In 1931, The Times of London commissioned the Monotype Corporation, under the direction of Stanley Morison, to design a newspaper typeface.According to Morison: “The Times, as a newspaper in a class by itself, needed not a general trade type, however good, but a face whose strength of line, firmness of contour, and economy of space fulfilled the specific editorial needs of The Times.”Times New Roman, drawn by Victor Lardent and initially released in 1932, was the result.When the London Times, for whom Monotype designed Times New Roman, switched to machine-set type, they used Linotype equipment. Monotype licensed Times New Roman to Linotype, who optimized it for the new technology. A There are a variety of differences between the Linotype and Monotype cuts of Times, though most are very subtle.Both the Linotype and Monotype versions of Times continue to be very popular, particularly for newspapers, magazines, and corporate communications such as proposals and annual reports.

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