[1] The typeface have a limited character set, only containing the numbers 0 to 9; the letters "A", "B", "E", "M", "N", "S", "W"; parentheses; a comma; an ampersand; and the word "Toll" (treated as a single character).

A full character set of the Motorway typeface was completed by the K-Type foundry in 2015, almost sixty years after its inception.

All other text on UK road signs appears in Transport.

As in the UK, all other text on road signs appears in Transport font.

Speed limit signs in Ireland since 2005 have used the modified number glyphs of Motorway, in that they are thinner in weight, and the 30 km/h sign makes use of a special flat-top three glyph.