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Stanley Arthur Morison (6 May 1889 – 11 October 1967) was a British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing. [2] [3] [4] Largely self-educated, he promoted higher standards in printing and an awareness of the best printing and typefaces of the past.
May 2, 2024 · Stanley Morison (born May 6, 1889, Wanstead, Essex, England—died October 11, 1967, London) was an English typographer, scholar, and historian of printing, particularly remembered for his design of Times New Roman, later called the most successful new typeface of the first half of the 20th century.
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Oct 11, 2021 · Born on the 6 th of May, 1889 in Essex, England, Stanley Arthur Morison was an English typographer, scholar, and historian of printing and a true master of modern typography. Morison is particularly remembered for his design of Times New Roman aka "the most successful new typeface of the first half of the 20th century."
Nov 22, 2021 · Stanley Morison, also known as a distinguished graphic designer, played a vital role in the typographic department of Cambridge University Press from 1925 until 1944. During his career, he published over 170 works on the history of typography , printing, and related subjects.
Times New Roman is a serif typeface. It was commissioned by the British newspaper The Times in 1931 and conceived by Stanley Morison, the artistic adviser to the British branch of the printing equipment company Monotype, in collaboration with Victor Lardent, a lettering artist in The Times's advertising department.
Dec 9, 2014 · You might be surprised to learn that Times New Roman began as a challenge, when esteemed type designer Stanley Morison criticized London’s newspaper The Times for being out-of-touch with modern typographical trends. So The Times asked him to create something better. Morison enlisted the help of draftsman Victor Lardent and began ...
Stanley Morison. In 1929 Monotype’s typographical adviser, Stanley Morison, published an article critical of the design of The Times. He was invited to submit ideas, and this led to a redesign of the paper in 1932, for which he developed Times New Roman. Here he recounts the process.
