URW’s version of Times
Newer Roman, first created in 1982. There are many
versions. As of 2016, MyFonts lists 3 families:
Nimbus Roman D (Display) spans 3 weights plus
italics.
Nimbus Roman No 9 comes in 12 styles: 4 weights, 3 of
them with italics, plus 3 condensed styles, as well as SC (Small
Caps) and DC (Display Caps / Descending Caps) styles of the
Regular. 2 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 was created in 1987 and released
under the GPL and AFPL in 1996 and LPPL in 2009. [Wikipedia]
Nimbus Roman Modern Compress More…
URW’s version of Times Newer Roman, first created in 1982. There are many versions. As of 2016, MyFonts lists 3 families:
Nimbus Roman D (Display) spans 3 weights plus italics.
Nimbus Roman No 9 comes in 12 styles: 4 weights, 3 of them with italics, plus 3 condensed styles, as well as SC (Small Caps) and DC (Display Caps / Descending Caps) styles of the Regular. 2 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 was created in 1987 and released under the GPL and AFPL in 1996 and LPPL in 2009. [Wikipedia]
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.
