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Rich Roat

Ronald R. "Rich" Roat (Hockessin, DE, 1965-2017) was the cofounder (with Andy Cruz) of House Industries 1993, a few years after Rich and his partner Andy Cruz met when Rich was running a desktop service bureau and Andy was at a Wilmington ad agency. House Industries is based in Wilmington, Delaware. Obituary. an article entitled Missing Rich Roat.

Before House Industries, Rich was the main designer and developer of the font knockoff outfit, Swfte International, which started ca. 1985, was sued by Adobe and four other companies in 1993 for font piracy, and was sold to Expert Software in 1995.

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