Dutch and Swiss

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From: George V. Reilly
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1989 07:35

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Some clones of Helvetica and Times call themselves "Swiss" and
"Dutch", respectively.  Now, I can understand the reasoning
behind calling Helvetica "Swiss", as Helvetica is Latin for
Switzerland and Helvetica was designed by a Swiss, but I cannot
see why Times is called "Dutch" as Times was designed for the London
_Times_ by an Englishman, Stanley Morison, around 1932.

Can anyone enlighten me?
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George Reilly				gvr@cs.brown.edu
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From: gvr@brunix (George V. Reilly)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Dutch and Swiss
Summary: Why Dutch?
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Date: 25 Nov 89 07:35:55 GMT
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