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Frank Hinman Pierpont

He was born in Hew Haven in the year of 1860 and he died in the year 1937 in London. He was trained as a Mechanic and by 1894, he was working for Loewe AG in Berlin. This is where the Typograph typesetting machine was designed.

From 1869 to 1899 he was the director of the Typograph typsetting machine factory. In 1899 he moved to England and became foundry manager at Monotype.

Bibliography

Rockwell Font

Rockwell is a slab serif typeface made by Monotype in 1934 under the guidance of Pierpont. It was created in reaction to Rudolf Wolf's slab serif Memphis. Litho Antique served as a model for it. Rockwell would go on to become more popular than memphis.

http://www.linotype.com/434/frankhinmanpierpont.html

http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-33031.html

http://typedia.com/explore/typeface/new-century-schoolbook/

Comaprisons

There are many differences between these two fonts. Such as:

New Century Schoolbook

Rockwell's being bolder and more angular then NCS' which is more curved and has fillets.

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NCS' which is a two story character and has a round ear unlike Rockewell's own letter .

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NCS' is oval shaped and the decender is more curved and flowing as opposed to Rockwell's which is more rounded.

New Century Schoolbook is a transitional serif font that is relatively dark in color and has a relatively large X-height, Vertical Axis, round terminals, and sturdy, bracketed serifs.

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Rockwell's is circular and the terminal is square like a normal serifed letter, however NCS' which has a round terminal and is more oval in shape.

Frank Hinman Pierpont

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