
Fonts They Love to Hate, Part Two: Papyrus, Times New Roman and Beyond
Ridiculous History
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The History of Typefaces
Times new Roman dates back to the original Roman type in 1470. Chances are if you pull up a word processor, whether that's Microsoft word or what have you, you're probably going to look at Times new Roman rather than Roman type. And for that reason alone, I think it may have also earned itself a bit of a place on the the list. Oh, and also we talked about curding in part one, but I don't think we defined it. Curning is the way spacing between characters works.
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