Times New Roman was originally developed by Monotype for use on their own typesetting equipment, which produced type in individual characters. More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today. As the old type used by the newspaper had informally been referred to as ‘Times Old Roman,’ Morison’s revision became ‘Times New Roman.’ The Times of London debuted the new typeface in October 1932, and after one year they released the design for commercial sale. Morison used an older typeface, Plantin, as the basis for his design, but made revisions for legibility and economy of space (always important concerns for newspapers). The new design was supervised by Morison, a typographic consultant to The Times (and to Monotype), and drawn by Victor Lardent, an artist from the advertising department of the newspaper.
In 1931, The Times of London commissioned a new text type design from Stanley Morison and the Monotype Corporation, after Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically behind the times. The original typeface used by the British newspaper The Times (founded in 1785) wasn’t officially named ‘Times.’ It was referred to as ‘the Times font’ or the typeface used by The Times.
A very early front page of The Times (of London) from 1788.
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