Created in 1982 and released by Linotype, it has a number of distinctive characteristics, including rough edges, irregular curves, and high horizontal strokes in the capitals.

Costello described his goal as a font that would represent what English language texts would have looked like if written on papyrus 2,000 years ago.

Papyrus has a number of distinctive characteristics, including rough edges, irregular curves, and high horizontal strokes in the capitals.

[11][12] Its use in the film was highlighted in a 2017 Saturday Night Live sketch titled "Papyrus," featuring Ryan Gosling,[1][13] which also claimed that it was widely used for Shakira merchandise, hookah bars, and off-brand tea companies.

[16] Following the release of The Way of Water, Gosling starred in a second Saturday Night Live short called "Papyrus 2" wherein he discovers that despite the sequel's enormous budget, the typeface has merely been changed to bold.