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The Movie Font


Ever noticed how many films use classical looking caps serif fonts in their promotional artwork? Well it turns out its probably Trajan, a font derived from letters inscripted on the base of Trajan's column in Rome. Kirby Ferguson pokes fun at the graphic designers responsible for this phenomenon in this video clip. For those not put off by his plea to abandon such fonts take a look at this from FontFont.

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