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I recently noticed that the State of Illinois has changed the font of the *stamping* on license plates.
The design is the same, but the stamped text is a bit thinner and the glyphs are blockier.
I am surprised how much this change is bothering me, to be honest. It has never occurred to me how much that is a defining feature. The first one I saw I assumed had to be fake!
But - I'm relieved they're still being stamped.
Shame on all the states that just print them now. Cheapskates.
@TechConnectify What's bizarre to me is that Washington still embosses their standard plates, but only prints custom plates. Like, why are they running two separate production lines?
@SDWolf Missouri does this too! I do not get it, how hard can it be to stop the machine for a bit and have it do some specific sequences?
@SDWolf @TechConnectify Do the embossed plates have the retroreflective helices on them? (part of ALPR helpers)
@TechConnectify @SDWolf Well, there goes my sole idea for why they'd use different production lines. :-)