Morison, Stanley

Morison, Stanley, 1889–1967, English typographer and journalist. Morison was typographical consultant to Cambridge Univ. Press and to the English Monotype Corp. and editor of the Fleuron from 1926 to 1930. He was typographical adviser (1929–44) to the London Times and designer of a new format and a new typeface called Times Roman. In 1945, Morison became editor of The Times Literary Supplement. Among his works on type are Four Centuries of Fine Printing (1924) and First Principles of Typography (1936). His writings cover a wide range and include a multivolume history of The Times.

Bibliography

See biography by N. Barker (1972); study by J. Moran (1971).

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Morison, Stanley

(born May 6, 1889, Wanstead, Essex, Eng.—died Oct. 11, 1967, London) English typographer, scholar, and historian of printing. He attained much of his printing and typographic experience by working for publishing houses. He served as editor of the influential typographic journal The Fleuron (1926–30). He worked for The Times (London) in various capacities, including editor of The Times Literary Supplement (1929–60). He is best known as the designer of Times New Roman, which was adopted as The Times's basic typeface in 1932, and went on to become the most successful new typeface of the 20th century.