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