means A writing material made from the pith of the papyrus plant, used in ancient Egypt and across the Mediterranean world before paper — and also the name of the much-mocked font modeled after that ancient look.

from From Latin papyrus, borrowed from Greek papyros, the name for the reedy water plant (Cyperus papyrus) whose stalks were sliced, layered, and pressed into writing sheets. The Greek word's deeper roots are uncertain, possibly Egyptian. The plant's name also gave us 'paper' itself, traveling down through Latin and Old French — so every sheet you write on still carries the ghost of an Egyptian marsh reed.