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Moveable Type, the public art installation in the New York Timess lobby, is ending its 17-year run. The Times, which is replacing the exhibit as part of an update to its lobby, will...

For 46 years, Tom Bodkin was the heart and soul of design and more at The New York Times.

After a 46-year career at The New York Times, Mr. Bodkin is retiring from his role as chief creative officer.

In 2010, the Apple iPad offered a new way to read the news. To prepare for its arrival, The Times needed a model.

advertisement advertisement It’s an unfathomable milestone. More than 500,000 Americans have now died due to COVID-19, 13 months after the first confirmed case in the U.S. advertisement advertisement How does one convey the gravity of the loss, which is so enormous it can almost seem abstract? News outlets have used bar charts, line charts, and heat maps to convey each new and tragic milestone over the past year. Now, the most effective visualizations use design to both capture the data at it...

I-M-P-E-A-C-H-E-D. The banner headline on the Jan. 14 front page summed up President Donald J. Trump’s second impeachment in just nine letters. Or was it eight? Credit...The New York Times Some readers may have spied an unusual letterform in the historic headline: an “E” and “A” joined at the baseline and combined into a single character, known as a ligature. Ligatures are used to improve the appearance and letterspacing of characters that would otherwise awkwardly pair. But the advan...

US officials ask residents to use party-invite sites to sign up for Covid vaccine The effort to inoculate Americans has overwhelmed US government websites. Many local governments are consigning patient appointments to web-based services. Text Size: A+ It’s the most massive vaccine rollout in U.S. history, but many local governments are consigning patient appointments to web-based services better known for handling birthday-party RSVPs and online yoga sessions. Several Florida counties hav...