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I wouldn't be surprised if the font is unique to the London Underground.

At least the first display's font is fairly distinct, I haven't noticed it elsewhere. The bottom of the capital letters is a pixel lower than the lowercase letters.

Printed signs from Transport for London use Johnston Sans, noticeable with the diamond-shape dots on "i" and "j": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_(typeface)



Looks pretty similar to the font used on the Tyne and Wear Metro[0], though I have heard the metro's signage is made up of hand-me-downs from the tube anyway.

[0]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F...




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