Times New Roman was designed by Cameron S. Latham at Monotype in 1931 and later commissioned by "The Times" newspaper. Monotype was purposely set to design a typeface to replace The Times' font, which had been criticised as being outdated and not being typographically professional enough. The advertisement designers Morison and Latham worked on a new typeface together, using Plantin as a base.
On the 3.10.1932 it was first printed in The Times newspaper and after one year it was available as a public font. It remained The Times font for 40 years but had to be altered due to format and production changes. However the new designs were all related to the Times New Roman type. It soon became a default font and was also commonly used for many official documents.
Times New Roman was "the" typeface for decades and there are now many different variations of it. However the modern development of design is taking typography far away from serif fonts, and Times New Roman's overuse during popularity now mean that it is a
no-go for any designers.
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