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==Later typefaces used by ''The Times''== [[File:Balfour Declaration in the Times 9 November 1917.jpg|thumb|''The Times''' previous typeface from an article describing the [[Balfour Declaration]] in 1917]] ''The Times'' newspaper has commissioned various successors to Times New Roman: *Times Europa was designed by Walter Tracy in 1972 for ''The Times'', as a sturdier alternative to the Times font family, designed for the demands of faster printing presses and cheaper paper.<ref name="Hutt Tracy 1973">{{cite journal |last1=Hutt |first1=Allen |author-link=Allen Hutt|title=Walter Tracy, type designer |journal=[[The Penrose Annual]] |date=1973 |pages=101β115}}</ref> It has been released commercially by Adobe, among others, recently in an updating by Linotype as Times Europa Office (discussed above).<ref name="Adobe Times Europa">{{cite web|title=Adobe Times Europa|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/times-europa/|website=MyFonts|access-date=14 July 2015|archive-date=15 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715030647/http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/times-europa/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Europa Office" /> *Times Roman replaced Times Europa on 30 August 1982.<ref name="Driver 2006" /> *Times Millennium was made in 1991, drawn by Gunnlaugur Briem on the instructions of Aurobind Patel, composing manager of News International.<ref name="Driver 2006" /><ref name=Briem>{{cite web|last1=Briem|first1=Gunnlaugur|title=BriemTimes|url=http://66.147.242.192/~operinan/2/2.2a/2.2.7.6.btim.letter.htm|publisher=Gunnlaugur SE Briem|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> *Times Classic first appeared in 2001.<ref name="Hall Typography of News">{{cite web|url=http://www.fontshop.com/blog/fontmag/002/02_news/|first=Peter|last=Hall|title=The Typography of News: Bigger, faster, better |publisher=[[FontShop International|FontShop]] |access-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415015824/http://www.fontshop.com/blog/fontmag/002/02_news/|archive-date=15 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="New Cuts at The Times">{{cite web |last1=Baines |first1=Phil |title=Face lift: new cuts at The Times |url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/face-lift-new-cuts-at-the-times |website=Eye |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="Berry Typographic Texture of the News">{{cite web |last1=Berry |first1=John |title=dot-font: The Typographic Texture of the News |url=https://creativepro.com/dot-font-the-typographic-texture-of-the-news/ |website=Creative Pro |date=12 April 2004 |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="Berry News on Paper">{{cite web |last1=Berry |first1=John |title=dot-font: News on Paper in the Digital Age |url=https://creativepro.com/dot-font-news-on-paper-in-the-digital-age/ |website=Creative Pro |date=29 March 2004 |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="Design Week Housestyle">{{cite web |title=Housestyle is just the type for redesign of The Times newspaper |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/14-february-2002/housestyle-is-just-the-type-for-redesign-of-the-times-newspaper/ |website=Design Week |date=14 February 2002 |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref> Designed as an economical face by Dave Farey and Richard Dawson,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Farey |first1=Dave |title=Type For the Times |journal=Parenthesis |date=2011 |volume=20 |page=32|publisher=Fine Press Book Association |location=Cambridge}}</ref> it took advantage of the new PC-based publishing system at the newspaper; the new typeface included 120 letters per font.<ref name="Driver 2006">{{cite news |last1=Driver |first1=David |title=After 221 years, the world's leading newspaper shows off a fresh face |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/after-221-years-the-worlds-leading-newspaper-shows-off-a-fresh-face-vxs5wkc0ch6 |access-date=9 April 2020 |work=The Times |date=2006 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Farey part 1">{{cite journal|last1=Farey|first1=Dave|title=A Life and Times, Part 1|journal=Ultrabold|date=2014|issue=16|pages=16β25}}</ref><ref name="Farey part 2">{{cite journal|last1=Farey|first1=Dave|title=A Life and Times, Part 2|journal=Ultrabold|date=2014|issue=15|pages=3β13}}</ref> *Times Modern was unveiled on 20 November 2006, as the successor of Times Classic.<ref name="Driver 2006" /> Designed for improving legibility in smaller font sizes, it uses 45-degree angled bracket serifs. It was designed by Research Studios, led by designer [[Neville Brody]] with input from [[Ben Preston]], deputy editor of ''The Times''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=184449 |title=Neville Brody's Research Studios Creates New Font and Design Changes for The Times as Compact Format Continues to Attract Loyal Readership |location=London |publisher=PR Newswire UK |date=2006-11-15 |access-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523125758/http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=184449 |archive-date= May 23, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Luke Prowse interview">{{cite web |first=Alan|last=Formby-Jackson|title=A conversation with Times Modern designer Luke Prowse |url=http://www.visualeditors.com/jackson/2006/11/a-conversation-with-time-modern-designer-luke-prowse/ |website=Visual Editors |date=November 21, 2006 |access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208180600/http://www.visualeditors.com/jackson/2006/11/a-conversation-with-time-modern-designer-luke-prowse/|archive-date=8 February 2007}}</ref> (Other designs have been released called Times Modern; see below.) During the Times New Roman period ''The Times'' also sometimes used [[Perpetua (typeface)|Perpetua Titling]].<ref name="Tally of Types" /><ref name="The Times: New roman and related founts.">{{cite web |title=The Times: New roman and related founts. |url=http://www.elbrecht.de/TNR&RF.jpg |publisher=Times/Monotype |access-date=16 September 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916043631/http://www.elbrecht.de/TNR%26RF.jpg |archive-date=16 September 2015}}</ref>
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