I’ve been working on the bumper for our team and was wondering the required font size and font type for all FRC (Rapid React) robots this year.
There is no specific font, however the overall size and stroke width is spelled out in the rules.
R406 *Team number on BUMPERS. Team numbers must be displayed and positioned on the
BUMPERS such that an observer walking around the perimeter of the ROBOT can unambiguously
tell the team’s number from any point of view and meet the following additional criteria:
A. consist of only Arabic numerals at least 4 in. (~11 cm) high, at least ½ in. (~13 mm) in
stroke width, and be either white in color or outlined in white with a minimum 1/16 in. (~2
mm) outline,
The ½ in. (~13 mm) stroke width requirement applies to the majority of the
stroke. Font elements less than ½ in. (~13 mm) such as serifs, rounded edges,
small hairlines or gaps, etc. are permitted as long as the majority of the stroke
meets the sizing requirement and the numbers are unambiguous.
B. must not wrap around sharp corners (less than 160°) of the FRAME PERIMETER, and
C. may not substitute logos or icons for numerals.
There is no prohibition against splitting team numbers onto different sections of
BUMPER. The intent is that the team’s number is clearly visible and unambiguous
so that Judges, REFEREES, Announcers, and other teams can easily identify
competing ROBOTS.
This marking is intended to display the team number only, not to intentionally
change the surface characteristics of the BUMPER. Excessive material usage as
part of any team number marking will invite close scrutiny.
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As long as R406 is followed (which defines some basic things like outline color and general minimum size), you really can do whatever font type/color/size you want.
Well on the FRC inspection checklist it shows that Arabic font must be used to display team number so I’m just trying to clarify it
It will be helpful to understand what Arabic Numerals actually are. You should know them already, just maybe not this specific term.
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The Arabic “font” on the inspection checklist is a known typo that should indeed reed Arabic numerals. It wasn’t determined to be a significant enough issue to warrant a new release of a checklist just for that.
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Just don’t use wingdings or Comic Sans, please
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And I’m pretty sure that note was added when someone wanted to do something silly like Roman Numerals or binary.
Correct, Q171 in 2018:
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I assume it’s “on the list” for the next inspection form update, whether in 2022 or 2023, then?
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