Author's note

London Tube by Jonathan Paterson is a free Johnston-style sans serif drawn from the spirit of London Transport lettering. The letters feel calm and unmistakably metropolitan, with broad round forms and clean strokes that give the font a measured, civic voice rather than a neutral modern one.

It fits naturally in posters, wayfinding-inspired branding, editorial cover lines, museum graphics, and title cards where that early transit character matters. As a free font, it also works well for logos and short headings, because the rounded geometry and plainspoken rhythm carry the look of public signage without becoming stiff.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Jonathan Paterson 1994. Alphabet characters based on Edward Johnston's London Underground type designed for London Transport in 1915.
Font family
London Tube
Font subfamily
Normal
Unique subfamily identification
JP:London Tube
Full font name
London Tube
Name table version
1.1 Tue May 20 15:03:03 1997
Postscript font name
London-Tube

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count232
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classSans serif
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI