Trajan (typeface)
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Trajan is a serif typeface designed in 1989 by Carol Twombly for Adobe.
A drawing and a photograph of a carving (in Hopton Wood stone) by Eric Gill, made in the early twentieth century, inspired by the "Trajan" capitals on Trajan's Column
Roman square capitals
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Roman square capitals, also called capitalis monumentalis, inscriptional capitals, elegant capitals and capitalis quadrata, are an ancient Roman form of writing, and the basis for modern capital lette
Trajan (typeface)
…Trajan is a serif typeface designed in 1989 by Carol Twombly for Adobe. The design is based on the letterforms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman square capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column, hence the name. Trajan is an all-capitals typeface, as the Romans did not use lowercase…
Inscription, 2nd to 1st century BC
Funerary inscription, circa 80 BC (CIL VI, 9499)
Close-up of the Lyon Tablet, a bronze tablet from after 48 AD