Could anybody recommend a more contemporary Roman-inspired typeface than Lithos or Trajan?
Many thanks.
-j.
What would be useful to know in some further detail is what is your goal. Trajan and Lithos are two very different designs, each referencing very different styles and times.
All that said, you could be interested in the work of Sumner Stone (http://www.stonetypefoundry.com/stonetypefoundry.html)
Beaufort wasn’t directly inspired by ancient Rome, but the capitals do look a bit like a crisper “Trajan”, if that’s what you’re after.
Trajan alt: http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/Canto/
The most recent thread about a sans serif version of the classical lapidary style:
http://typophile.com/node/94181
From two years ago:
http://www.typophile.com/node/76075
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