Southern African Traffic Sign Typefaces

Countries in Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Angola, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland) have signed the SADC Transport Protocol which requires them to harmonise their traffic sign systems. The SADC traffic sign system is in use throughout South Africa and is gradually being adopted in the other SADC countries. A sample direction sign is illustrated. The typeface is DIN 1451. In my opinion the stroke width is too narrow and the letters are spaced too far apart (overcompensating for the night-time halation effect), but this is the standard. There is also a bold version for use with black lettering on white backgrounds, and a condensed "Narrow" version.