Nimrod由Monotype于1980年发布。Nimrod字体家族是针对当前报纸技术而设计的，它是对报纸行业需求进行广泛研究的结果。Nimrod保留了传统报纸Ionics的许多功能，但一些琐碎的细节已被更旧的样式（例如Plantin）所取代。高度清晰的字体家族，尤其是较小的字体，其清晰明确的字符形状使文本块易于阅读。 Nimrod还可以承受报纸生产和印刷中遇到的退化。 Nimrod字体家族最早用于Leicester Mercury报纸的正文，后来成为报纸文本和标题的流行之选。

Nimrod was released by Monotype in 1980. Designed for current newspaper technology, the Nimrod font family evolved as a result of extensive examination of newspaper industry needs. Nimrod retains many of the features of the traditional newspaper Ionics, but some of the fussier detailing has been replaced by the more sober forms of the old styles, such as Plantin. A highly legible font family, especially in smaller sizes, its clear unambiguous character shapes make easily readable blocks of text. Nimrod also withstands the degradation encountered in newspaper production and printing. First used for body text in the Leicester Mercury newspaper, the Nimrod font family has subsequently become a popular choice in newspapers for text and headlines.