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RoundUp (Plain and Bold)

(available at myfonts.com and fonts.com)

I like doing typefaces in the spirit of the 19th century. Perhaps this inclination indicates that I am out of touch with the 20th century. If I am, that may not be altogether bad. Though fonts of this sort are often associated with the "Old West" in the United States, they were in common use in the 19th century.

RoundUp was derived from the font SpicandSpan, which was only upper-case, though the second set of upper-case letters was somewhat different from the first set. Once I decide on what the serif should look like, the rest of this design just came natural. RoundUp adds a true lower-case set of letters. Though I would classify this as an "Old West" type of font, I am unaware of any other font which looks at all like it--and certainly not anything in the 19th century.

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altered but not revised Jan 2008