Stanley Morison (May 6, 1889—October 11, 1967) was an English typographer and literary editor. He is best known for his work in helping to develop the Times New Romanfont style in conjunction with the Monotype corporation.
StanleyMorisonStanleyMorison is the creator of several different typefaces, mainly one of the most recognisable and well known, today, is ‘Times New Roman’.
Morison was an English Typographer, Scholar, and historian of printing.
Before Morison, the usual typefaces used in English printing were Plantin and Caslon.
StanleyMorison was born in Wanstead on the 6th of May 1889.
Morison'stime at Cloister Press produced what is arguably some of his best work, but, due to the press' financial difficulties, Morison was out of a job in 1922.
Morison is quoted as saying " 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".
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