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NewsMicrosoft investigates bug behind unresponsive Windows Start Menu Pin
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NewsNew font mandate creates frenzy at State department Pin
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obermd wrote:
So they're ditching Microsoft Word. That's where the Times New Roman "craze" started.
It is? I wasn't even aware that The Times had access to MSW during WW2.

I didn't even know that there was an MSW version that didn't allow you to choose from a number of different typefaces. What I have heard as a criticism of MS is that they strongly pushed sans serif typefaces - highly justifiable given the typical low resolution of matrix printers of the day, used by the great majority of MSW users. Serif fonts usually fared badly on matrix printers. The criticism was raised by typesetters with access to phototypesetters, often with analog font definitions - hardware way out of reach for the typical MSW user.

Times New Roman actually was in use years before WW2, but became important due to the paper shortage: It could fit more text per area unit than other typefaces, allowing The Times to bring more information in a given number of pages, or reduce the number of pages to save paper. I never noticed any pressure from MS towards Times New Roman, but if there was one, it might have been justified as a similar cost reduction factor, saving paper and possibly ink. I do recall proportional typefaces in general being more cost effective and paper saving, but that goes for all proportional (non monospace) typefaces, with no particular reference to Times New Roman.

"Readability" is to a large degree determined by current typographical fashions. Times New Roman was introduced because of its high readability, especially at small sizes. 40-50 years ago, typographers frowned at sans serif fonts: Serifs are absolutely required for the reader to follow the lines. (Last time I met typographers still insisting on this was a couple of years ago.) But then: If you print any serif font on a 72 dpi dot matrix printer, I certainly agree that it looks terrible. Then rather Arial!
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