Hi friends!
I’ve often wondered, “If the person who made the font ‘Times New Roman’ got even a penny for how often the font was used, he’d be a billionaire.” I think every paper I’ve ever written has been in Times New Roman (at the teacher’s request). This got me thinking – what’s the history behind it?
According to Typography for Lawyers, “Times New Roman gets its name from the Times of London, the British newspaper.” In 1929, Stanley Morison, a British typographer and historian of printing, was contracted by the Times to create a new font for their newspaper. Although he received criticism for his font design, he did not let that deter him. What he came up with was a serif font that was narrower than most other text fonts. This allowed more characters per line, which was important in newspaper printing, where thousands of copies were printed daily. Although you might not get your hands on a physical newspaper every day now, the font has followed us to the digital age. Times New Roman was one of the first fonts available on computers, which helped extend its reign.
https://typographyforlawyers.com/a-brief-history-of-times-new-roman.html