Times New Roman is a serif typeface commissioned by The Times (London) newspaper in 1931 and designed by Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and Victor Lardent. It was first issued by the Monotype Corporation in 1932. Although no longer used by The Times, it is still widely used for typesetting books. Times New Roman typeface. ... In typography, serifs are the small features at the end of strokes within letters. ... In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Stanley Morison (May 6, 1889—October 11, 1967) was an English typographer and literary editor. ... Currently Monotype Imaging, Inc, a typesetting and typeface design company responsible for many developments in printing technology — in particular the Monotype machine which was the first fully mechanical typesetter — and the design and production of typefaces in the 19th and 20th centuries. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ...

In digital font systems, Times New Roman is usually the first font coded, and the font most often examined to determine the quality of the font system. Therefore, software designers and commercial organizations take particular care with it.

A version of Times New Roman was produced by Monotype for Microsoft, and distributed with every copy of Microsoft Windows since version 3.1. As with Times on the Apple Macintosh, it is used as the default font in many applications, especially web browsers and word processors. Currently Monotype Imaging, Inc, a typesetting and typeface design company responsible for many developments in printing technology — in particular the Monotype machine which was the first fully mechanical typesetter — and the design and production of typefaces in the 19th and 20th centuries. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and nearly 60,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ... Microsoft Windows is a series of operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers. ... The Macintosh project started in early 1979 with Jef Raskin, an Apple employee, who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer. ... In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ... Application software is a loosely defined subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities of a computer directly to a task that the user wishes to perform. ... Web browser shortcuts on an Apple computer A web browser is a software application, technically a type of HTTP client, that enables a user to display and interact with HTML documents hosted by web servers or held in a file system. ... A word processor (also more formally known as a document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of viewable or printed material. ...

Times New Roman is Microsoft's name for the TrueType version of Times New Roman PS, a narrower variant of Monotype's classic Times New Roman typeface. The PS version was introduced to match the metrics of Times Roman (a PostScript core font by Linotype). It has the lighter capitals which were originally developed for printing German (where all nouns begin with a capital letter). TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobes Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. ... Times Roman is a body text, serifed typeface. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... Linotype typesetting machine Originally an American company, formed in 1886 to market the linecaster invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Mergenthaler Linotype (pronounced LINEotype ) became the worlds leading manufacturer of book and newspaper typesetting equipment. ...

In 2004, the U.S. State Department announced that as of February 1, 2004, all US diplomatic documents would use Times New Roman 14 point instead of the previous Courier New 12 point. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A point is a unit of measure in typography (Abbreviated as pt). There are various sorts of points, used in particular locations and times: Fournier point: the first definition of the printers point, by Pierre Fournier. ... Courier is a monospace font that resembles the output from a typewriter. ...

Times Roman

Times Roman is a body text, serifed typeface. It is Linotype's licensed version of Monotype's Times New Roman typeface. In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ... Linotype typesetting machine Originally an American company, formed in 1886 to market the linecaster invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Mergenthaler Linotype (pronounced LINEotype ) became the worlds leading manufacturer of book and newspaper typesetting equipment. ... Currently Monotype Imaging, Inc, a typesetting and typeface design company responsible for many developments in printing technology — in particular the Monotype machine which was the first fully mechanical typesetter — and the design and production of typefaces in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...

The differences between Times Roman and Times New Roman PS are mostly a trademark issue. Although there are subtle stylistic differences, they are invisible in body text at normal reading distances. Although there was a time when Times New Roman had different widths than Times Roman, when Microsoft licensed Times New Roman for Windows, they asked Monotype to match the Adobe/Linotype widths from the PostScript font; as such, the most common versions seen today have identical widths in common characters. A trademark (Commonwealth English: trade mark) is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to distinguish the business and its products or services from those of other businesses. ...

Microsoft Windows computers feature Monotype's Times New Roman PS while Mac computers have Linotype's Times Roman (simply named ‘Times’). Computers running Open Source operating systems generally have URW's Nimbus Roman No9 L, which is URW's PostScript version of Times Roman, placed into the public domain. Microsoft Windows is a series of operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers. ... Currently Monotype Imaging, Inc, a typesetting and typeface design company responsible for many developments in printing technology — in particular the Monotype machine which was the first fully mechanical typesetter — and the design and production of typefaces in the 19th and 20th centuries. ... The Macintosh project started in early 1979 with Jef Raskin, an Apple employee, who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer. ... Linotype typesetting machine Originally an American company, formed in 1886 to market the linecaster invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Mergenthaler Linotype (pronounced LINEotype ) became the worlds leading manufacturer of book and newspaper typesetting equipment. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

See also

• Arial
• Verdana
• Web core fonts

Arial is a font packaged with several Microsoft Corporation applications. ... Verdana is a sans-serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter for Microsoft Corporation, with hand-hinting done by Agfa Monotype’s Tom Rickner. ... Web core fonts was a project started by Microsoft in 1996 to make a standard pack of fonts for the Internet. ...

External links

• Times New Roman (classic version)
• Times New Roman font information (Microsoft typography)
• Downloadable version of Times New Roman (Web core fonts)
• US bans time-honoured typeface
• Times Roman vs. Times New Roman