On October 13 the columns of The Los Angeles Times appeared in a solid new Ionic, LA Text, with a series of new display designs centering on LA Headline. Improving typography within Times tradition is the work of Design Deputy Managing Editor Joe Hutchinson, designer Roger Black, and FontBureau’s David Berlow. For LA Headline, Black turned to a seventeenth century design, the romans of Nicholas Kis. “The brilliance of these classical types provides dynamic contrast with the text, the spark that illuminates the design,” said Hutchinson.