Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Blameless font

Christina Squitieri has been waxing lyrical on the blog of the NY Center for Book Arts:
... Times New Roman, the typeface equivalent of the quiet girl next door: beautiful in its own way, with an understated elegance that can often go under-appreciated.

I was intrigued to read that, since 2004, all US diplomatic documents use 14-point Times New Roman, replacing the previously used Courier New.

Casting around the web I find that the font has also been accused of conspiracy, theft & empire building.

There must be a film in this. Who should play the girl next door?