Does anyone know of a very similar font to ITC Johnston? Ie, the London Underground font. I don't have the money to buy it, but need something similar!
Thanks
Ben
Paddington, eh? Interesting.
Had you not said that Bojev I'd have suggested the more obvious Gill Sans as a working alternative. Eric Gill worked closely with Johnston on the Railway Type project and the later Gill Sans bears more than a passing resemblance to Johnston. Without grabbing Gill's biography I have a recollection that he worked so closely with Johnston that he drew a lot of the Railway Type designs for him. I could be wrong on that though. There are obvious differences, but in spirit it's frequently very close. Well, bar the diamond i and j dots and Gill Sans' interchangable 1I and l.
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