#Din condensed font free bold license

In this article you can download the DIN 1451 fonts (also known as Alte DIN 1451 because they’re digitalizations of the original standard font), as well as modern DIN variants.Īll the fonts offered for download in this article are free for both personal and commercial use, licensed under SIL Open Font License → Font licenses explained. Since Novemgerman car license plates replaced DIN with a specially designed anti-forgery font (FE-Schrift).

Old signs can still be found occasionally. Breitschrift was used for locality name signs, but was discontinued. The 1936 standard included 3 font variants: Engschrift (condensed), Mittelschrift (regular), and Breitschrift (extended).Įngschrift and Mittelschrift are still used to this day, with only minor changes, and are also used outside of Germany as road signs. Named DIN 1451, the font was defined in 1931 and in 1936 became the standard font for german railroads, highway, road signs, and car license plates.

DIN typeface gets its name from Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute of Standardization), and it was developed in 1931 from the font created in 1906 by the Preußische Bahnverwaltung (Prussian Railway Administration) for its own use.