Help please! I need to know this font

As an observation, much "official" road signage I've seen uses some really klunky-looking fonts. And the letter spacing is atrocious.

Considering that the primary function of this signage is easy readability and quick conveyance of information or instructions off a fast moving target under sometimes awful light conditions, it would seem to be an anomaly.

I guess non-type savvy engineers did some field testing and this is the best they could come up with.

Neil

Perfect!!! The links were extremely helpful. I've been searching through our font collection at work...comparing and I think my eyes were going buggy. Sorry again for the crazy link. That is the road sign image for the font I am looking for. Saa Series DD is almost a dead ringer. The "O" does seem a bit more rounded on the road sign, but I think it will do. The "M" and the "8" are definitely dead on.

Thanks for the help!!!!!

-Zack

It's close but the road sign text is wider (compare the "O"). Perhaps they expanded it.

Two minutes after hitting the send button for my previous note, I
think I found it!

URW's SAA Series D D

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/saa/series-d-d/

That link was impossible - it included multiple levels of referrals,
google search, etc. Is this the image you mean?

http://snipurl.com/4lrr9

If so, I can't find an exact match, and can't find a website that
talks specifically about Australian road signage There are lots of
images, though, including some vector images in this Australian Road
Rules pdf (2.6MB to download):
http://www.ntc.gov.au/filemedia/Reports/AustralianRoadRulesFebruary2008.pdf

While it talks about the content of signs, it says nothing about the
typography.

The signage has lots of similarities to good old Helvetica (except for
the M), and to others, including "Outer Loop NF" from Nicksfonts, and
some variants of Clearview.

Even closer, except for the Oh's Zeroes and Eights, are some of
Michael Adams' Roadgeek fonts, particularly the Roadgeek 2005 series E
and F. As FONTS they're not up to professional standards, but the
designs are extremely accurate.
http://www.triskele.com/roadgeek-fonts

- Herb