The story of Times New Roman in three minutes

If you're into typography, you'll already have seen Helvetica, the feature by Gary Hustwit that's one of our favourite design-related movies - and will be keen to see more. In which case you should check out the above video, which focuses on another well-known font.

Beautifully produced as part of the newspaper's Unquiet Film Series this is a must-watch and at just three and a half minutes, it's an ideal way to spend a tea break.

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Tom May is an award-winning journalist specialising in art, design, photography and technology. His latest book, The 50 Greatest Designers (Arcturus Publishing), was published this June. He's also author of Great TED Talks: Creativity (Pavilion Books). Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine.