1877 US in baseball; metaphorical usage from 1896, more generally from 1930. Since at least 1870, baseball teams would reissue tickets in case of postponement due to rain, which became known as rain checks.
Update: In fact, the latest update of iPhoto is using Helvetica Neue. And now there's Avenir, a Linotype typeface and Apple's new favorite. It was designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1988, inspired by two old school typefaces created in the 20s: Erbar by Jakob Erbar and Futura by Paul Renner.
Save. XiXinXing/XiXinXing/Getty Images. Most newspapers use a version of the Times typeface--also known as a font--for the body copy in their columns. The Times of London, not to be confused with The New York Times, commissioned a graphic designer to create a font that would be extremely readable in small sizes.he designers determined that a serif typeface would serve readers better than a sans serif one, especially when used in newspaper columns, in which the type size is oftentimes 10 point or smaller. Serif fonts have small extenders at the end of their linestrokes.