mm high. The characters are stamped on an aluminum plate, which is then painted with reflective paint. FE-Schrift was chosen as the font to be used on license plates in 2018 because the style of the font makes it difficult to modify the letters. Registration Area Prefixes After the release of the new plate number design in 2018, all virtual and temporary plates that were issued from July 2016 to December 2017 using the 2014 design were updated to 2018's alphabetical designation. The first letter in the 2018 automobile plate number design represents the prefix, which denotes the region where the vehicle was registered. The letter S is used to indicate a government-owned vehicle. Vehicle Classification by Second Letter The second letter on the number plate classifies whether the vehicle is a wheeled trailer or an automobile. Letter U in the second letter represents a Private Used Trailer, while Z represents a Public Used Trailer. Trailers registered from 2016 onwards currently use 6-Numbered temporary plates as trailer plates are not yet in production. On the motorcycle license plates, U and Z represent private use for three-wheeled motorcycles, while V, W, X and Y represent public use in all types of motorcycles. Vehicle Classification by Color Scheme Motorcycle Classification by Color Strip and its position Motorcycle registration plates released in 2020 are color-coded to indicate the region where they are registered. Special plate number designs High-ranking government plates These plates are reserved for top government officials of the Republic of the Philippines, and have the same paint scheme as private vehicles. 1 – President 2 – Vice President 3 – President of the Senate 4 – Speaker of the House of Representatives 5 – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 6 – Cabinet Secretaries 7 – Senators 8 – Representatives (Congressmen) 9 – Associate Justices of the Supreme Court 10 – Presiding Justice and other Justices of the Court of Appeals. 11 – Chairman, Commission on Elections 12 – Cabinet Undersecretary 13 – Solicitor-General 14 – Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Chief of the Philippine National Police 16 – Regional Trial Court Judges (e.g. 16*NCR) 17 – First Level Courts (Metropolitan Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, and Shari'ah Circuit courts), added by Memorandum Order No. 297 signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on March 2, 2009, for assistant city prosecutors, district