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Rockwell Upper Case Produced Lower O Circular Block

Name Rockwell
Characteristics
Upper and lower case ‘o’ are almost circular.
Block serif on the upper case ‘A’.
No thin/thick contrast (serifs are same thickness as other lines).
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.

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