Quotient
Terminal Design · James Montalbano
A ten-weight sans with a Trajan-proportioned uppercase and a lowercase that deliberately breaks from that tradition, released without an italic by design.
About
Montalbano describes Quotient as a bit of a schizophrenic design: the uppercase follows Trajan inscriptional proportions, close to what he calls a Trajan Sans, while the lowercase goes its own way. He tried several italics and stayed unsatisfied with all of them, so the ten-weight family ships roman-only. He suggests all caps for a stately look and lowercase for something more unusual.
Classification
Uppercase follows Trajan inscriptional proportions, described by the designer as a sort of Trajan Sans, while the lowercase breaks from that tradition. No italic was ever released, as Montalbano was never satisfied with his attempts. Recategorised here as sans-serif rather than the original brief's Serif label, since the design has no serifs.