Character Set


WyomingMacroni (Plain, Pegged, ShadowedRight, ShadowedLeft)

(available at myfonts.com and fonts.com)

Typefaces with very thin verticals and fat, square serifs were popular in the 19th century for display. Hollywood helped associate this style with the Old West, but reference books identify some of it as Italian style. WyomingSpaghetti, which was the first of a series of faces, has a name which combines these two associations.

WyomingMacroni develops WyomingSpagetti by splitting the serifs, which was popular in the Nineteenth century. (See the discussion of Tuskcandy.) The Pegged version adds a horizontal spike through the middle of the stems, which has been a popular variation of this style. Finally, there are two versions which are shadowed. In them the letter is white on a black outline and shadow. 

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altered but not revised Jan 2008