“I designed the letterforms to ensure high levels of legibility,” says Wasco. The name Daytona jumped out at me as being the perfect name for this design.” Being the type nerd that I am, I love the graphics, logos, large numbers and advertisements. “I’ve always had an appreciation for racing cars. “I wanted to name the typeface something related to sporting competitions,” Wasco explains. The Daytona typeface got its moniker from the famous Daytona Speedway racetrack. Letters were designed with legibility in mind, kept narrow for economy of space, and inter-character spacing was established for easy reading. Jim Wasco, the typeface’s designer, drew the design as sturdy squared letters based on humanist shapes and proportions. Inspiration for the Daytona™ typeface family came from a desire to provide the best fonts for use in televised sporting events.
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