Look up the history of how Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent created Times New Roman for _The Times_. The connection you are looking for is covered by Fra. Ed

Look up the history of how Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent created Times New Roman for _The Times_. The connection you are looking for is covered by Fra. Edward Catich in his books, and carried forward digitally in Carol Twombly's Trajan.