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LRB · letters page from Vol. 30 No. 14

22 days ago

philgyford : LRB · letters page from Vol. 30 No. 14 - The '10' on 10 Downing Street's front door is Trajan, with an upper case 'O' instead of a zero.

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On the overuse of the Trajan typeface in movie posters

9 month ago

Andy Baio : On the overuse of the Trajan typeface in movie posters - the accompanying Flickr pool [via]

nelson : Trajan is the Movie Font - Type criticism can be funny!

plasticbag : Trajan is the Movie Font - Entertaining video that reveals the lack of creativity among designers working in movie posters and DVD covers. Although, you know, if people understand Trajan to mean 'movie' then why confuse them?

Tags : cliche fonts graphicdesign movies trajan via:waxy advertising art cinema cover design dvd film films font fun movie podcast typeface typography

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