Although I prefer Garamond, Times New Roman is the font of choice for the rest of the world. Did you know that this classic font has a shady past?
Stanley Morison, a typography consultant for The Times, is credited as being the father of the font that debuted in October 1943. But…
“Here’s the problem with this tidy account: Evidence found in 1987 — drawings for letters and corresponding brass plates — suggests that the real father of the font wasn’t a typographer at all, but a wooden boat designer from Boston named William Starling Burgess.” (via)
