Times Roman

Times Roman is a body text, serifed typeface. It was created by Linotype to compete with Monotype's Times New Roman typeface. Both are based on an older design called Plantin. Their readability and economical use of space caused them to be used extensively in American newspapers during World War II to save paper. A digital version of Times Roman was implemented in early Postscript interpreters (also in laser printers) and later distributed with the free Acrobat Reader software for the popular PDF file format, thus making the typeface ubiquitous.

The differences between Times Roman and Times New Roman PS are mostly a trademark issue. Although there are subtle stylistic and spacing differences, they are invisible in body typefaces at normal reading distances.

Microsoft Windows computers feature Monotype's Times New Roman PS while Mac computers have Linotype's Times Roman.

In digital font systems, Times [New] Roman is usually the first font coded, and the font most often examined to determine the quality of the font system. Therefore, software designers and commercial organizations take particular care with it.

The following paragraph is in Times Roman if it is installed on your machine:

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