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Rockwell [Frank Hinman Pierpont]

Rockwell is a slab serif typeface designed at Monotype in 1934 under the supervision of Frank Hinman Pierpont. Rockwell is geometric (very circular O and o) and distinct (A has a roof). Because of its monoweight stroke, Rockwell is primarily a display face. Rockwell is based on an earlier, more condensed slab serif design called Litho Antique (1910, Inland Type Foundry). Litho Antique is considered as the first geometric slab serif typeface.

This typeface is called Geometric Slabserif 712 at Bitstream, and L850 Slab, Rambault and Stafford at SoftMaker.

Images by Viktoria Smykova: i ii, iii, iv. Poster by William Cundall. Rockwell poster by Hugo Ugaz. Rockwell poster by Jess Langley. Rockwell poster by Jessica Cantu.

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file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell Std Bold 1934 Monotype Version


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell Std Bold 1934 Monotype Version


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell Std Condensed 1934 Monotype Version


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell Std Light 1934 Monotype Version


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell Std Roman 1934 Monotype Version


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by Keara Meehan 2017


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by Roger Alvarado 2017


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by Nthabeleng Ndala 2016


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by Nthabeleng Ndala 2016


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by Julian Apostol 2014


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Image by Soleil Paz 2016


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Image by Viktoria Smykova 2013


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Image by Viktoria Smykova 2013b


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Image by Viktoria Smykova 2013c


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Image by Viktoria Smykova 2013d


file name: Monotype Rockwell 1934 poster by Olivia Lane 2018


file name: Monotype Rockwell 1934 poster by Eric Bonillo 2017


file name: Frank Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by Jess Langley 2013


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by Gary Tunnell 2014


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by A J Williamson 2013


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by Gary Tunnell 2014


file name: Hugo Ugaz Rockwell Poster 2013


file name: Frank Pierpont Rockwell 1934 Poster by Jessica Cantu


file name: William Cundall Type Anatomy Rockwell 2012







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