Times

Times Fonts and Typefaces

In 1931, after criticising the Times of London for being badly printed and typographically "behind the times", Stanely Morison and the Monotype Corporation were commissioned to create a new text type for the newspaper.

The new design was supervised by Stanley Morison and drawn by Victor Lardent, an artist from the advertising department of The Times. 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). As the old type used by the newspaper had been called "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 the design was released for commercial sale.

The Linotype version, called simply "Times", was optimized for line-casting technology, though the differences in the basic design are subtle. The typeface was very successful for the Times of London, which used a higher grade of newsprint than most newspapers. The better, whiter paper enhanced the new typeface's high degree of contrast and sharp serifs, and created a modern, sparkling look.

In 1972, Walter Tracy designed Times Europa for The Times of London. This was a sturdier version, and it was needed to hold up to the newest demands of newspaper printing: faster presses and cheaper paper. In the United States, the Times font family has enjoyed popularity as a magazine and book type since the 1940s. Times continues to be very popular around the world because of its versatility and readability. And because it is a standard font on most computers and digital printers, it has become universally familiar as the office workhorse. Times™, Times™ Europa, and Times New Roman™ are sure bets for proposals, annual reports, office correspondence, magazines, and newspapers.

Times has evolved as the universal version of the original Linotype Times. The basic four weights of roman, italic, bold and bold italic are standard fonts on most printers. There are also small caps, old-style figures, phonetic characters, and Central European characters.

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Font Name	Supplier	PS/TT	OT
Times™ Ten Greek Monotonic Upright	Linotype	N/A	$29.00
Times™ Ten Greek Monotonic Inclined	Linotype	N/A	$29.00
Times™ Ten Greek Monotonic Bold	Linotype	N/A	$29.00
Times™ Ten Greek Monotonic Bold Inclined	Linotype	N/A	$29.00
Times™ Phonetic Pi Ipa	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times™ Phonetic Pi Alt	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times™ Roman SC	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times™ Italic OsF	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times™ Bold SC	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times™ Bold Italic OsF	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times Ten™ Roman SC	Linotype	$19.00	N/A
Times Ten™ Italic OsF	Linotype	$19.00	N/A
Times Ten™ Bold OsF	Linotype	$19.00	N/A
Times Ten™ Bold Italic OsF	Linotype	$19.00	N/A
Times Ten™ Greek Monotonic Upright	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times Ten™ Greek Monotonic Inclined	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times Ten™ Greek Monotonic Bold	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times Ten™ Greek Monotonic Bold Inclined	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times Ten™ Roman OsF	Linotype	$19.00	N/A
Times Ten™ CE Roman	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times Ten™ CE Italic	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times Ten™ CE Bold	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times Ten™ CE Bold Italic	Linotype	$26.00	N/A
Times Europa™ Std Roman	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times Europa™ Std Italic	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times Europa™ Std Bold	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times Europa™ Std Bold Italic	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times™ Std Roman	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times™ Std Italic	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times™ Std Semibold	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times™ Std Semibold Italic	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times™ Std Bold	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times™ Std Bold Italic	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times™ Eighteen Std Extra Bold	Linotype	N/A	$22.00
Times™ Ten Std Roman	Linotype	N/A	$22.00