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To: Cboldt

According to the man that wrote the book on typewriter fonts (catalogued over 4000, regarded as "the expert" on typewritten documents), this font (Times New Roman) didn't exist as a typewriter font.


789 posted on 09/09/2004 5:30:03 PM PDT by bootyist-monk (<--------------------- Republican Attack Machine)
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To: bootyist-monk
According to the man that wrote the book on typewriter fonts (catalogued over 4000, regarded as "the expert" on typewritten documents), this font (Times New Roman) didn't exist as a typewriter font.

He might be right, I don't know. But Times Roman is not a new font. See below:

Stanley Morison born 6. 5. 1889 in Wanstead, England, died 11. 10. 1967 in London, England typographer, type designer.

191314: works for "The Imprint". 191418: is sent to prison as a conscientious objector.

191921: works for Pelican Press and from 192123 for Cloister Press in Manchester. 192330: co-editor of "The Fleuron" magazine with Holbrook Jackson, Francis Meynell, B. H. Newdigate and Oliver Simon. 192367: typography consultant to the Monotype Corporation. From 1923 onwards: book artist. Designs covers for the Victor Gollancz publishing house. 192430: works for Cambridge University Press. 192960: typography consultant to "The Times" daily newspaper. On 3 October 1932 the first issue of "The Times(TM)" set in Morisons new typeface, Times New Roman(TM), is printed. 193551: published the history of "The Times(TM)" in four volumes. 194547: editor-in-chief of the "Times Literary Supplement". 1960: made a Royal Designer for Industry. Fonts: Times(TM) (1931), Times(TM) Ten (1931), Times(TM) Eighteen (1931), Times(TM) Central European (1931), Times New Roman(TM) (1932, with Victor Lardent). Publications include: "Four Centuries of fine print", London 1924; "The Alphabet of Damianus Moyllus", London 1927; "The calligraphy of Ludovico degli Arrighi", Paris 1929; "The English newspaper, 16221932", Cambridge 1932; "First Principles of Typography", Cambridge 1936; "A tally of types", Cambridge 1953; "Typographic design in relation to photographic composition", San Francisco 1959; James Moran "Stanley Morison", London 1971. * TYPOGRAPHY An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History by Friedrich Friedl, Nicolaus Ott (Editor), Bernard Stein, published by Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.

Times is a trademark of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions, exclusively licensed through Linotype Library GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.

Times New Roman is a trademark of Monotype Typography.

Stanley Morison - Font Designer of Times, Times New Roman, Times Ten


806 posted on 09/09/2004 5:38:30 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: bootyist-monk

>>According to the man that wrote the book on typewriter fonts (catalogued over 4000, regarded as "the expert" on typewritten documents), this font (Times New Roman) didn't exist as a typewriter font.<<

That was my recollection, though Times New Roman is very similar to one that was very popular at the time. Not Courier. That seemed to be included on just about every electric typewriter, but something that, as I recall, was referred to as more "bookish". ??


1,028 posted on 09/11/2004 6:39:26 PM PDT by fraidycat (Socialism is the opiate of academia.)
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