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Ruffcut Plain

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Ruffcut Woody

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Ruffcut

Ruffcut is an antique wood type style that evokes the look and feel of type used in the design of poster-sized advertisements for circus, fairground and like events in the late 19th century. It is inspired by the memories of printing letterpress posters on an old cast-iron flatbed press where the oversized posters were usually composed directly on the bed of the press using mostly wood type as large as two feet high. Ruffcut is optimal at large sizes for a wide array of decorative issues.

Designed by

  • Ted Staunton

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