{{about|the typeface|the scientific journal|Lithos (journal)}} {{More footnotes|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox font | name = Lithos Pro | style = Sans-serif | classifications = Incised, Display | image = LithosPro.png | releasedate = 1989 | creator = Carol Twombly | foundry = Adobe Type }} '''Lithos''' is a glyphic sans-serif typeface designed by Carol Twombly in 1989 for Adobe Systems. Lithos is inspired by the unadorned, geometric letterforms of the engravings found on Ancient Greek public buildings. The typeface consists of only capital letters, no lowercase, and comes in five weights, without italics.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
According to Twombly, Lithos only used Greek inscriptions as inspiration, making Lithos more of a modern reinterpretation than a faithful reproduction.{{Non sequitur|date=November 2024}}{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} Twombly also designed Trajan and Charlemagne based respectively on ancient Roman and Byzantine inscriptions.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} Those typefaces, unlike Lithos, were modeled more directly upon their historical counterparts. One example of Lithos' departure from historical accuracy is the inclusion of bold weights, which never existed in historical Greek inscriptions.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
==Lithos Pro== In 2000, Adobe released the OpenType version called Lithos Pro, which included Adobe CE, Adobe Western 2, Greek character sets support, and small caps in the lowercase positions. OpenType features include alternates, case forms, proportional lining figures, small caps.
==Lithos in popular culture== Lithos was the resident typeface of MTV during the late 1980s and early 1990s.<ref name="MeggsPurvis2016">{{cite book|author1=Philip B. Meggs|author2=Alston W. Purvis|title=Meggs' History of Graphic Design|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zL8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA583|date=14 April 2016|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-119-13620-0|pages=583–}}</ref><ref name="SpiekermannGinger1993">{{cite book|author1=Erik Spiekermann|author2=E. M. Ginger|title=Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out how Type Works|url=https://archive.org/details/stopstealingshee00spie|url-access=registration|year=1993|publisher=Adobe Press|isbn=978-0-672-48543-5}}</ref>
Lithos is used in the California State Parks logo.<ref name="Parks1">{{cite web|title=Where will the hundreds of California State Parks take you today? TM Discover the many states of California. TM www.parks.ca.gov California State Parks Brand Standards Handbook|url=https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/735/files/brandhandbookjanuary2007.pdf|website=parks.ca.gov|publisher=State of California|accessdate=14 December 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} *Giampietro, Rob. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204163440/http://www.studio-gs.com/neuland.html "New Black Face"] ''Giampietro+Smith Studio'' taken from ''Letterspace'' Fall/Winter 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2007. Archived February 4, 2012. *[http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/P/P_1711.html "Lithos Pro"] ''Adobe.com''. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
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