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From: wasilko@netcom.UUCP (Jeff Wasilko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Font Name question
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Date: 14 Oct 89 06:21:16 GMT
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Reply-To: wasilko@netcom.UUCP (Jeff Wasilko)
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In article <4622@internal.Apple.COM> casseres@apple.com (David Casseres) writes:
>The LaserWriter fonts are all implementations of well-known type designs; 
>they aren't actually "named after" them, they ARE them.
>
>The original Macintosh fonts included Geneva, which was supposed to "look 
>like" Helvetica, and New York, which was supposed to "look like" Times 
>Roman.
>
>The name Geneva comes from the fact that "Helvetica" means Swiss, and New 
>York comes from the fact that Times Roman was originally developed for the 
>New York Times.
>
>Once these two fonts had city-names, it was natural to name the others 
>after other cities.  But there are many other bitmap fonts for the Mac 
>that don't have city-names.
>
>David Casseres
>
>Exclaimer:  Hey!

Times Roman was *not* develeoped for The New York Times, but for The Times
(of London). Times was designed by Stanely Morrison and was first used in the
Times in 1932. Morrison worked as a typographical adivsor to the Monotype
Corporation.

I also don't follow the logic of Helvetica=Swiss=Geneva. 

Helevetica was orginally designed by Linotype (if I remeber correctly). Swiss
is Bitstream's implementation of the design. It is also known as Helios or 
Triumvirate. 

Times Roman is also known as English, English Times, Times New Roman. 

Jeff Wasilko
Information International (Manufacturers of Newspaper Pagination Systems and
wasilko@netcom.uucp           High resolution typesetters)