Railroad Roman 1916 Font

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Railroad Roman 1916

Copyright (c) 2010 by E. V. Norat II. All rights reserved. Permission to use this font is granted for non-commerical; non-profit; private, personal; and/or et cetera purposes only. Commercial use of this font is prohibited.

This Railroad Roman 1916 font is similar, but not an exact replication, of characters displayed on numerous railroad cars, engines and equipment used throughout North America and other areas of the world.

This type of lettering is very unique due to the extreme expanded style. Styles may include regular, bold, italic and bold italic. The 1916 represents the year when the railroad system within North America, was at the peak with the greatest miles of tracks laid across the continent.

These additional font widths based upon 500 as the Caps height:

Ultra-expanded - 100,0% / 1,800 points (Completed)
Extra-expanded - 88.8% / 1,600 points (To be completed)
Expanded - 77.7% / 1,400 points (To be completed)
Semi-expanded - 66.6% / 1,200 points (To be completed)
Normal - 55.5% / 1,000 points (Completed)
Semi-condensed - 44.4% / 800 points (To be completed)
Condensed - 33.3% / 600 points (To be completed)
Extra-condensed - 22.2% / 400 points (To be completed)
Ultra-condensed - 11.1% / 200 points (To be completed)

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