Typeface · Script & handwriting
Papyrus
Papyrus is a typeface designed by Chris Costello and released by Letraset in 1983.
About Papyrus
Papyrus is a typeface designed by Chris Costello and released by Letraset in 1983. It has a number of distinctive characteristics, including rough edges, irregular curves, and high horizontal strokes in the capitals. It is meant to emulate what a written font would have looked like when written on papyrus, which is textured and uneven.
From the Wikipedia article “Papyrus (typeface)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Papyrus in a book
Script faces belong on covers, titles and short accents. Avoid them for body text and never set them in all caps.
Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q4816790 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).