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D. Spencer Hines - 29 Oct 2006 22:36 GMT

Which font(s) is/are the primary one(s) used by _The Times_ and _The
Grauniad_ for their news columns?

Cheers,

DSH

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Gerry - 29 Oct 2006 22:56 GMT

> Which font(s) is/are the primary one(s) used by _The Times_ and _The
> Grauniad_ for their news columns?
>
> Cheers,
>
> DSH

The Times uses Times Europa which was designed in 1972 by Walter Tracy
for The Times of London. Times Europa was a replacement for Times New
Roman, which had been designed for the newspaper in 1931. Times Europa
was designed with sturdier shapes to meet the postwar demands of
newspaper printing, i.e, the cheaper paper and increased speed of the
presses.

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D. Spencer Hines - 29 Oct 2006 23:33 GMT

Interesting.

Thank you.

Anyone know about _The Grauniad_ [Guardian], _The Telegraph_, _The
Scotsman_, _The Sun_ and _The Daily Mail_?

Which are the primary fonts they use for the news?

DSH

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Gerry - 29 Oct 2006 23:51 GMT

> Interesting.
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> Which are the primary fonts they use for the news?

The Guardian format switch was accompanied by a comprehensive redesign
of the paper's look. On Friday 9 September 2005 the newspaper unveiled
its new look front page, which débuted on Monday 12 September 2005.
Designed by Mark Porter, the new look includes a new masthead for the
newspaper, its first since 1988. A typeface family called Guardian
Egyptian, designed by Paul Barnes (designer) and Christian Schwartz, was
created for the new design. No other typeface is used anywhere in the
paper - all stylistic variations are based on various forms of Guardian
Egyptian. -- source Wikipedia

Information found in a few seconds with a Google search.

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Paul C - 29 Oct 2006 23:52 GMT

>Interesting.
>
>Thank you.

>Anyone know about _The Grauniad_ [Guardian],

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/story/0,,1566047,00.html

>The Sun

Doesn't it just have pictures?

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Peter - 30 Oct 2006 00:21 GMT

>>Interesting.
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>Doesn't it just have pictures?

Indded, they are reputed to have paid all of two usd for a photo of
Hines thinking - it is reputed to be the onlly one in existance - a
real rarity!

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Peter - 30 Oct 2006 00:19 GMT

>Interesting.
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>DSH

I'm sure that if you asked them nicely they would print an edition in
big print for you - withoiut any words that had more than two
syllables

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Peter - 30 Oct 2006 00:18 GMT

>Which font(s) is/are the primary one(s) used by _The Times_ and _The
>Grauniad_ for their news columns?
>
>Cheers,
>
>DSH

Why don't you ask someone intelligent in your family to read one of
the papers and tell you? - I suggest your dog.

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Gunga Din - 30 Oct 2006 02:07 GMT

> Which font(s) is/are the primary one(s) used by _The Times_ and _The
> Grauniad_ for their news columns?
>
> Cheers,
>
> DSH

Why do you want to know? I need to know that first.

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Fonts Used By The Times & The Grauniad