Temper
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Kabel by Rudolf Koch for the Klingspor Foundry (1927)
Futura by Paul Renner for the Bauer Type Foundry (1927)

ToTemper seeks to soften the aggressive features prevalent in classic geometric typefaces models like the Futura by Paul Renner for the Bauer Type Foundry ( 1927 ) or the Kabel by Rudolf Koch for the Klingspor Foundry ( 1927 ). By tactfully removing the sharp edges from the drawings, the design propose a nuanced alternative to modular lettershapes without loosing its graphical properties. Build on primitive shapes and a strong contrast in letter widths, ToTemper provides all the qualities of a geometric typeface, enhanced with the benefits of a uniform stroke repartition that rises the homogeneity of the text. With its book, regular, and bold cuts, ToTemper fits seamlessly in both body and display, offering a harmonious balance between impact and readability. Designed between 2015–2016, first released in 2016.

Combinations

Temper

Temper

Temper

Light

Glass

Steel

Synonyms

To Moderate
To Blunt
To Lessen
To Dampen
To Cushion

To Allay
To Mute
To Depress
To Dull
To Diminish

To Lighten
To Soften
To Abate
To Dilute
To Modulate

Definitions

TEMPER, v. { temp-uhr } [ 1 ] formal – To reduce the severity of ( something ) — To temper criticism. [ 2 ] technical – To cause ( something ) to harden, especially by heating and cooling it — To temper metal/steel. [ 3 ] music – To adjust the pitch of a keyboard instrument to a temperament — To temper a piano. { Reduce the intensity of something, combinations } [ with direct object ] Temper expectations, temper one's enthusiasm, temper optimism, temper one's criticism, temper justice with mercy, temper one's ambitions, temper one's remarks, temper the excitement, temper one's zeal, temper the heat, temper one's joy, temper the severity, temper the wind. [ with prepositional phrase ] Tempered by the fact, tempered by the knowledge, tempered by the reality, tempered by the realization, tempered by a sense of. { Harden with heat, combinations } [ with adverb ] Finely temper. [ with direct object ] Temper steel. [ with prepositional phrase ] Tempered in the fire. [ noun modifier, past participle ] Tempered glass, tempered steel, tempered blade, tempered light.

TEMPER, v. { temp-uhr } [ 1 ] formal – To reduce the severity of ( something ) — To temper criticism. [ 2 ] technical – To cause ( something ) to harden, especially by heating and cooling it — To temper metal/steel. [ 3 ] music – To adjust the pitch of a keyboard instrument to a temperament — To temper a piano. { Reduce the intensity of something, combinations } [ with direct object ] Temper expectations, temper one's enthusiasm, temper optimism, temper one's criticism, temper justice with mercy, temper one's ambitions, temper one's remarks, temper the excitement, temper one's zeal, temper the heat, temper one's joy, temper the severity, temper the wind. [ with prepositional phrase ] Tempered by the fact, tempered by the knowledge, tempered by the reality, tempered by the realization, tempered by a sense of. { Harden with heat, combinations } [ with adverb ] Finely temper. [ with direct object ] Temper steel. [ with prepositional phrase ] Tempered in the fire. [ noun modifier, past participle ] Tempered glass, tempered steel, tempered blade, tempered light.

TEMPER, v. { temp-uhr } [ 1 ] formal – To reduce the severity of ( something ) — To temper criticism. [ 2 ] technical – To cause ( something ) to harden, especially by heating and cooling it — To temper metal/steel. [ 3 ] music – To adjust the pitch of a keyboard instrument to a temperament — To temper a piano. { Reduce the intensity of something, combinations } [ with direct object ] Temper expectations, temper one's enthusiasm, temper optimism, temper one's criticism, temper justice with mercy, temper one's ambitions, temper one's remarks, temper the excitement, temper one's zeal, temper the heat, temper one's joy, temper the severity, temper the wind. [ with prepositional phrase ] Tempered by the fact, tempered by the knowledge, tempered by the reality, tempered by the realization, tempered by a sense of. { Harden with heat, combinations } [ with adverb ] Finely temper. [ with direct object ] Temper steel. [ with prepositional phrase ] Tempered in the fire. [ noun modifier, past participle ] Tempered glass, tempered steel, tempered blade, tempered light.

Usages

But from the start of his tenure, he tempered expectations about what a U.S. attorney’s office could do. [ Chicago Tribune ] Or should he temper public expectations by offering carefully vetted policies that are likely to come to fruition ? [ Los Angeles Times ] That “discomfiture,” they said, was tempered by the fact that prior restraint cases come up so rarely in the courts. [ The Washington Post ] The foul mood, though, is partly tempered by the fact that he won $58,000 playing blackjack at an Atlantic City casino – which explains the hangover. [ Montreal Gazette ] The leaves are about three or four inches long, in clusters of five, finely tempered, bright lively green, and radiant. [ The Atlantic ] It required, indeed, a nature of finely tempered steel, such as Nordeck’s, to face all this with a stoical appearance of calm composure. [ Project Gutenberg ] One built airplanes, another built banks, the third drove thousands of kids safely to school on mornings cold enough to shatter tempered steel. [ Los Angeles Times ] The blue of the eastern horizon grew shallower, changing to a cold thin gray which warmed slowly to the straw color of tempering steel. [ Project Gutenberg ] It is A Trust that has been tempered in the fire and purified and strengthened over these years! [ Booksie ] Anoint it all over with tallow, temper it in a gentle charcoal fire, and let it cool of itself. [ Project Gutenberg ] Ceramic glass withstands higher temperatures and radiates more heat than tempered glass. [ Vancouver Sun ] The oval table is white tempered glass, while the breakfast bar and worktops are black tempered glass. [ Herald Scotland ]

