Times New Roman
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Times New Roman is a widely used serif typeface originally designed for legibility in newspaper printing and now standard in print and digital typography worldwide.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Times New Roman canonical | 1 |
| Times New Roman MT | 1 |
| Times New Roman PS | 1 |
| Times New Roman Std | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11909535 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Times New Roman Context triple: [Monotype, publishes, Times New Roman]
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A.
Helvetica
Helvetica is a widely used sans-serif typeface known for its clean, modern, and highly legible design, commonly seen in corporate branding and public signage worldwide.
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B.
Gill Sans
Gill Sans is a widely used British humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill, known for its clean, modern look and extensive use in signage and branding.
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C.
Constantia
Constantia was a Roman noblewoman, traditionally identified as a daughter or close relative of Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom the city of Constanța is believed to be named.
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D.
Constantia
Constantia is an affluent, historic suburb of Cape Town renowned for its wine estates, leafy scenery, and upmarket residential character.
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E.
Libre Baskerville
Libre Baskerville is an open-source, web-optimized serif typeface that adapts the classic Baskerville design for modern digital use.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Times New Roman Target entity description: Times New Roman is a widely used serif typeface originally designed for legibility in newspaper printing and now standard in print and digital typography worldwide.
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A.
Helvetica
Helvetica is a widely used sans-serif typeface known for its clean, modern, and highly legible design, commonly seen in corporate branding and public signage worldwide.
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B.
Gill Sans
Gill Sans is a widely used British humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill, known for its clean, modern look and extensive use in signage and branding.
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C.
Constantia
Constantia was a Roman noblewoman, traditionally identified as a daughter or close relative of Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom the city of Constanța is believed to be named.
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D.
Constantia
Constantia is an affluent, historic suburb of Cape Town renowned for its wine estates, leafy scenery, and upmarket residential character.
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E.
Libre Baskerville
Libre Baskerville is an open-source, web-optimized serif typeface that adapts the classic Baskerville design for modern digital use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
serif typeface
ⓘ
transitional serif typeface ⓘ typeface ⓘ |
| alsoDistributedBy | Linotype ⓘ |
| basedOn | Plantin (typeface) ⓘ |
| category |
newspaper typeface
ⓘ
text typeface ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
The Times
ⓘ
The Times of London ⓘ
linked to:
The Times
|
| contrast | moderate stroke contrast ⓘ |
| defaultIn |
Microsoft Word (historically)
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Word for Windows
early versions of Internet Explorer ⓘ many versions of Microsoft Windows ⓘ |
| designer |
Stanley Morison
ⓘ
Victor Lardent ⓘ |
| designGoal |
efficient use of space in columns
ⓘ
high legibility at small sizes ⓘ |
| foundry | Monotype ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Times New Roman MT
ⓘ
linked to:
Times New Roman
Times New Roman PS ⓘ
linked to:
Times New Roman
Times New Roman Std ⓘ
linked to:
Times New Roman
|
| hasWeight |
Bold
ⓘ
Bold Italic ⓘ Italic ⓘ Regular ⓘ |
| includedWith |
many Microsoft Office versions
ⓘ
many Microsoft Windows versions ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | old-style and transitional serif designs ⓘ |
| licensing | proprietary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with formal documents
ⓘ
widespread adoption as a default font ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
book typography
ⓘ
digital typography ⓘ newspaper printing ⓘ office documents ⓘ |
| proportion | narrow letterforms ⓘ |
| publisher |
Monotype Imaging
ⓘ
linked to:
Monotype
|
| releaseDate | 1932 ⓘ |
| script |
Cyrillic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| style | serif ⓘ |
| usedAs |
body text typeface
ⓘ
default font in web browsers ⓘ default font in word processors ⓘ |
| usedIn |
digital documents worldwide
ⓘ
print media worldwide ⓘ |
| xHeight | relatively large ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Times New Roman Description of subject: Times New Roman is a widely used serif typeface originally designed for legibility in newspaper printing and now standard in print and digital typography worldwide.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Times New Roman
linked to: Times New Roman
linked to: Times New Roman