Simplification.
"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."
New York Times: A Face Lift for The Times, Typographically, That Is; New York Times: Type comparison chart
"Matthew Carter has replaced The New York Times early 20th century headline hodgepodge (as many as six typefaces at once) with one family of custom Cheltenhams. Also, say goodbye to Bookman and Century Bold Italic. It’s interesting to note that The Times still uses 1950’s Imperial for text, not the digital versions from Intertype or Linotype but one they produced themselves by scanning proofs of the original metal type."
[via Typographica]
