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History The original Rockwell was produced by the Inland typefoundry in 1910, which issued it as Litho Antique; American Type Founders revived the face in the 1920s, with Morris Fuller Benton cutting several new weights. The Monotype Corporation produced its version of Rockwell in 1934; unfortunately, some of the literature erroneously referred to it as Stymie Bold, thereby creating confusion that still exists today. Rockwell is a geometric slab serif design, a strong display face for headlines and posters; it is also legible in short text blocks. c Rockwell is a distinctive version of a geometric slab serif design, which has retained its popularity since its appearance in the 1930's. The slab serifs, or Egyptians, originated in the nineteenth century when they were used principally for display work. Rockwell is notable for its judiciously clipped slab serifs, and is given a particular sparkle by means of its angular terminals. In more recent years this style of typeface has been increasingly used for text setting where their even colour and visual impact can be fully exploited.

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Rockwell is geometric, its upper- and lowercase è more of a circle than an ellipse. A serif at the apex of uppercase is distinct. The lowercase is two-story, somewhat incongruous for a geometrically drawn typeface¦Theserifs are about as thick as the main strokes in every letter. This makes it useful primarily for decorative purposes and headlines less than long text bodies. c



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Family c is a typeface belonging to the family of so-called slabserif typefaces, where theserifs are about as thick as the main strokes in every letter. This makes it useful primarily for decorative purposes and headlines less than long text bodies. It is based on an earlier, more condensed slabserif design called À , its 1933 design for Monotype was supervised by Frank Hinman Pierpont. Rockwell̻ Family is a distinctive version of a geometric slab serif design, which has retained its popularity since its appearance in the 1930's. The slab serifs, or Egyptians, originated in the nineteenth century when they were used principally for display work. Rockwell Family is notable for its judiciously clipped slab serifs, and is given a particular sparkle by means of its angular terminals. In more recent years this style of typeface has been increasingly used for text setting where their even color and visual impact can be fully exploited. Character Set: Latin-1, WGL PanEuropean (Eastern Europe, Cyrillic, Greek and Turkish).

Serif Slab Serif/egyptian Ȉ Alexandria (typeface) Ȉ Archer (typeface) Ȉ Athens (typeface) Ȉ Calvert (typeface) Ȉ Cholla Slab Ȉ City (typeface) Ȉ Clarendon (typeface) Ȉ Couries (typeface) Ȉ Egyptian (typeface) Ȉ Egyptienne Ȉ Ionic No.5 Ȉ Lexia (typeface) Ȉ Rockwell (typeface) Ȉ Skeleton (typeface) Ȉ Tower (typeface



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