Timely. Timeless. Continue to change the times, show everyone your natural strength and intelligence (and awareness of default computer fonts). There is power in knowledge and visibility –and humor.

While reading about the research project, Women In Type (women-in-type.com), I discovered the article ‘The women behind Times New Roman: The contribution of type drawing offices to twentieth century type-making’ that was published in the Journal of Design History in September 2020. Below is the quoted article summary, and a link to read for free!

/// The narrative behind the creation of Times New Roman, one of the most widely used typefaces in the western world, is well established and revolves around famous male figures of British typographic history. This article recognises the role played by the Monotype Type Drawing Office (TDO), and of its draughtswomen in particular, in the making of the typeface. While female figures are largely absent from type histories, this contribution emphasises the key role played by the women who worked on adapting Stanley Morison’s original idea for Times New Roman into a fully working, extensive type family. Based on original archival material, it discusses the background of these women, their working conditions, and the nature of their contribution to type-making. In a wider perspective, this article advocates a more inclusive and collaborative view of design history and of its narratives. ///

https://academic.oup.com/jdh/article/33/3/209/5867210 - the article
https://research.reading.ac.uk/women-in-type/ – the research project's blog

I am not affiliated with this amazing resource, but if you have come this far to look at this typography pin, then you would probably be very interested in the work they're doing to set design history right.

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• 25.4mm ( 1 inch)
• Silver metal plated
• Black soft enamel
• Comes with metal butterfly clutch and attached to backing card (which holds a secret Instagram hashtag for the curious on the back that will lead you to "knowledge")
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