Trajan

About "Trajan"

Trajan is an old-style serif typeface inspired by the letterforms of Roman square capitals chiseled into Trajan’s Column from ancient times.

Designed by Carol Twombly in 1989, it is based on classic Roman capitals during the time of Emperor Trajan with subtle curves opened for more fluid readability suited to modern designs.

Trajan's elegant, sturdy letterforms feature even serifs, vertical stress and classical proportions echoing the majestic capitalis monumentalis that has endured over two millennia and ancient Roman inscriptions.

Its header/display designs convey timelessness, strength and gravitas desirable for imparting heritage aesthetics across various branding designs, particularly in cultural institutions, universities, entertainment media or governmental signage systems.

Expanded over various weights and languages by Adobe, Trajan has become ubiquitous as a popular font to evoke classical elegance and formality associated with Greek and Roman antiquity across logotype and masthead typography especially in North America and Europe.

Font family

Trajan Font family

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Fonts

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Designer

Trajan

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Designer

Carol Twombly

Publisher

Original Adobe Foundry

John Warnock and Chuck Geschke founded Adobe Systems in San Jose, California in 1982. The company turned into a billion-dollar business in 1999, thanks to its wide range of applications for images and text handling, as well as a high-quality type library. Their rise to prominence is largely due to the PostScript graphics programming language which has been a printing industry standard since the mid-1980s. Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop have been fundamental tools in the graphic design industry for many years. Adobe also introduced the PDF format for document exchange, another standard in the industry. In 1990, Adobe Type Manager (ATM) was launched, which allowed for on-screen font rendering.

Date released

Dec 03, 2007

License

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* Desktop: This license permits usage on a desktop workstation—covering typical personal and professional uses in desktop applications that provide a font menu. It's suitable for the installation on Mac OS X or Windows systems and utilization within software like Microsoft Word, Mac Pages, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop. You're allowed to create and print documents along with static images. The number of users allowed is dictated by the license, purchasable via a quantity dropdown on the relevant pages. Details such as usage in logos/trademarks, geographical scope, and commercial product offerings have limitations. To accommodate additional users, a new license order must cover the extra count.
* Digital Ad/Email: Licenses fonts for embedding in HTML5-based digital advertisements such as banner ads, and permits sharing of a webfont kit with third-party creators involved in the ad production. This license differs from Webfont licensing due to the particulars of ad network distribution and impression count variations.
* Webfont: Allows the use of fonts on a single domain without sharing across multiple sites. Webfont licenses can be procured under Annual, Pay Once, or Pay As You Go models.
* App: Suited for developers embedding the font into mobile applications for platforms such as iOS, Android, or Windows Phone.
* Electronic Doc: This license is for embedding fonts within e-publications, including eBooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers, or interactive PDFs. Each issue is considered a separate publication, with allowances for regional or format variations and free updated versions.

Category	Scope of Use	Permission
Desktop	Desktop Workstation Applications	X
Digital Ad/Email	HTML5 Digital Ads	X
Webfont	Single Domain Website	X
App	Mobile Application Code	X
Electronic Doc	E-publications	X