frederic goudy

Frederic goudy
Born in Springfield, IL. august 3, 1865
1887 moved to minnesota
1888-bookkeeper for credit and mortgage companies, taught himself typography and printing
worked in his father's real estate office in Hyde County, South Dakota
1889 works in real estate in Chicago, also in rare book department of A.C. McClurg
1892 put out magazine called modern advertising but only has a few issues produced
1895 opened Camelot Press in Chicago with lauren c. hooper(English instructor), prints “American Chap-Book” but went bankrupt within a year
He produced his first typeface design in 1896, a display face called Camelot for Camelot press. Sold for $10 to the Dickinson Type Foundry
Began teaching that inspired William A. Dwiggins, Oswald Cooper, and R. Hunter Middleton
In 1897 Goudy married a bookkeeper named Bertha M. Sprinks
1900 became a lettering instructor at Holme's School of Illustration
In 1903, he and Will H. Ransom founded the Village Press in Park Ridge, Illinois(but later moved to Boston and then NY)
1908 village press burned to ground, destroyed everything
1908 produced typeface for Lanston Monotype Machine Company: E-38, sometimes known as Goudy Light
1911- first really successful typeface: Kennerly Old Style, for an H.G. Wells anthology published by Mitchell Kennerly
1915: Goudy Oldstyle (his most widely used type) was released by the American Type Founders Company (It has graceful letters and allows for more type on a page)
Designed mostly display fonts during the beginning of his career, as time went on and he developed he was more interested in perfecting the roman typefaces
Goudy taught at the Art Students League (1916–24) and New York University (1927–29).
In 1920, became the Art Director at Lanston Type Co.
Drew his typefaces by hand, strongly disliked mechanical techniques so
1925- set up type foundry in his home in Marlborough, New York
1939-home and foundry burned down
Dedicated the rest of his life to teaching –caligraphy at university of Syracuse (1940)
From 1920–1947, Goudy was art director for Lanston Monotype
designed 122 typefaces and published 59 literary works
"Anyone who would letterspace blackletter would steal sheep."
At 40 considered himself a failure, but made 113 fonts during the next 36 yrs
124 typefaces in total
Died in Marlborough-on-Hudson on nov 5, 1947


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