so, consider your input very important.
Which font do you guys prefer for crossbucks?
Standard font that everyone is familiar with:
Or the newer, bolder font that seems to be popping up:
Or are you guys not picky? Or.... does each font have its place, given surrounding conditions?
Note: No images are mine. Images are courtesy of rxrsignals.net and the appropriate photographers. No copyright infringement intended.
Those crossings on the CMRW, pass over those 2 all the time (when I'm in Missouri of course).
I can say I prefer the old font, but the new one isn't so bad so i vote both have a place.
However UPRR on all of their new installs have used old font crossbucks, so must be another stupid California thing that Popibros1 is talking about
THE ONLY thing I miss is the old WCH Clear L.E.D.s that UPRR installed on their older setups other than that UPRR set ups/maintains my most favorite crossings
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