User:EthanL13/sandbox/Road signs in Morocco

Road signs in Morocco are regulated under the joint decree n° 2805-14 in the Official Bulletin of the Kingdom of Morocco. A further joint decree in 2019, n° 3106-19, strengthened the legal system in relation to road signs. They are also laid out in the General Instruction on Road Signage (IGSR, Instruction Générale sur la Signalisation Routière). Morocco is a signatory of the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. They are broadly similar to those formerly and currently used in France.

Design
Directional signage bears some similarity to former French Michelin signage and subsequently 1940s signage. Other signage, such as warning and regulatory, is quite similar to those used in France today, in particular the symbols used on these signs.

In 2019, following the joint decree, the colour of symbols and text on white backgrounds was changed from dark blue to black, following the practice of that in Europe and the rest of the Maghreb.

Road signs in Morocco generally appear in Arabic and French, and are generally bilingual. Tamazight is also used, particularly on motorway signage. Bilingual signs in Arabic and Tamazight began being installed on motorways in 2015, where it replaced French. In some cases signs containing all three languages can be seen.

Arabic text uses the ASV Codar typeface, Latin text uses the Caractères typeface and Tifinagh text uses the Tifinaghe-Izuren IRCAM typeface, according to a document published by the Ministry of Equipment and Water in 2019. However, Latin text on signage manufactured before this document used a narrower font, as well as a serif font for italic text, akin to those used on the aforementioned former French signage.