Road signs in Malaysia

Older road signs used the FHWA Series fonts (Highway Gothic) typeface also used in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Malaysian traffic signs use Bahasa Melayu (Malay), the official and national language of Malaysia.

However, English is also used for used at public places such as tourist attractions, airports, railway stations and immigration checkpoints.

The state letter codes roughly matches the plate numbers prefix alphabet.

Malaysian warning signs are diamond-shaped or rectangular and are yellow and black or red and white in colour.

Malaysia prohibition signs are round with red outline and black pictogram.

Mandatory instruction signs are round with blue backgrounds and white pictogram.

Border signs in Malaysia are green for international and state and blue for district.

Road name sign in Malaysia have many different colours and styles according the local authority to design with them.