“The case that Parker makes about the real origins of Times New Roman stands on narrow foundations. The sole piece of surviving evidence for his version of history is a brass pattern plate bearing a large capital letter B. He holds the plate up to show the familiar form of the letter, its characteristic curves and serifs. The point, he says, is that such pattern plates represent a technology that was not used after 1915. The creation of Times New Roman was announced in 1932.”
Type expert Mike Parker is causing a dustup in the typography world, claiming that William Starling Burgess, not Stanley Morison (along with Victor Lardent), designed the typeface we know as Times New Roman. (via Metafilter)
