美国设计师Frederic W. Goudy在巴黎旅行时，对他在卢浮宫发现的一幅二世纪的大理石碑文进行了拓印。在对这些字母形式进行了数年的思考之后，他于1918年围绕着字母P，R和E绘制了一款标题字体。他称这款新的字体为“Hadriano”，因为这个名字出现在原铭文上。Robert Wiebking切割了模型，Continental Typefounders Association发布了该字体。1930年，Goudy应Monotype的要求设计了小写字母，尽管他并不喜欢在铭文字体中加入小写字母这一想法。这种小写字母看起来很像Goudy的其他几款罗马字体。在20世纪70年代后期，Compugraphic为其增加了更多的字重，使形状更有聚合力。Hadriano具有漂亮凹陷的衬线和坚固、大方的字体形状；独特的单个字母包括大写A和Q以及小写的e，g和z。Hadriano™是出色的标题和生动的显示行的绝佳选择。”

When traveling in Paris, American designer Frederic W. Goudy did a rubbing of a second century marble inscription he found in the Louvre. After ruminating on these letterforms for several years, he drew a titling typeface in 1918, all around the letters P, R, and E. He called the new face Hadriano" as that name was in the original inscription. Robert Wiebking cut the matrices, and the Continental Typefounders Association released the font. Goudy designed a lowercase at the request of Monotype in 1930, though he didn't really like the idea of adding lowercase to an inscriptional letterform. The lowercase looks much like some of Goudy's other Roman faces. Compugraphic added more weights in the late 1970s, and made the shapes more cohesive. Hadriano has nicely cupped serifs and sturdy, generous body shapes. Distinctive individual letters include the cap A and Q, and the lowercase e, g, and z. Hadriano™ is an excellent choice for impressive headings and vigorous display lines."