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In case your brain is thinking "wait; I thought it'd be that cool scripty typeface on the oddly-angled signage?", you might be thinking of the USDA's logotype for National Forests. Unfortunately, there isn't an available font for that exact face. Some cool specs, though, in the Forest Service's design guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd381002...

Section 1-18 (page 24) of the linked PDF has examples of the "National Forest", "National Monument", etc. logotype; Chapter 8 has some more signage specs.

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The closest font I’ve seen is Coniferous https://www.futurefonts.xyz/ohno/coniferous

Those are the exact fonts I'm looking for, for an in-lay woodworking project I'm finishing. Any ideas at all what the fonts listed on 1-18 would be called?

"Logotypes are drawings and have not been created from a standard font." - OP Section 1-17

See my comment below, referencing a StackExchange post. It lists the font the Forest Service uses for their signs.

No, you're talking about something else completely. Check page 1-18 in the linked document for an example.

Those are excellent.

There are a few more cousins of these from the HP Lovecraft Historical Society at https://store.hplhs.org/products/hplhs-fonts

I simply found the PDF fascinating for the rules of usage for the various signage applied to roads. Both for how when individual signs may be used and when signs are required based on road layout.

If you like that, you’ll love this: The Manual of Uniform Traffic Safety Control Devices: https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2/pdf_index.htm

That’s exactly what I was expecting.

It's remarkable how difficult it is to find a cursive font like that. I think it looks a little like Dom Casual if Dom Casual were cursive.

Initially, Mistral came to mind (also used in the movie Drive). However, there are significant differences.

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