Take a drive and you'll see it: the design that inspired Tobias Frere-Jones to draw the Interstate™ typeface family. It’s absorbed at a glance everywhere we drive. Interstate is a neo-grotesque sans serif typeface based on the signage alphabets of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Clean, simple and easy on the eyes, few jobs are outside the range of the Interstate family. The design lends itself particularly well to headlines and subheads in newspapers and periodicals, in addition to branding and online work.
The first of the Interstate family was released in 1993. Over the next several years, Frere-Jones, with the assistance of Cyrus Highsmith, expanded the design into a wide range of text and display designs that now includes 40 styles. The family is comprised of compressed, condensed and regular widths and weights that range from hairline to ultra black. Interstate also includes a series of pi fonts that feature symbols inspired by traffic signs.
The terminals of ascending and descending strokes are cut at an angle to the stroke, and curved stroke terminals are drawn at a 90 degree angle to the stroke. Lowercase x-heights are ample and counters are open ‒ even in the bold and bold condensed weights contributing to legibility.
Interstate
Interstate has a wide variety of weights In addition to its original intention for text and display copy in print, Interstate excels when used on screen. The family has been adopted by a number of large organizations in their corporate branding and marketing materials. Companies include Sainsbury’s, Southwest Airlines, Invesco Perpetual, Lamborghini, and Ernst & Young.
Interstate Hairline $40.00 
Interstate Hairline Italic $40.00
Interstate Thin $40.00
Interstate Thin Italic $40.00
Interstate Extra Light $40.00
Interstate Extra Light Italic $40.00
Interstate Light $40.00
Interstate Light Italic $40.00
Interstate Regular $40.00
Interstate Regular Italic $40.00
Interstate Bold $40.00
Interstate Bold Italic $40.00
Interstate Black $40.00
Interstate Black Italic $40.00
Interstate Ultra Black $40.00
Interstate Ultra Black Italic $40.00
Interstate Hairline Condensed $40.00
Interstate Thin Condensed $40.00
Interstate Extra Light Condensed $40.00
Interstate Light Condensed $40.00
Interstate Light Condensed Italic $40.00
Interstate Regular Condensed $40.00
Interstate Regular Condensed Italic $40.00
Interstate Bold Condensed $40.00
Interstate Bold Condensed Italic $40.00
Interstate Black Condensed $40.00
Interstate Black Condensed Italic $40.00
Interstate Ultra Black Condensed $40.00
Interstate Hairline Compressed $40.00
Interstate Thin Compressed $40.00
Interstate Extra Light Compressed $40.00
Interstate Light Compressed $40.00
Interstate Regular Compressed $40.00
Interstate Bold Compressed $40.00
Interstate Black Compressed $40.00
Interstate Ultra Black Compressed $40.00
Interstate One Pi $40.00
Interstate Two Pi $40.00
Interstate Three Pi $40.00
Interstate Four Pi $40.00