ITC, the current owner of the typeface, describes it as an "unusual roman typeface effectively merges the elegance of a traditional roman letterform with the hand-crafted look of highly skilled calligraphy". Papyrus has a number of distinctive characteristics, including rough edges, irregular curves, and high horizontal strokes in the capitals. Costello released the font the following year alongside Letraset. Costello described his goal as a font that would represent what English language texts would have looked like if written on papyrus 2000 years ago. He hand-drew the font over a period of six months by means of calligraphy pen and textured paper. He had been studying the Bible and came onto the idea of what a written font would have looked like in biblical times in the Middle East. Costello created the font in 1982, when he was 23 years old and just out of college.
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