P22 Underground Font

P22’s Underground began in 1997 with Richard Kegler’s officially licensed revival of Edward Johnston’s London Underground lettering. Paul D. Hunt revised and expanded the family in 2007. Later work introduced true italics developed through Housestyle Graphics, with further expansion and mastering by James Todd and Patrick Griffin.

Read the publisher’s family page for the source account and the edition currently offered. Keep a family name distinct from its particular release, width or optical branch.

The current Pro family coordinates six weights with italic resources and alternatives intended to aid legibility. P22 describes Central European, Greek and Cyrillic coverage in its contemporary resources. Distinguish this revival from the original lettering and other later Johnston interpretations when selecting an edition or documenting a design.

Use the original publisher specimen to inspect those features. An alternative can share a broad role without having the same letter shapes, metrics or character coverage.

Compare a destination heading, a direction line and a short explanatory paragraph. Inspect the selected alternate forms at the final reading size and keep the hierarchy consistent across the layout. Read the Johnston history guide for the relationship between the original alphabet and later revivals.

For independent comparisons, try Source Sans 3 and Josefin Sans. Use the same wording and approximate output size. The related style guide provides broader design context.

Use P22 Type Foundry to try the original and investigate the files, styles and terms for your intended workflow. This site does not distribute or serve P22 Underground font software.

The editable alternatives here have their own source profiles and included licenses. For the difference between a font file and copied characters, read Unicode text versus fonts.