Tiempos Headline
Klim Type Foundry · Kris Sowersby · 2010
The headline cut of Tiempos, balancing practicality and elegance for mastheads, news headlines and editorial display.
About
The headline optical size in the Tiempos system by Kris Sowersby, drawn from the Plantin and Times lineage that Tiempos Text reworks for body. Six weights from Light to Black run with italics, with a variable weight axis supplied with the full family. Quietly become a default for news and editorial mastheads (notably across major publications) when the brief asks for authority without rhetoric, and pairs cleanly with Söhne or Untitled Sans.
Classification
Klim classifies it as Modern: Transitional/Realist; the headline optical size in the Tiempos system, designed for larger sizes and striking a balance between practicality and elegance.