Times New Roman
popular serif typeface by Stanley Morison, Victor Lardent & Juan Parra(Victor's Asesor)
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Summary
Times New Roman is a typeface family[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of typeface family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,381 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Commissioned by: The Times[3]
- Publisher: Monotype[4]
- Based on: Plantin[5], Perpetua[6], Baskerville[7]
- Copyright license: proprietary license[8]
- Subclass of: serif typeface[9]
- Writing system: Latin script[10], Greek alphabet[11], Armenian alphabet[12], Hebrew alphabet[13], Arabic script[14], International Phonetic Alphabet[15]
- Designed by: Stanley Morison[16], Victor Lardent[17]
- Part of: Core fonts for the Web[18]
- Commons category: Times New Roman[19]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[20]
- Inception: 1931[21]
- Publication date: October 3, 1932[22]
- Described at URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/times-new-roman[23]
- Vox-ATypI classification: Classical Transitional[24]
- Public domain date: January 1, 2038[25]
- Thibaudeau classification: elsevier typeface genre[26]
- Type foundry: Monotype[27]
- Derivative work: Times Roman[28]
- Copyright status: copyrighted[29]
- Script style: Roman type[30]
Why It Matters
Times New Roman has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]