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The New York Times is standardizing on Cheltenham:

Starting today, the front page and main news sections of The New York Times are receiving a gentle typographical face-lift.

In place of a miscellany of headline typefaces that have accumulated in its columns over the last century, the newspaper is settling on a single family, Cheltenham, in roman and italic versions and various light and bold weights. A narrow variation will be used for The Times's signature one-column headline, which often appears at the top right of Page A1 on the main article of the day.

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Before today's change, at least six headline typefaces commonly appeared on the front page. That kind of variety was customary for newspapers in the early 20th century, possibly because metal type was too costly and scarce for printers to stock full ranges of size within a family.

You can read the full story here (free registration blah blah blah). Don't miss the helpful graphic demonstrating the changes.

One typeface I'm going to particularly miss is Bookman Antique, which I enjoyed as a headline face on their inside pages:

(graphic shamelessly stolen from their article)

I understand and believe in the value of standardizing on one type family, but I always felt that Bookman Antique gave a nice, sturdy, trustworthy feel to those multi-column heads that Cheltenham doesn't convey.