"Tempus Sans is just Tempus with the serifs surgically removed," Grimshaw says. The lowercase is somewhat loose and uninhibited. It is dictated by proportions, particularly those of capitals. Released in 1996, ITC Tempus is a parody of a classical roman design. The resulting letterforms are classically based, but have rugged edges, so they deviate from the 'preciousness' of hand lettered romans. For ITC Tempus? he used a fountain pen on cheap, porous paper, and as you would expect, the ink bled. Grimshaw claims that every calligrapher's aspiration is to render Roman capitals perfectly with a pen, but admits that it is very difficult to do. Phill Grimshaw developed an interest in type design while studying for his master's degree in design at the Royal College of Art in London between 19.
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