Numeric fonts

A numeric font is a font that contains only numbers, fractions and mathematical symbols (and sometimes cursive English letters and cursive Greek letters). The most common of those is Toowong and its derivatives.

Toowong
The earliest use of this numeric font inside the Brisbane Transport fields was Brisbane Tram #65, which was built during 1910s.

The earliest use of this numeric font outside the Brisbane Transport fields dates from (possibly?) late 1928, when Poppy Peepleson decided to create a poster, with dates in format MM DD YYYY and all numbers that are not with letters are written with Toowong font, everything else is written in a serif font.

Toowong, however, became a standard numeric typeface by November 1936 (and was specified in CA 19066). It has been a standard typeface for Poppy Peepleson, and Edna Peepleson (in Doyle's version). However, an alternative version with a slant diagonal 7, was published in 1939.

In 1995, there are digitisations. Today, various derivatives are either paid or free depending on the font.