Trajantype familyt h e m o v i e f o n t

Carol twombly

Her first type design was entered into an international competition where she won 1st place in the Latin text category.

Designed by

Thereafter she obtained a job with Adobe Systems, becoming a full-time type designer in 1988. A year later, in 1989, Adobe released Trajan.

“Centuries of baggage have colored different styles of letters with a wide array of associations, as contextual relationships are continually forged and forgotten. When creating and using letterforms, designers harness, reinforce, and invent these social and cultural associations.” (Willen and Strals)

Justice &

Establishment

CLASS &

ELEGANCE

power &

victory

Less conventional uses

Works Cited

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t87QKdOJNv8

kirby1. "Trajan is the Movie Font YouTube. Web. 29 Oct. 2012.

Willen, Bruce, and Nolen Strals. Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces. New York: Princeton Architectural, 2009. Print.