But from the start of his tenure, he tempered expectations about what a U.S. attorney’s office could do. [ Chicago Tribune ] Or should he temper public expectations by offering carefully vetted policies that are likely to come to fruition? [ Los Angeles Times ] That “discomfiture,” they said, was tempered by the fact that prior restraint cases come up so rarely in the courts. [ The Washington Post ] The foul mood, though, is partly tempered by the fact that he won $58,000 playing blackjack at an Atlantic City casino – which explains the hangover. [ Montreal Gazette ] The leaves are about three or four inches long, in clusters of five, finely tempered, bright lively green, and radiant. [ The Atlantic ] It required, indeed, a nature of finely tempered steel, such as Nordeck’s, to face all this with a stoical appearance of calm composure. [ Project Gutenberg ] One built airplanes, another built banks, the third drove thousands of kids safely to school on mornings cold enough to shatter tempered steel. [ Los Angeles Times ] The blue of the eastern horizon grew shallower, changing to a cold thin gray which warmed slowly to the straw color of tempering steel. [ Project Gutenberg ] It is A Trust that has been tempered in the fire and purified and strengthened over these years! [ Booksie ] Anoint it all over with tallow, temper it in a gentle charcoal fire, and let it cool of itself. [ Project Gutenberg ] Ceramic glass withstands higher temperatures and radiates more heat than tempered glass. [ Vancouver Sun ] The oval table is white tempered glass, while the breakfast bar and worktops are black tempered glass. [ Herald Scotland ]

But from the start of his tenure, he tempered expectations about what a U.S. attorney’s office could do. [ Chicago Tribune ] Or should he temper public expectations by offering carefully vetted policies that are likely to come to fruition? [ Los Angeles Times ] That “discomfiture,” they said, was tempered by the fact that prior restraint cases come up so rarely in the courts. [ The Washington Post ] The foul mood, though, is partly tempered by the fact that he won $58,000 playing blackjack at an Atlantic City casino – which explains the hangover. [ Montreal Gazette ] The leaves are about three or four inches long, in clusters of five, finely tempered, bright lively green, and radiant. [ The Atlantic ] It required, indeed, a nature of finely tempered steel, such as Nordeck’s, to face all this with a stoical appearance of calm composure. [ Project Gutenberg ] One built airplanes, another built banks, the third drove thousands of kids safely to school on mornings cold enough to shatter tempered steel. [ Los Angeles Times ] The blue of the eastern horizon grew shallower, changing to a cold thin gray which warmed slowly to the straw color of tempering steel. [ Project Gutenberg ] It is A Trust that has been tempered in the fire and purified and strengthened over these years! [ Booksie ] Anoint it all over with tallow, temper it in a gentle charcoal fire, and let it cool of itself. [ Project Gutenberg ] Ceramic glass withstands higher temperatures and radiates more heat than tempered glass. [ Vancouver Sun ] The oval table is white tempered glass, while the breakfast bar and worktops are black tempered glass. [ Herald Scotland ]

Conjugation

  • I
  • you
  • he
  • she
  • it
  • we
  • you
  • they
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  • temper
  • tempers
  • tempers
  • tempers
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  • tempered
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  • will temper
  • will temper
  • will temper
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  • had tempered
  • had tempered
  • had tempered
  • had tempered
  • had tempered
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  • had tempered
  • will had tempered
  • will had tempered
  • will had tempered
  • will had tempered
  • will had tempered
  • will had tempered
  • will had tempered
  • will had tempered

Etymology

From Old English temprian, ‘to temper’; from Classical Latin temperare, ‘to temper’; from Classical Latin tempus, ‘time’.

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Formats
  • OTF
  • TTF
  • WOFF
  • WOFF2
Opentype Features
  • Access All Alternates ( aalt )
  • Small Capitals From Capitals ( c2sc )
  • Case-Sensitive Forms ( case )
  • Glyph Composition / Decomposition ( ccmp )
  • Denominators ( dnom )
  • Fractions ( frac )
  • Standard Ligatures ( liga )
  • Lining Figures ( lnum )
  • Localized Forms ( locl )
  • Numerators ( numr )
  • Oldstyle Figures ( onum )
  • Ordinals ( ordn )
  • Proportional Figures ( pnum )
  • Small Capitals ( smcp )
  • Stylistic Set 1 ( ss01 )
  • Stylistic Set 2 ( ss02 )
  • Stylistic Set 3 ( ss03 )
  • Stylistic Set 4 ( ss04 )
  • Stylistic Set 5 ( ss05 )
  • Stylistic Set 6 ( ss06 )
  • Stylistic Set 7 ( ss07 )
  • Stylistic Set 8 ( ss08 )
  • Superscript ( sups )
  • Tabular Figures ( tnum )
  • Slashed Zero ( zero )
Character Sets
MacOS Roman ( Standard Latin )
MS Windows 1252 Western ( Standard Latin )
Supported Languages
Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Breton, Catalan, Chiga, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, German, Gusii, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kabuverdianu, Kinyarwanda, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Manx, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Oromo, Portuguese, Quechua, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Sena, Shambala, Shona, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Turkish, Uzbek, Volapük, Vunjo, Zulu

Showcases

Project Solanum Website
by EPRC
Ami Ami Packagings
by ToStudio