TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on Mon Apr 15 06:31:10 EDT 2024
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Village Text or New Village Text by Frederic Goudy
Village Text or New Village Text is a typeface designed in 1938 by Frederic Goudy. Mac McGrew writes: This typeface by Frederic W. Goudy is really a hybrid, combining the capitals of Tory Text with the lowercase of Deepdene Text. When the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco ordered a large amount of Deepdene Text for a proposed book about Caxton, England's first printer, Goudy was not satisfied that this was the best choice for the subject. After quite a bit of study, he hit upon the idea of substituting the Tory Text capitals. Grabhorn approved a proof of this combination. Earlier, Goudy had applied the name Village Text to his redesign and cutting of Aries, but Grabhorn renamed it Franciscan when they used that face for an award-winning book. This left the name available for the later face. |
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