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Times Roman and Times New Roman [Charles Bigelow]

Charles Bigelow on the Times trademark. "Times" refers to the typeface produced for "The Times" by Monotype. Yet, it was trademarked by Allied Corporation (ex-USA parent of Linotype), as Bigelow explains: "During WWII, the American Linotype company, in a generous spirit of Allied camaraderie, applied for registration of the trademark name "Times Roman" as its own, not Monotype's or The Times', and received the registration in 1945. In the 1980's, all this was revisited when some entrepreneurs, desirous of gaining the rights to use the name, applied to Rupert Murdoch, who owned The Times; separately, a legal action was also initiated to clarify the right of Monotype to use the name in the U.S., despite Linotype's registration. The outcome of all of the legal maneuverings is that Linotype and its licensees like Adobe and Apple continue to use the name "Times Roman", while Monotype and its licensees like Microsoft use the name "Times New Roman". "

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file name: Stanley Morison Times New Roman 1932 Poster by Dominika Grudysz 2019


file name: Victor Lardent Times New Roman 1931 Poster by Anerly Foong 2014


file name: Stanley Morrison Times New Roman 1931 Poster by Sebastian Felipe Diaz 2014







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