Correct German Number Plates

[Junkman]

Weirdly, these are seldom seen made correctly, even on decal sheets.

If you want to make your own, here are a few tips.

German plates have been white with black letters since 1956.

From 1956, they used DIN 1451 font:




Since 2000, they are in "FE Schrift"
in 'medium' spacing:




and 'narrow' spacing:


Here are some examples for possible layouts:

Each show the maximum permissable number of characters for each respective size.
Smaller plates than the standard ones are only allowed on vehicles, where the space does not allow for mounting a standard one, e.g motorcycles or US cars, etc.

Note: Pre-2000 plates in the old font do not have the blue "Euro" field.

Here is an example of the same standard plate in the old and new format:

Edited May 14, 2015 by Junkman

[Junkman]

The circles you see on the plates are official "seals". The lower, bigger one is the Federal Seal of the issuing authority.
The upper, smaller one, is either the round TÜV (technical inspection)



on the rear plate, or the hexagonal AU (emission test) sticker




on the front plate.

The colour of these stickers changes annually on a rota, so the law enforcement can see at first glance, whether the stickers are expired.

Edited May 14, 2015 by Junkman

[martinfan5]

Make your own, right click save, and then resize

http://www.licenseplates.tv/germany-234.html?=

[Junkman]

I used that site trying to make plates using their customize function, and they turned out not to be correct, especially the spacing.

This actually prompted my initial post.

[carsntrucks4you]

Thanks Christian,

you can also make german an austrian license plates online http://www.kennzeichengenerator.com/germany.eu.php

Sorry it is a german site

There is one important seals missing which is on both plates. It is the seal of the country. Like on this site http://www.licensepl...many-234.html?=

The AU seal is no longer necessary. This means that on the front plate is only the country seal, and on the back plate country seal and TÜV seal. The color of the TÜV seal change from year to year

Edited May 22, 2015 by carsntrucks4you