Road signs in three areas to use mainland WenYue font, said to “infuse a relatively strong cultural atmosphere”
3區部分路牌改用內地文悅字體 稱可「注入較為濃厚文化氣息或氛圍」
After the “From Governance to Prosperity” new Hong Kong launched several campaigns targeting hygiene black spots and the government announced that they had “shown results”, it entered a new phase of “beautifying the cityscape”. The Environment and Ecology Bureau submitted a paper to the Legislative Council detailing cityscape beautification works by various departments. The Highways Department plans to change the road-sign typeface at three locations—Central, Tai Wai and Tsuen Wan—to “WenYue Classical Ming Dynasty Typeface”, replacing the “Quanzhen Font Library (Hong Kong Version) Bold Black” typeface currently required by the department. The authorities said the typeface could “infuse a relatively strong cultural atmosphere or ambience”. A review of the information found that the “WenYue Font Library” is a mainland company.
「由治及興」的新香港先後推出多個打擊衞生黑點活動，政府宣布「已見成效」後，進入「美化市容」工作新階段。環境及生態局向立法會提交文件，交代多個部門的美化市容工程，路政署計劃在中環、大圍、荃灣3個地點，將路牌字體改為「文悦古典明朝體」，取代現時署方規定使用的「全真字庫(港人版)粗黑」字體。當局稱字體可以「注入較為濃厚文化氣息或氛圍」。翻查資料，「文悦字庫」是內地公司。