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A Brief History of Times New Roman
- dstyrb 11y agoa brief history of helvetica and arial, posted here a couple of weeks ago: http://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/the-scourge-of-arial http://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/the-scourge-of-ari...
- watson 11y agoWe always hear so much about the history of Helvetica... nice for a change to read about the other big font out there
- Freak_NL 11y ago> When Times New Roman appears in a book, document, or advertisement, it connotes apathy. It says, “I submitted to the font of least resistance.” Times New Roman is not a font choice so much as the absence of a font choice, like the blackness of deep space is not a color. To look at Times New Roman is to gaze into the void. Nicely worded. Even if you don't want to bother with typography at all, Times New Roman is rarely a good default. It was designed for typesetting tall and narrow newspaper columns, not A4 or Letter width letters and memos.