The New York Times Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Nameplate=== The nameplate of ''The New York Times'' has been unaltered since 1967. In creating the initial nameplate, [[Henry Jarvis Raymond]] sought to model ''[[The London Times]]'', which used [[textura]] popularized following the [[fall of the Western Roman Empire]] and regional variations of [[Alcuin]]'s script, as well as a period. With the change to ''The New-York Times'' on September 14, 1857, the nameplate followed. Under [[George Jones (publisher)|George Jones]], the [[terminal (typography)|terminal]]s of the "N", "r", and "s" were intentionally exaggerated into swashes. The nameplate in the January 15, 1894, issue trimmed the terminals once more, smoothed the edges, and turned the stem supporting the "T" into an ornament. The hyphen was dropped on December 1, 1896, after [[Adolph Ochs]] purchased the paper. The [[descender]] of the "h" was shortened on December 30, 1914. The largest change to the nameplate was introduced on February 21, 1967, when type designer [[Ed Benguiat]] redesigned the logo, most prominently turning the arrow ornament into a diamond. Notoriously, the new logo dropped the period that remained with the ''Times'' up until that point; one reader compared the omission of the period to "performing plastic surgery on [[Helen of Troy]]." Picture editor John Radosta worked with a [[New York University]] professor to determine that dropping the period saved the paper {{USD|41.28}} ({{Inflation|US|41.28|1967|fmt=eq|r=2}}).{{Sfn|Dunlap|2017b}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page