August 31, 2025, 08:26 AM
PASigAfter Years Of An Ugly License Plate, Pennsylvania Finally Gets A Decent One
I just looked at one today on a parked car, from a graphic designers standpoint this thing seems kind of a mess:
PENNSYLVANIA is a sans serif block type font, the Let Freedom Ring is a pseudo Colonial printing press style font and a different size. Then the numbers are larger than the letters on the actual plate info. Maybe that was done for plate reader cameras? The Liberty Bell is missing its wooden yoke and basically disappears past 3-4 feet. The actual plate in the wild looks nowhere as good as the renderings.
August 31, 2025, 06:09 PM
r0guequote:
Originally posted by PASig:
I just looked at one today on a parked car, from a graphic designers standpoint this thing seems kind of a mess:
PENNSYLVANIA is a sans serif block type font, the Let Freedom Ring is a pseudo Colonial printing press style font and a different size. Then the numbers are larger than the letters on the actual plate info. Maybe that was done for plate reader cameras? The Liberty Bell is missing its wooden yoke and basically disappears past 3-4 feet. The actual plate in the wild looks nowhere as good as the renderings.
Its really kind of astonishing how effective the government is at fucking every damn thing up to the highest degree.
September 09, 2025, 08:09 AM
vthokyI saw one of the new PA plates in on a car in NC last week. It's... um... interesting looking.
September 09, 2025, 09:05 AM
PASigquote:
Originally posted by vthoky:
I saw one of the new PA plates in on a car in NC last week. It's... um... interesting looking.
The renderings look pretty good
Out in the wild, they are not great
The Liberty Bell looks like a smudge of dirt past 3 feet
September 09, 2025, 09:08 AM
r0guequote:
Originally posted by PASig:
quote:
Originally posted by vthoky:
I saw one of the new PA plates in on a car in NC last week. It's... um... interesting looking.
The renderings look pretty good
Out in the wild, they are not great
The Liberty Bell looks like a smudge of dirt past 3 feet
Perfectly put. I ordered a custom one for my 91 Miata, and while mine sorta works, because I have a space exactly in the middle, those that have a character in the middle are pretty much a fail. Though on the bright side, since they're PA plates, they'll probably all peel off in a few years anywhere (I'm looking at you "J" plates!).
September 09, 2025, 09:10 AM
blindrefThat is a cool plate. It figures, 60 years as a PA resident with boring plates. I move out of state and they get a good one.