URW’s versions of Times and Times
New Roman, first created in 1982. There are many
versions. As of 2016, MyFonts lists three families:
Nimbus Roman D (Display) spans three weights plus
italics.
Nimbus Roman No 9 comes in 12 styles: four weights,
three of them with italics, plus three condensed styles, as well as
SC (Small Caps) and DC (Display Caps / Descending Caps) styles of
the Regular. Two weights plus italics are also offered in an “L”
version (Laser, compatible to Adobe’s PostScript version, donated
for use with GhostScript). [MyFonts]
Nimbus Roman No 9 L (based on Times) was
created in 1987 and released under the GPL and AFPL in 1996 and
LPPL in 2009. [Wikipedia]
Nimbus Roman No 9 T (not sold on MyFonts as of
2016) is based on Times New Roman.
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URW’s versions of Times and Times New Roman, first created in 1982. There are many versions. As of 2016, MyFonts lists three families:
Nimbus Roman D (Display) spans three weights plus italics.
Nimbus Roman No 9 comes in 12 styles: four weights, three of them with italics, plus three condensed styles, as well as SC (Small Caps) and DC (Display Caps / Descending Caps) styles of the Regular. Two weights plus italics are also offered in an “L” version (Laser, compatible to Adobe’s PostScript version, donated for use with GhostScript). [MyFonts]
Nimbus Roman No 9 L (based on Times) was created in 1987 and released under the GPL and AFPL in 1996 and LPPL in 2009. [Wikipedia]
Nimbus Roman No 9 T (not sold on MyFonts as of 2016) is based on Times New Roman.
Nimbus Roman Modern Compress D (no lowercase) is a unique addition credited to Achaz Reuss (2001).
Among the versions that are currently not distributed are Outline styles and Nimbus Roman No2 T (Text), a single style with loose spacing and sturdy letterforms.
URW++ uses the Nimbus Roman name also for its “Global Fonts” extensions, incl. VN (Vietnamese), ME (Middle East), Chinese, Korean, Thai.
