SNV (typeface)

SNV

Category	Sans-serif
Classification	Geometric
Designer(s)	Association of Swiss Road Traffic Experts (Vereingung Schweizerischer Strassenfachkeute, VSS)
Date released	1972

SNV, also known as VSS, is a sans-serif typeface used on road signs in several European countries. It was originally designed in Switzerland as a font for its road signs.^[1] It was originally defined by the Association of Swiss Road Traffic Experts (German: Vereinigung Schweizerischer Strassenfachleute, VSS) and the Swiss Association for Standardization (Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung, SNV).

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SNV was replaced on road signs in Switzerland by ASTRA-Frutiger in 2003.^[2] It is still used on road signs in Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Romania and the countries of the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).^{[citation needed]}

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