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Frederic W. Goudy

Frederic W. Goudy (Bloomington, Illinois, March 8, 1865 – Marlborough-on-Hudson, May 11, 1947) was a prolific American type designer whose typefaces include Copperplate Gothic, Kennerly, and Goudy Old Style.[Source][1]

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American printer, artist and type designer (1865–1947)

Born 8 March 1865
Died 11 May 1947

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    Cover of edition alphabetelements00goud_128 First published in 1922 — 7 editions
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    First published in 1918 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Typologia: studies in type design & type making, with comments on the invention of typography, the first types, legibility, and fine printing

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  • Cover of: Goudy's type designs: his story and specimens : being a virtual facsimile of the Typophiles chap books XIII and XIV, A half-century of type design and typography

    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Types of the past, type revivals: with a few words on type design in general

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American printer, artist and type designer (1865–1947)

Born 8 March 1865
Died 11 May 1947

Subjects

Type and type-founding, History, Printing, Specimens, Printers, Alphabets, Alphabet, Appreciation, Biography, Type designers, Autographs, Lettering, Ampersand, Autograph albums, Friends and associates, Layout (Printing), Legibility (Printing), Village Press, 1865-1947, Advertising layout and typography, Anecdotes, Anecdotes, facetiæ, satire, Artists, Bible, Correspondence

Places

United States, New York, New York (State), California, England, Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.), Italy, N.Y. Deepdene, New York (N.Y.), Venice

People

Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947), Bertha Goudy (1869-1935), Frederic W. Goudy, Frederic W Goudy, Johann Gutenberg (1397?-1468), Lowell Thomas (1892-1981), Sol Hess (1865-), William Morris (1834-1896)

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20th century

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Alternative names

  • Frederic W Goudy
  • Frederic GOUDY
  • Frederic W 1865-1947 Goudy
  • Frederic W. 1865-1947 Goudy
  • Frederic W. (Frederic William) Goudy
  • FREDERIC WILLIAM GOUDY
  • Fredric W. Goudy

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