He created the typeface Times New Roman under the artistic direction of Stanley Morison in 1931, which is commonly used in Microsoft Word.
Lardent did not have a detailed memory of his work on Times New Roman, although he spoke to Walter Tracy and James Moran about it in the 1960s.
Both Tracy and Barker endorsed this view,[2] noting that the 'a' on Times New Roman is based on a replacement character added to the type in the 1730s.
"[4] Moran wrote that Lardent was embittered until his death at what he perceived to be a lack of proper recognition for his efforts in creating the font,[15] but neither Barker nor Tracy remembered this speaking to him.
[2][3] Lardent worked for Morison again later in his career on art for the books Splendour of Ornament,[16] creating restorations of decorative patterns by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, and Politics and Script.