Goudy Old Style List of typefaces designed by Frederic Goudy

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described instant best-seller lawson in anatomy of typeface, goudy old style (1915) has remained popular since creation atf body text , display face. goudy described design influenced capitals on painting, later said unable find which, although thought hans holbein (goudy did not which). dots (tittles) on , j diamond-pattern, , descenders kept short @ atf s insistence allow tight line setting on common line system. many revivals have been released. goudy later designed italic, , a.t.f. bold weight , medium, named goudy catalogue .


goudy old style became particularly commonly used display , advertising use. indeed, in 1937, printing textbook 26 lead soldiers described bold better known regular.



a sample of goudy cursive, slowing alternate capitals, g , x .





goudy cursive (1916, atf): set of swash capitals , other alternate characters goudy old style.


booklet old style (1916, atf), apparently never marketed. proof shown in goudy s memoir.


a specimen of national oldstyle in american type founders 1923 specimen book.



national old style (1916, atf), quite similar nabisco.
unnamed (1917), goudy had zinc etchings made of face , pulled proofs, dissatisfied him. scrapped face , drawings in library of congress.
advertiser s roman (1917, nc), patterns cut never cast, traces lost in goudy s 1939 studio fire.


ltc goudy initials, modern digitisation of cloister initials



cloister initials (1918, atf), set of floral initials designed used morris fuller benton s cloister old style.
hadriano title (1918, lanston monotype + 1927, continental), matrices cut wiebking. based on appearance of worn stone capitals.

hadriano lower case (1930, nc), designed goudy monotype never cut. in 1932 monotype released full-font consisted of hadriano title matched kennerley bold lower case letters.




goudy open in metal type @ 60pt, showing variant swashed q .








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