diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/geometry.py b/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/geometry.py
index ec6475357..e62aead1c 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/geometry.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/geometry.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Helpers for manipulating 2D points and vectors in COLR table."""
 
 from math import copysign, cos, hypot, pi
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 
 
 def _vector_between(origin, target):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/table_builder.py b/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/table_builder.py
index 18e2de181..6fba6b0fc 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/table_builder.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/table_builder.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from fontTools.ttLib.tables.otConverters import (
     IntValue,
     FloatValue,
 )
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 
 
 class BuildCallback(enum.Enum):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/misc/arrayTools.py b/Lib/fontTools/misc/arrayTools.py
index 4b5f08298..9a64b2929 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/misc/arrayTools.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/misc/arrayTools.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ so on.
 """
 
 from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools.misc.vector import Vector as _Vector
 import math
 import warnings
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/misc/fixedTools.py b/Lib/fontTools/misc/fixedTools.py
index 931b665e2..eda81c33c 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/misc/fixedTools.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/misc/fixedTools.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ functions for converting between fixed-point, float and string representations.
 """
 
 from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+from .roundTools import otRound
 import math
 import logging
 
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 __all__ = [
 	"MAX_F2DOT14",
-	"otRound",
 	"fixedToFloat",
 	"floatToFixed",
 	"floatToFixedToFloat",
@@ -41,30 +41,6 @@ __all__ = [
 MAX_F2DOT14 = 0x7FFF / (1 << 14)
 
 
-def otRound(value):
-	"""Round float value to nearest integer towards ``+Infinity``.
-
-	The OpenType spec (in the section on `"normalization" of OpenType Font Variations <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/otvaroverview#coordinate-scales-and-normalization>`_)
-	defines the required method for converting floating point values to
-	fixed-point. In particular it specifies the following rounding strategy:
-
-		for fractional values of 0.5 and higher, take the next higher integer;
-		for other fractional values, truncate.
-
-	This function rounds the floating-point value according to this strategy
-	in preparation for conversion to fixed-point.
-
-	Args:
-		value (float): The input floating-point value.
-
-	Returns
-		float: The rounded value.
-	"""
-	# See this thread for how we ended up with this implementation:
-	# https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/1248#issuecomment-383198166
-	return int(math.floor(value + 0.5))
-
-
 def fixedToFloat(value, precisionBits):
 	"""Converts a fixed-point number to a float given the number of
 	precision bits.
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/misc/roundTools.py b/Lib/fontTools/misc/roundTools.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af3e317d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/misc/roundTools.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""
+Various round-to-integer helpers.
+"""
+
+import math
+import logging
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__all__ = [
+	"otRound",
+]
+
+def otRound(value):
+	"""Round float value to nearest integer towards ``+Infinity``.
+
+	The OpenType spec (in the section on `"normalization" of OpenType Font Variations <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/otvaroverview#coordinate-scales-and-normalization>`_)
+	defines the required method for converting floating point values to
+	fixed-point. In particular it specifies the following rounding strategy:
+
+		for fractional values of 0.5 and higher, take the next higher integer;
+		for other fractional values, truncate.
+
+	This function rounds the floating-point value according to this strategy
+	in preparation for conversion to fixed-point.
+
+	Args:
+		value (float): The input floating-point value.
+
+	Returns
+		float: The rounded value.
+	"""
+	# See this thread for how we ended up with this implementation:
+	# https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/1248#issuecomment-383198166
+	return int(math.floor(value + 0.5))
+
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/pens/roundingPen.py b/Lib/fontTools/pens/roundingPen.py
index c032cad1f..2a7c476c3 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/pens/roundingPen.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/pens/roundingPen.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools.misc.transform import Transform
 from fontTools.pens.filterPen import FilterPen, FilterPointPen
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/pens/t2CharStringPen.py b/Lib/fontTools/pens/t2CharStringPen.py
index 7af9b7aad..8b718ccbc 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/pens/t2CharStringPen.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/pens/t2CharStringPen.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2009 Type Supply LLC
 # Author: Tal Leming
 
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools.misc.psCharStrings import T2CharString
 from fontTools.pens.basePen import BasePen
 from fontTools.cffLib.specializer import specializeCommands, commandsToProgram
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/pens/ttGlyphPen.py b/Lib/fontTools/pens/ttGlyphPen.py
index f493f1acc..e7841efcb 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/pens/ttGlyphPen.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/pens/ttGlyphPen.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from array import array
 from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import MAX_F2DOT14, otRound, floatToFixedToFloat
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools.pens.basePen import LoggingPen
 from fontTools.pens.transformPen import TransformPen
 from fontTools.ttLib.tables import ttProgram
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/subset/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/subset/__init__.py
index 8162c09c2..c2d402162 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/subset/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/subset/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Google Author(s): Behdad Esfahbod
 
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools import ttLib
 from fontTools.ttLib.tables import otTables
 from fontTools.otlLib.maxContextCalc import maxCtxFont
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/subset/cff.py b/Lib/fontTools/subset/cff.py
index 7db6d880a..b59c6b96d 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/subset/cff.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/subset/cff.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from fontTools.misc import psCharStrings
 from fontTools import ttLib
 from fontTools.pens.basePen import NullPen
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools.varLib.varStore import VarStoreInstancer
 
 def _add_method(*clazzes):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_h_m_t_x.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_h_m_t_x.py
index a690a6e6e..730574733 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_h_m_t_x.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_h_m_t_x.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools import ttLib
 from fontTools.misc.textTools import safeEval
 from . import DefaultTable
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/otTables.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/otTables.py
index 008909bdd..a65ec7b87 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/otTables.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/otTables.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from enum import IntEnum
 import itertools
 from collections import namedtuple
 from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools.misc.textTools import pad, safeEval
 from .otBase import (
 	BaseTable, FormatSwitchingBaseTable, ValueRecord, CountReference,
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/varLib/merger.py b/Lib/fontTools/varLib/merger.py
index 071942b86..cb53f04d3 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/varLib/merger.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/varLib/merger.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Merge OpenType Layout tables (GDEF / GPOS / GSUB).
 """
 import copy
 from operator import ior
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import otRound
 from fontTools.misc import classifyTools
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools.ttLib.tables import otTables as ot
 from fontTools.ttLib.tables import otBase as otBase
 from fontTools.ttLib.tables.DefaultTable import DefaultTable
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/varLib/mutator.py b/Lib/fontTools/varLib/mutator.py
index ad76420a1..56f36e6ea 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/varLib/mutator.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/varLib/mutator.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Instantiate a variation font.  Run, eg:
 
 $ fonttools varLib.mutator ./NotoSansArabic-VF.ttf wght=140 wdth=85
 """
-from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import floatToFixedToFloat, otRound, floatToFixed
+from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import floatToFixedToFloat, floatToFixed
+from fontTools.misc.roundTools import otRound
 from fontTools.pens.boundsPen import BoundsPen
 from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont, newTable
 from fontTools.ttLib.tables import ttProgram