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{{Short description|Geometric sans-serif typeface}}
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{{Infobox font
| name    = Tratex
| image   = Tratex_font_sample.png
| style   = [[Sans-serif]]
| classifications = [[sans-serif|Geometric sans-serif]]
| prop    = Proportional
| creationdate    = 2002
| creator = Karl-Gustav Gustafson
| foundry = Vägverket
| sample  = [[Image:Tratex Svart.svg|240px]]
| based_on = 
|}}

'''Tratex''' (earlier called GePos) is a [[geometric sans-serif]] [[typeface]] family for [[road signs in Sweden]]. It was developed for maximal readability in traffic, and designed by [[Kåge Gustafsson|Karl-Gustaf Gustafsson]] (known as Kåge Gustafsson).<ref>[[Göteborgs-Posten|GP]]: ''[http://www.gp.se/motor/1.851645-i-djungeln-av-vagvisare I djungeln av vägvisare] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012003044/http://www.gp.se/motor/1.851645-i-djungeln-av-vagvisare |date=2012-10-12 }}'' {{in lang|sv}}, read May 30, 2013.</ref>

Since 2014, Tratex has also been used on road signs in the Swedish-speaking autonomous region of [[Åland]] in Finland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LANDSKAPSFÖRORDNING om ändring av landskapsförordningen om vägmärken |url=https://www.regeringen.ax/sites/default/files/attachments/procurement/05_landskapsforordning_om_vagmarken.pdf}}</ref>

Tratex also contains [[Sami languages|Sami]] characters. It is free to download and use for [[Illustration|illustrations]] and prints.

== See also ==
* [[Public signage typefaces]]
* [[Road signs in Sweden|Roads signs in Sweden]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.dafont.com/tratex.font Tratex on dafont.com]
*[https://www.transportstyrelsen.se/sv/vagtrafik/trafikregler-och-vagmarken/trafikregler/om-vagmarken/teckensnitt/ Tratex download] {{in lang|sv}}


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[[Category:Government typefaces]]
[[Category:Geometric sans-serif typefaces]]


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