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Times New Roman
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Times New Roman is a serif typeface commissioned for use by the British newspaper The Times in 1931. It has become one of the most popular typefaces of all time and is installed on most personal compu
Times New Roman compared to its predecessor "modern" serif font. Times appears larger on the page, with tighter linespacing and more solid in appearan
Times New Roman compared to its predecessor "modern" serif font. Times appears larger on the page, with tighter linespacing and more solid in appearance.
Linotype's Legibility Group typefaces were becoming popular for newspaper printing around the time Times New Roman was created
Linotype's Legibility Group typefaces were becoming popular for newspaper printing around the time Times New Roman was created
A Ludlow Typograph specimen of Times New Roman Type Specimen from the metal type period. The design was altered in smaller sizes to increase readabili
A Ludlow Typograph specimen of Times New Roman Type Specimen from the metal type period. The design was altered in smaller sizes to increase readability, particularly obvious in the widened spacing of the six and eight-point samples at centre right of the diagram. The hollows at the top of upstrokes are also not seen in the standard digitisations.
Times Hever Titling from a Monotype specimen.
Times Hever Titling from a Monotype specimen.
Plantin (typeface)
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Plantin is an old-style serif typeface created in 1913 by the British Monotype Corporation for their hot metal typesetting system. Named after the sixteenth-century printer Christophe Plantin, it is l
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…from the eighteenth century and before. This matched a common trend in printing tastes of the period. Morison proposed an older Monotype typeface named Plantin as a basis for the design, and Times New Roman mostly matches Plantin's dimensions. The main change was that the contrast between strokes was enhanced…
Steel punches, the masters used to stamp matrices used to cast metal type, at the Plantin-Moretus Museum. Its unique collection of original sixteenth-
Steel punches, the masters used to stamp matrices used to cast metal type, at the Plantin-Moretus Museum. Its unique collection of original sixteenth-century matrices and punches inspired the Plantin design.
The Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, a visit to which provided source material for Plantin's design.
The Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, a visit to which provided source material for Plantin's design.
Miller & Richard's Old Style, a delicate reinterpretation of pre nineteenth-century printing styles that became popular in the late nineteenth century
Miller & Richard's Old Style, a delicate reinterpretation of pre nineteenth-century printing styles that became popular in the late nineteenth century. While offering a version of it as one of their first faces, Monotype in creating Plantin aimed to offer a more solid design that would print clearly.