Frederic William Goudy (/ ˈ ɡ aʊ d i / GOW-dee; [2] March 8, 1865 – May 11, 1947) was an American printer, artist and type designer whose typefaces include Copperplate Gothic, Goudy Old Style and Kennerley. [3]

Frederic W. Goudy (born March 8, 1865, Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.—died May 11, 1947, Marlboro, New York) was an American printer and typographer who designed more than 100 typefaces outstanding for their strength and beauty.

May 4, 2024 · Frederic Goudy, a typographic genius, embarked on the complex journey of type design with a meticulous and labour-intensive process that began with creating 80 distinct drawings to scale.

Frederic Goudy started designing printing type and became world renowned. He was responsible for the design of 120 different type designs while most designers only become famous for one or two. Goudy and his wife relocated to New York. She passed in 1935.

Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947) was an eminent American type designer, artist and printer, creating over 100 typefaces including Copperplate Gothic, Goudy Old Style, and Kennerly. Together with his wife Bertha M. Goudy (1869-1935), he founded the Village Press in 1903, which won many awards.

Frederic W. Goudy Goudy was an American printer and typographer who designed more than 100 typefaces outstanding for their strength and beauty. Goudy taught himself printing and typography while working as a bookkeeper.

Most type designers today dismiss the accomplishments of Frederic W. Goudy (1865–1947) because they fail to understand the state of type design in his lifetime, especially at the outset of his career. A very short summary of the profession of type making is in order.

Behind the Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy. (Pittsburgh, PA: Department of Printing, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1941). Also contains "The Ethics and Aesthetics of Type and Typography" by Goudy, "an address delivered at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, February 12, 1938."

Mar 12, 2015 · This exhibition celebrates the sesquicentennial of the birth of Frederic W. Goudy. In 1963 Professor Alexander Lawson acquired a landmark collection of books, prints, and metal type made by Goudy. This was the first archival typographic collection housed at RIT.

U.S. printer, type designer, and lettering artist Frederic W. Goudy created more than 100 typefaces outstanding for their strength and beauty. His typefaces include Goudy Old Style, Kennerley, Garamond, and Forum and were used in the printing of fine books and magazine advertising alike.