A Brief History of Times New Roman

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by c-slice • 11 years ago

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dstyrb• 11 years ago

a brief history of helvetica and arial, posted here a couple of weeks ago:

http://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/the-scourge-of-ari...

watson• 11 years ago

We always hear so much about the history of Helvetica... nice for a change to read about the other big font out there

Freak_NL• 11 years ago

When Times New Roman appears in a book, document, or advertisement, it connotes apathy. It says, “I submitted to the font of least resistance.” Times New Roman is not a font choice so much as the absence of a font choice, like the blackness of deep space is not a color. To look at Times New Roman is to gaze into the void.

Nicely worded. Even if you don't want to bother with typography at all, Times New Roman is rarely a good default. It was designed for typesetting tall and narrow newspaper columns, not A4 or Letter width letters and memos.

A Brief History of Times New Roman

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