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Trajanus

First cast by Stempel in roman and italic styles in 1939. A halbfett followed in 1940. Working title was Chappell Mediaeval. [Reichardt] Completed without Chappell’s involvement, who had to leave Germany in 1939. Adapted for the Linotype in 1941. In 1957, Hermann Zapf added Cyrillics to all 3 styles of the Linotype version. [Weichselbaumer] Later available from VGC.

Digital interpretations include Linotype Trajanus (3 weights, all with italics) and Tribunus SG (Spiece Graphics, original 3 styles).

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