Editing Times New Roman (section)

===Times Wide (1938, series 427)===
A variant intended for book printing, avoiding the slight condensation of the original Times New Roman.<ref name="Monotype Recorder first showing">{{cite journal|title=Typographic Problems of the Illustrated Book|journal=Monotype Recorder|date=1938|volume=37|issue=2|page=31|url=http://www.metaltype.co.uk/downloads/mr/mr_37_2.pdf|quote=Some types look larger, size for size, than others, because they have unusually short descenders and ascenders. This allows more room for the [[X-height|'x' or the middle part of the lower-case]] [but] a 'large x' is bound to waste space ''horizontally''...the imperceptible condensation of Monotype Times New Roman puts it in a class by itself as a news face. In the wider book measure, however, condensation is no asset.}}</ref> Although it was popular in the metal type period for book printing, it was apparently never digitised. Monotype also created a version, series 627, with long descenders more appropriate to classic book typography.{{sfn|Williamson|1956|p=102}} Optional [[text figures]] were also available.<ref name="Effra composition matrices">{{cite web |title=Composition matrices |url=https://shop.effrapress.co.uk/composition-matrices/ |publisher=Effra Press |access-date=10 April 2020 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326030620/https://shop.effrapress.co.uk/composition-matrices/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>