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A Font for Plato

Kurt

I am looking for a appropriate font to use with some text (in English) by Plato. When I search for "Greek" fonts, often "Trajan" comes back. While the style of Trajan works well for my needs, it clearly links to Roman style. While I understand the Romans borrowed freely from Greek culture, I don't want to make a mistake of using a Trajan font if it does not really have any relation to the Greeks. If Trajan works, great. If there are other suggestions, I would enjoy hearing them! Thank you.

Here are a couple of fonts inspired by ancient Greek inscriptions that should work for excerpts of of a few paragraphs. Lithos designed by Carol Twombly. Pericles designed by Steve Matteson based on a design by Robert Foster released by American Type Founders in 1934.
Don

Matthew Carter's Skia is akin to those two but also includes lowercase, if that's the direction you want to go.

Good suggestions so far.
See also Apollonia.

hhp

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