# newspaper fonts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-fonts/150997>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 26, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-fonts/150997 "2003-01-26T05:54:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-fonts/150997/1 "2003-01-26T05:54:47Z")

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I’m looking for a font that can be a fair representation of the NY Times logo. I have a project in mind that would be pretty keen if I made it appear as a newspaper.  
Does anyone know of such a font, free or otherwise, available online which would fit my needs?  
Please note I do not have access to programs like Photoshop, QuarkXpress and the like and I am using Windows.

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-fonts/150997/2 "2003-01-26T05:59:33Z")

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Doesn’t Old English look at least something like what your after? Have you looked in your font pull-down list in Microsoft Word?

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**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-fonts/150997/3 "2003-01-26T18:19:32Z")

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Curse your oily hide, I didn’t know there was such a beast on my machine. Oh to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous typography.

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-fonts/150997/4 "2003-01-26T22:30:53Z")

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And for the body text, use Times New Roman; it’s based off the actual newspaper typeface.

Robin

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-fonts/150997/5 "2003-01-26T23:10:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by raisinbread \*  
> \*\*Curse your oily hide, I didn’t know there was such a beast on my machine. Oh to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous typography. \*\*

It’s official. **Raisinbread** is indeed Mr. Burns.