Herculanum®

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About this font family

Named for Pompeii's sister city, Herculanum was designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1990 for Linotype's Type before Gutenberg series. The typeface is based on first-century Roman cursive letterforms that were quickly written in clay using a stylus.

Frutiger's design mixes letterforms that are very narrow and very wide; combined with its simple, elemental shapes, Herculanum is one of the most expressive and individual display faces in the Adobe Type Showroom.

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Designers: Adrian Frutiger
Design date: 1990
Publisher: Adobe
Design owner: Linotype
MyFonts debut: Dec 3, 2007

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Herculanum Roman

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‘Herculanum’ is a trademark of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH.