Commercial · Serif · Klim Type Foundry
Tiempos Headline
Tiempos Headline is a licensed font from Klim Type Foundry: $60 USD, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 3 open-licence families below are suggested in its place, each with the basis for the substitution.
The name above is set in a fallback face. Tiempos Headline is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Kris Sowersby
- Released
- 2010
- Styles
- 12
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- $60 USD (base price for the first font style; each subsequent style is discounted (from the Klim FAQs page)) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
The headline member of the Tiempos collection, drawn for larger sizes with higher contrast than Tiempos Text while keeping its Plantin and Times heritage. 12 styles.
Free alternatives to Tiempos Headline
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Tiempos Headline is not on this machine, so these were chosen by what is known about it — classification, lineage, common use — and each is labelled with that basis. Open one to see its measured character and neighbours.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Playfair Display webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Playfair Display.
same classification
A high-contrast display serif built for headlines; more Didone in flavour than Tiempos Headline's transitional forms.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Newsreader webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Newsreader.
same classification
An editorial serif with display optical sizes; softer and more calligraphic than Tiempos Headline.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The DM Serif Display webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not DM Serif Display.
same classification
A high-contrast headline serif; single weight only, where Tiempos Headline has a full range.
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