Route 66 boasts plenty of products named after it. But this is the first I’ve seen where a typeface is named after the Mother Road.
The “Route 66 Regular” font was created by Thomas Wilson. It’s derived from Wilson’s earlier “Swizzle Sticks” font, which is apparent when you see the Route 66 font in the screen shot at left.
FontShop USA is the manufacturer. You can download it for free here.
Alas, I don’t see the Route 66 font as particularly useful except for a few characters at the top of a letterhead, or for an illustration. I’d sure hate to read a 300-word letter entirely with that typeface.