I’ll admit it: I’m a typography geek. And it’s bothered me for years that the New York Times, one of the most visible publications in the world, has used a mishmash of different typefaces for its headlines. No longer. As of Monday the 20 October, the newspaper began printing all its headlines in variations of the Cheltenham typeface, created by typography legend Matthew Carter. Check out this article for more details.
Finally, I can look at the Times without that little voice screaming in agony in the back of my head. Settling on a coherent typeface scheme is such a little thing, but like I said, I’m a typography geek, so this kind of thing gets my knickers in a twist.
