Times New Roman is gross gross gross gross.20 November 2007
Big Ugly Font Quickie: Times New Roman
Times New Roman is gross gross gross gross.
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Times New Roman is gross gross gross gross.
related by topic:
BigUglyFonts,
typography
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4 comments:
what's your problem with times new roman? in print i think it looks fine, on a computer not always, but for papers and etc. i think that it is rightfully the standard font.
Ben, no no no. :)
It's such an uncooked-oatmeal serif typeface.
And while it is perfectly readable and "just fine," - even "good" when used properly (as in, well, the Times newspaper's tight columns) - its use as the default font for MS Word-formatted essays with double-spacing and wide margins is a typographical horror.
Yes, much of this is the fault of Microsoft, not the folks at Monotype, but just like an otherwise decent song gets annoying fast when used on an awful teenybopper movie trailer, so it goes with TNR.
I think the only reason you really don't like it are two-fold:
1) it's commonly used (i.e, it's not exclusive and obscure)
2) it's the Microsoft standard (which of course explains #1)
I think those two factors are coloring your judgment of the actual font's design.
PS: You're going to call Times New Roman ugly and then roll out this new site design? Really?
(PPS: I still love you though.)
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