Goudy Old Style (also known as just Goudy) is an old-style

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originally created by

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for

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(ATF) in 1915. Suitable for text and display applications, Goudy Old Style matches the historicist trend of American printing in the early twentieth century, taking inspiration from the printing of the

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without a specific historical model. Eccentricities include the upward-curved ear on the g and the diamond shape of the dots of the i, j, and the points found in the period, colon and exclamation point, and the sharply canted hyphen. The design is relatively light in

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History

In Goudy's autobiography, he described the italic based on study of sixteenth-century italics: "I studied many of the older italics and came to the conclusion that...some of the outstanding italics of the sixteenth century had little or no inclination and yet preserved their italic character". Several variants, designed by several designers, were released in the ensuing years (all faces ATF unless otherwise specified). By Goudy: * Goudy Old Style (1915) * Goudy Old Style Italic, inspired by Aldine designs. * Goudy Cursive, a "loose italic" adding swashes and more calligraphic alternate characters. Missing from most digitisations but included on the LTC release. By

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: * Goudy Bold (1916) * Goudy Title (1918), a full size variation on Goudy's small capitals from the Goudy Old Style roman. * Goudy Bold Italic (1919) The

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version of the italic includes cursive capitals by

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. * Goudy Catalog (1919) and ''Goudy Catalog Italic'' (1921), designed as medium weight companions. * Goudy Extra Bold + Italic (1927) By others: * Goudy Handtooled + Italic (1922), were in-line versions of ''Goudy Bold + Italic'' (with a white line inside the letter) and were probably designed by Charles H. Becker, though other authorities credit either

or Wadsworth A. Parker. Again, the

version of the italic includes cursive capitals by

. * Goudy Children, which features single-story variants of the letters ''a'' and ''g'' in italic, bold, and bold italic styles for use in children's books. The face was an instant best seller, prompting ATF to issue a special 124-page specimen book of the series in 1927. The descenders of Goudy Old Style were kept short at ATF's insistence to allow tight line setting on their common line system, to Goudy's irritation. In addition, he sold the design to ATF for $1500 and received no royalty, causing his relationship with the foundry to deteriorate.

Hot metal copies

The face was immediately licensed to

and some of the weights were issued by Intertype as well.

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called its 1924 knock-off the ''Number Eleven series''. Monotype's designer F.H. Pierpont, better known for Rockwell and

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, designed a similar face named ''Horley Old Style'', adding a distinct influence of

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designs.

Cold type copies

As the face was a "classic" almost from the day of its issue, producers of

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offered their own versions of ''Goudy Old Style'' under the following names: * ''Goudy Oldstyle'' — Alphatype,

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, Mergenthaler * ''Goudy Bold'' —

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* ''Goudy Light'' — Dymo, Star/Photon * ''Grecian Old Style'' — Graphic Systems Inc.

Digital copies

Commercial releases have been made by

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(bundled with

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, and Linotype. As many early digitisations were sublicensed, several of these may represent the same digitisation marketed by different rights-holders, possibly upgraded with modern features such as contextual ligature substitution and small caps. LTC's digitisation includes the calligraphic and swash alternate characters, as well as

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. ''Goudy Catalog'' has been copied by Scangraphic,

, and

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. A version called ''Goudy Schoolbook'' also exists, with single-story versions of the letters ''a'' and ''g'', but it is not for sale to the general public. (The digitisation bundled with Microsoft Office lacks all these features; it does include ligatures, but they must be inserted manually.) 'Sorts Mill Goudy' is an open-source revival created by Barry Schwartz as part of the League of Movable Type project, which contains small capitals and other

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features. Bhikkhu Pesala expanded this under the name 'Sukhumala', adding bold, bold italic and handtooled styles. ATF's other related fonts, Goudy Handtooled and Goudy Catalog, have also been digitised, again with a variety of companies holding some rights although only LTC's release includes Handtooled Italic. Goudy Title has not been digitised under that name.

Usage

''Goudy Old Style'' is the text typeface used in ''

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''. It is also the typeface used for headings in ''

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''. It is the official typeface of

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. It is also used by the

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publications. The bold italic weight is used for the wordmark of Whittard's.

References

*Friedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. ''Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History.'' Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. . *Lawson, Alexander S., ''

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''. Godine: 1990. . *Meggs, Philip B. and McKelvey, Roy.''Revival of the Fittest: Digital Versions of Classic Typefaces.'' RC Publications: 2000. .

External links

{{Commons category, Goudy Old Style
Goudy at the Linotype Type Gallery

Sorts Mill Goudy
a free and open-source revival of Goudy Oldstyle by Barry Schwartz Old style serif typefaces Typefaces with text figures Typefaces with infant variants American Type Founders typefaces Letterpress typefaces Photocomposition typefaces Digital typefaces Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1915 Typefaces designed by Frederic Goudy