Poetica is a calligraphic, ornamental typeface designed by Robert Slimbach for Adobe Systems in 1992.

[1][2] As one of the first of the Adobe Originals family of typefaces including a swash version,[1][2][3] it attained a wide usage in digital typography.

Regarded as the first family of italic type in digital form,[4] it is available in 21 weights to cater numerous design ideas in a single typeface family.

[5] Poetica features a variety of different ampersand characters.

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