MS Serif explained

MS Serif
Style:	Serif
Creator:	Microsoft
Creationdate:	1985 (as Tms Rmn) 1992 (as MS Serif)

MS Serif is a raster typeface packaged with Microsoft Windows. It was introduced in Windows 1.x as "Tms Rmn" (which is shortened to Times Roman), and changed to its current name starting with Windows 3.1 (just as "Helv" became MS Sans Serif).^[1]

See also

• Times New Roman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Helv and Tms Rmn FontNames Not Available in Windows 3.1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313204430/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/84470. 2016-03-13.