Stanley Morrison Essay

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Stanley Morrison was a British typographer, designer, and historian of printing in the design world. Morrison who designed the Times New Roman typeface was born on May 6th, 1889. He was born in Wanstead, Essex. He spent most of his child hood and young adulthood in his family house in London. After his father abandoned his family he left school and self-taught himself. During the First World War he became a conscientious objector and was imprisoned. After that he struggled in many different areas of life where he finally found himself working in the publishing industry. Morrison started his career as an editorial assistant for Imprint magazine in 1913 and three years later be became a design supervisor at the Pelican Press. In 1922, he changed to work with the Fleuron Society to edit the society’s journal. He also worked for the Monotype Corporation. His work included research, adaptation, and the revival of historical typeface. He was a typographical consultant for the Times Newspaper from 1929 to 1960. In 1931, The Times was being publically criticized heavily for its poor quality of writing. Morison was appointed by the newspaper to come up with a new readability typeface that was easier and clearer to read and understand. He designed the new typeface with the help of his graphic artist Victor Lardent for the Times Newspaper. His new style of writing was called Times New Roman. The font was first used in the newspaper in 1932 and was published by Monotype in 1933. Morrison was a influence in the field of typography and he lead to the development of the new typefaces for the

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