Based on the the ‘M.O.T alphabet’ that was introduced in 1933 by the British Ministry of Transport for use on road signs (and replaced in 1963 by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert’s Transport). Designed after originals by Hubert Llewellyn-Smith, Mr. J. G. West and David Kindersley, and expanded to seven weights in upright and italic [Device].