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Tempo

Tempo is a 1930 sans-serif typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton for the Ludlow Typograph company.

About Tempo

Tempo is a 1930 sans-serif typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton for the Ludlow Typograph company. Tempo is a geometric sans-serif design, influenced by German typefaces in this style, above all Futura, which had attracted considerable attention in the United States. Tempo was expanded to a sprawling family released over the 1930s and 40s available in sizes from small to large, that (as of 2020) has not been fully digitised. It included the shadow-form display typeface Umbra, which has often been released separately.

From the Wikipedia article “Tempo (typeface)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Using Tempo in a book

Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.

Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.

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