A humanist sans-serif inspired by Bahnhof signage, based on Source Sans 3.
German train stations, as per Ausführungshandbuch 81393 of the Wegeleit- und Informationssystem, use a bespoke font called "Arrow Sign" (as of 2025) for signage that's meant to be highly legible. Me and a fellow font nerd just think it looks neat, and after telling someone else about the idea having one (1) two early supporters is good more than enough motivation for me.
This is perhaps not a direct fork of Source Sans, per se. However, I am using some of its outlines as a starting point to then make changes inspired by some characteristics of Arrow Sign. The aim isn't to create a metrically compatible alternative for either.
Language support will depend on my mood, but with the glyph slots I've prepared so far it's looking like:
Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Breton, Chiga, Colognian, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, German, Gusii, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kabuverdianu, Kalenjin, Kinyarwanda, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lower Sorbian, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Maltese, Manx, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Serbian, Shambala, Shona, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Turkish, Upper Sorbian, Uzbek (Latin), Volapük, Vunjo, Welsh, Western Frisian, Zulu.
Arrow Sign by Nico Hagenburger
Source Sans 3 by Paul D. Hunt for Adobe
Yes! This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with an FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL