The changing Times

I just had to add that image in there...we were just discussing about the Harry Potter guy being part of an explicit movie/show at staff meeting the other day... :D

Well, as much as I want this to be about Harry Potter, it's not. It's about the redesign of the The Times of London. After 221 years, the times are changing (literally). This is what they said: "The Times Modern introduced today allows a better shaped headline with extra characters per line. This allows for more articulation in the process of writing. The change is not reckless impulse, but reading conditions for many people have become less leisurely. Newspaper typography should evolve to meet technological innovations and The Times is once again at the sharp end."

The redesign was headed by Neville Brody - an important figure in the typographic world.I don't know much about the history of the newspaper, but the redesign was not as exciting as I thought it could have been. I believe a part of them are still holding on to what it has always been. Just like the supposed "redesigns" by Meredith, I think sometimes it really hard for big, established news products to really go through a real redesign where everything is blown up and built from scratch again.

Anyways, typographi, the blog I'm following has been closed for "clean up". I'm checking out typographer.org now.