Railroad Gothic CC is a Railroad Gothic revival designed by indestructible type* for the Cowboy Collective
Railroad Gothic CC is designed and maintained by Owen Earl, who is the creator of the font foundry indestructible type* and founding member of the Cowboy Collective.
Railroad Gothic is a big, bold, and often ugly condensed sans serif font offered by American Type Founders by as early as 1900. Although refined somewhat with later offerings, Railroad Gothic in its initial release included many amateurish decisions and inconsistencies.
indestructible type* is joining the Cowboy Collective by making free and open-source digital revivals of classic American typefaces. Railroad Gothic is the fourth installment in this series.
For Engraving CC I noticed the perfect lines drawn by the computer lacked warmth and humanity. Railroad Gothic CC is an exploration of the imperfect. Letters are riddled with inconsistencies, corners are rounded as if cheap ink were bleeding on cheap paper. No attempt has been made to justify or codify the design decisions. It’s ugly, but that’s kind of the point.
1.0 Initial release
Railroad Gothic CC is licensed under the SIL open type license, meaning that it is free to use and modify. If you'd like to build this font yourself using the source code, follow the following instructions.
-
Download the complete source code, either by cloning this repository or downloading the .zip file.
-
Download and install:
fontmake which can be found here
gftools which can be found here
ttfautohint which can be found here -
Run the build.sh script located in the "scripts" folder. This should make the complete font.
If you have questions or want to help out, send me and email at [email protected]