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title: "Slab serif typefaces, oldest first"
description: "2 slab serif typefaces from 1845 onwards, who designed each and what it reads as today. Plus the ones they get confused with."
url: https://atoneplace.net/font/slab/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Slab serif typefaces

2 slab serif typefaces, oldest first.

| Typeface | Year | Designer | What it signals now |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clarendon | 1845 | Robert Besley | The American West, national parks, wanted posters, sturdy officialdom. |
| Rockwell | 1934 | Monotype Design Studio | Solid, industrial, a bit retro-American. |

- [Clarendon](https://atoneplace.net/font/clarendon/) — Robert Besley, 1845
- [Rockwell](https://atoneplace.net/font/rockwell/) — Monotype Design Studio, 1934

## Related pages

- [Serif typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/serif/)
- [Sans-serif typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/sans/)
- [Display typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/display/)
- [Monospace typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/monospace/)