The Times

Times Modern, 2006 The paper that gave the world Times New Roman eventually decided its headlines needed something sharper. For a 2006 redesign, a typeface project led by deputy editor Ben Preston with Neville Brody's Research Studios produced Times Modern, with Brody's colleague Luke Prowse also designing the masthead. Its pinched proportions, Brody said, allow more copy in a headline without compromising legibility, which suited a compact paper. Times Classic, introduced in 2002, stayed in the body text. Monotype later extended the family with a wide range of display weights and added italics, which makes it a neat way to see how the Times look evolved after Morison.