Trajan (typeface)

Adobe Trajan
Category	Serif
Classification	Incised
Designer(s)	Carol Twombly and Robert Slimbach
Foundry	Adobe Type

Trajan is a serif typeface designed in 1989 by Carol Twombly for Adobe.^[2]^[1]

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 from which the typeface takes its name. Trajan is an all-capitals typeface, as the Romans did not use lowercase letters. Twombly created the design taking inspiration from a full-size picture of a rubbing of the inscription.^[3] It is well known for appearing on many film posters.^[4]

^ ^a ^b McNeil, Paul (2017). The Visual History of Type. London: Laurence King. pp. 478–479. ISBN 978-1-78067-976-1.
^ Berry, John. "Trajan 3 Pro specimen" (PDF). Adobe Systems. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^ Riggs, Tamye (12 June 2014). "The Adobe Originals Silver Anniversary Story: Stone, Slimbach, and Twombly launch the first Originals".
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[mcneil-1] McNeil, Paul (2017). The Visual History of Type. London: Laurence King. pp. 478–479. ISBN 978-1-78067-976-1.

[Trajan_3_Pro_specimen-2] Berry, John. "Trajan 3 Pro specimen" (PDF). Adobe Systems. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

[3] Riggs, Tamye (12 June 2014). "The Adobe Originals Silver Anniversary Story: Stone, Slimbach, and Twombly launch the first Originals".

[yp-4] Cite error: The named reference yp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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