Times®

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What is the Times® font?

In 1931, The Times of London commissioned the Monotype Corporation, under the direction of Stanley Morison, to design a newspaper typeface.
According to Morison: “The Times, as a newspaper in a class by itself, needed not a general trade type, however good, but a face whose strength of line, firmness of contour, and economy of space fulfilled the specific editorial needs of The Times.” Times New Roman, drawn by Victor Lardent and initially released in 1932, was the result. More…
Research into legibility and readability led to a design that was unique in newspaper typography; it was based on old style (or Garalde) types, had greater contrast, and was more condensed than previous newspaper types.
When the London Times, for whom Monotype designed Times New Roman, switched to machine-set type, they used Linotype equipment. Monotype licensed Times New Roman to Linotype, who optimized it for the new technology. Adobe’s main Times Roman font family uses Linotype’s 12-point design. There are a variety of differences between the Linotype and Monotype cuts of Times, though most are very subtle.
Adobe’s Times Phonetic typefaces, sold as a separate group, are based on the Linotype Times Roman. They comprise linguistic symbols, letters, and diacritical marks for use in dictionaries, language guides, linguistics texts, or wherever else spoken sounds need to be typographically represented. Times Phonetic is optimized for use at small settings (8-point) to work well in dictionaries, but works well at normal text sizes as well.
Both the Linotype and Monotype versions of Times continue to be very popular, particularly for newspapers, magazines, and corporate communications such as proposals and annual reports.

Times® Font families

The Times® includes the following font families:

  • Times LT Std Roman
  • Times LT Std Italic
  • Times LT Std SemiBold
  • Times LT Std SemiBold Italic
  • Times LT Std Bold
  • Times LT Std Bold Italic
  • Times LT Std ExtraBold
  • Times Phonetic IPA

Times® Preview

Here is a preview of how Times® will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.


Is Times® A free font? Is Times® Free to Download?

No,Times® is not free to download. You will need to pay for it I'm afraid. Almost every font that we list on HighFonts.com is a paid-for, premium font. We do have a Free Fonts section where we list free fonts that you can download. There is no point trying to find a free download of Times® so please don't waste your time looking.

It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Times® for free. There's a lot of websites that will say "Free Download" but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Times® remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!

If you really want Times® and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)