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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The history of the creation of the letter type "Times New Roman"

who does not know the font Times New Roman? maybe you are praying a fan of this font is used for everyday life or to write articles etc.However, how many of us who know the history of the creation of Times New Roman font type is this?
The letter was designed by an Englishman named Stanley Morrison. He was born on May 6, 1889 in Wanstead, England. Stanley grew up as a figure who has no knowledge about printing, but later on he occupied many important positions in the world. A lot in terms of knowledge gained since becoming a member of typographic printing of The Pelican Press.
Her love of God makes a lot of reading religious books, even the work of the first tipografinya also devoted to the church. Once out of The Pelican Press, he worked for Cloister Press in Manchester. Many of the designs produced his best when he worked at this company. Again, his work reflects the background of many Catholic churches, it is seen in the illustrations and all kinds of decorations that he used. Because he hated the war, he could make a motion antiperangnya jailed for four years (1914-1918).
Starting from the newspaper "Times"For approximately 30 years (1929-1960) Stanley Morrison, a consultant letter to The Times newspaper in London, England. As a consultant letters, in 1931 he told the Times, "The Times is a newspaper that has had its own customers, we require a letter that is not the same as the merchandise in general, letters should be basically good, but it also reflects the strength of the line, consistency, and economical for The Times ".
Because of his words was, October 3, 1932 became a day of marketing types the letter "Times" to the public, because on that day for the first time the newspaper The Times printed using typeface named as the newspaper itself. Stanley Morrison was not the only person who was behind the screen success of the letter. He also assisted his friend named Victor Lardent as the person who drew the design of this letter.
The letter named the Times is rapidly becoming very popular at that time, widely used in newspapers, magazines, books and corporate annual reports. This letter listed the license to the Monotype Corporation in England, but also to companies registered in the United Linotype license, because the newspaper The Times many of the registered license its products to the Linotype. Finally, in 1945, The American Linotype Company registered the trade name "Times Roman" separately, not as a part of The Times or Monotype. This is where there is a difference a name to use this letter in the computer. Linotype and companies under license such as Adobe and Apple Macintosh using the name "Times Roman", while Monotype with companies such as Microsoft under license using the name "Times New Roman".
In the 80s era, redesigning Monotype Times New Roman and claimed that the letters are in the redesign is better than Times Roman is owned by Linotype. Because not to be outdone, the adjacent time periods, Adobe, Linotype also launched a new series of letters the Times, which of course they claim the new letter also better than the letter belongs to Monotype. In fact, most or perhaps all users of this letter will not notice or will not even mempermasalah's a difference between them even though the letters are printed very clearly with a size of 10 pt in high resolution 300 dpi.
Regardless of the various conflicts in the above, it is evident that the Stanley Morrison has managed to create a good letter with its own trademark so that this typeface is remembered and used by many today. He died on October 11, 1967 in London, England.