Rostrum

What is the Rostrum Font?

The Rostrum fonts are a revival and expansion of a type called Oleander, designed in 1938 by Julius Kirn for the Genzsch & Heyse foundry in Hamburg. Many of the original uppercase letters had some blackletter remnants tacked onto them, so in this digital version they were relegated to the Rostrum Two font, while more contemporary forms were designed for the Rostrum One font. Characters from both fonts are interchangeable via software programs’ font menus and glyph palettes in the Postscript and True Type versions, while the OpenType version takes advantage of the Ligatures, Contextual Alternates and Stylistic Alternates features to perform character substitutions.. Rostrum finds the middle ground between italic and brush script, which makes it quite usable in all-caps settings. Its majuscules have a very distinct curl that makes the typeface effect-ready and very appealing in packaging design. Plenty of alternates and ligatures are sprinkled throughout the character set.. The Rostrum fonts are free for personal or commercial use under the terms outlined in the Canada Type Standard License Agreement.

Rostrum Font Families

When you download Rostrum, the family will include the following font styles:

• Rostrum Regular

Preview of the Rostrum Font

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Who Designed the Rostrum Font?

This font has 1 style(s) and was published by Canada Type.

Is Rostrum a Free Download?

Like all of the fonts listed here on The Font Bot, Rostrum is a premium font and is not available to download for free.

Please do not try to find a free download of Rostrum. If you really want this font for your new project, support the designer and the foundry and click here to purchase it officially.

I'm sure if you tried really hard, you could figure out how to download Rostrum for free. You might also get a virus on your computer or get hacked as a result. Not to mention it is illegal to use Rostrum if you did not pay for it.

How Much is Rostrum to Buy?

If you've made it this far down the page and you are really interested to use Rostrum for your new project, great!

The last time we checked the price for Rostrum, it was available for as little as $25.00.