Frederic W. Goudy typographical collection, 1915-1938.

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Frederic W. Goudy typographical collection, 1915-1938.

Includes 18 keepsakes issued in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Village Press, and two scrapbooks spanning the year 1915 to 1928. These contain Goudy typefaces and type design materials, monotypes and typography, tearsheets of articles by and about Frederic Goudy, and a Goudy typebook.

.5 ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7253136

Arizona State University Libraries

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Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947

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Frederic William Goudy was an American type designer. After a career in real estate, he began his career as a type designer at 40 and created over 120 type styles including University of California Oldstyle, exclusively for the University of California Press, and Goudy Old Style. Goudy founded the Village Press with Will H. Ransom and was the Art Director for the Lanston Monotype Machine Company from 1920 until his death in 1947. From the description of Frederic W. Goudy collection, ...