SNV (typeface)

SNV, also known as VSS, is a sans-serif typeface used on road signs in several European countries. It was originally designed in Switzerland as a font for its road signs.^[1] It was originally defined by the Association of Swiss Road Traffic Experts (German: Vereinigung Schweizerischer Strassenfachleute, VSS) and the Swiss Association for Standardization (German: Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung, SNV).

SNV

Category	Sans-serif
Classification	Geometric
Designer(s)	Association of Swiss Road Traffic Experts (Vereinigung Schweizerischer Strassenfachleute, VSS)
Date released	1972

History

SNV was replaced on road signs in Switzerland by ASTRA-Frutiger in 2003.^[2] It is still used on road signs in Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Romania and the countries of the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of public signage typefaces