#ROCKWELL TYPEFACE POSTER MANUAL#

#2 - The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type' by Will Hill, 2nd Edition, p. Where You Can Get It: You can buy it at, or you can purchase all the complete pack from Monotype Design Studio.ĭescriptive Terms for It: Display, headlines, poster design, Slab serif, and serif.īonus: Here is a very well constructed video describing 'Rockwell'. 'Rockwell is best-suited for use as a display typeface due to its thick, monoweighted strokes.' (Source #1) How You Can Design With It: 'The geometric forms of Rockwell make it more similar to sans-serif typefaces, making it a good choice for combining with geometric sans serifs.

The italic is a somewhat undeveloped oblique form of the roman.' (Source #3) Rockwell has a fairly high x-height and noticeably short descenders. 'Rockwell is a largely geometric face with a well-defined slab serif and is available in four weights. They were widely used in publishing, packaging, and art/editorial design in the late 1950s and early 1960s.' (Source #2) They also survive reversal better than any other serif form, and are excellent for display and semi-display contexts. the substantial serifs and consistent stroke widths retain their form when printed upon rough or absorbent papers or at low digital resolutions. The historic Slab Serifs are generally most effective in the heavier weights. What Type of Font It Is: Slab Serif 'At their best, Slab Serifs are both robust and colorful, with the serifs providing a strong continuity of line. The serif at the apex of the uppercase 'A' is a distinctive feature of Rockwell that sets it apart from many other serif type faces.' (Source #1) It’s a geometric typeface, with upper- and lowercase 'O' more of a circle than an ellipse. It was designed in-house at Monotype in 1934, supervised by Frank Hinman Pierpont.

It's History: 'Rockwell is a slab serif, with no real variation in stroke weight.

Rockwell typeface poster