UChicago visiting scholar David Ganz discussed how influential scripts such as Caroline minuscule and Italian Humanistic served as models for typefaces like Times New Roman. In the later Middle Ages, Italian humanists rejected the gothic script used to copy manuscripts. They adopted littera antiqua, a script used in twelfth-century Italy, transforming the appearance of letters on the page. In 1932, The Times newspaper in London changed its typeface to Times New Roman, rapidly becoming the world's most influential typeface.

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