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Shorthand Dictation on Record (LP, sleeve, 1950s Dictation Disc Company, Unknown designer

Scanned in 400DPI (sample below)

Tempo is an imitator of Futura (1927) [Daylight Fonts · Fonts In Use · Identifont], although it differs from Futura in a few ways. It also has a number of variant characters, including some based on Kabel (1927) [Daylight Fonts · Fonts In Use · Identifont]. The cover uses the pointy variants of A and N:

You can download a free version of Tempo Bold here.

The back cover text is in another Futura clone, Twentieth Century (1937) [Daylight Fonts · Fonts In Use · Identifont]:

The differences between Twentieth Century and Futura are even smaller than for Tempo, but the angled terminal at the bottom of the 7 is a giveaway.

The reason they used two different Futura clones like this is because they had two different typecasting machines, a Ludlow Typograph for large text and a Monotype machine for small text. These machines were only compatible with fonts sold by the manufacturer of the machine, like razor blades or printer cartridges.

Shorthand Dictation on Record (LP, sleeve, 1950s Dictation Disc Company, Unknown designer

Scanned in 400DPI (sample below)

Tempo is an imitator of Futura (1927) [Daylight Fonts · Fonts In Use · Identifont], although it differs from Futura in a few ways. It also has a number of variant characters, including some based on Kabel (1927) [Daylight Fonts · Fonts In Use · Identifont]. The cover uses the pointy variants of A and N:

You can download a free version of Tempo Bold here.

The back cover text is in another Futura clone, Twentieth Century (1937) [Daylight Fonts · Fonts In Use · Identifont]:

The differences between Twentieth Century and Futura are even smaller than for Tempo, but the angled terminal at the bottom of the 7 is a giveaway.

The reason they used two different Futura clones like this is because they had two different typecasting machines, a Ludlow Typograph for large text and a Monotype machine for small text. These machines were only compatible with fonts sold by the manufacturer of the machine, like razor blades or printer cartridges.