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Goudy Heavy Face (+Italic)
A typeface family designed by Frederic Goudy in 1925. Berry, Johnson and Jaspert write: [Monotype 1926] A type bolder than Goudy Bold and approaching Cooper Black. The serifs are less blurred. The M is wider than in Cooper. Q has the Goudy tail. The e has an oblique stroke to the eye; in the b the upright tapers to a point below the line. There is no italic. Ludlow Black, 1924, is a similar design and weight. The e is as in Cooper Black, but the w has no middle serif. Intertype Rugged Black, 1929, is again similar, but more condensed. Mac McGrew: Goudy Heavyface and Italic were designed by Goudy in 1925 in response to a strong request by Monotype for a distinctive typeface on the order of the very popular foundry Cooper Black. Such typefaces had little appeal for Goudy, and he always felt that Monotype was disappointed in his efforts, but the result is more informal than other similar types, and has had considerable popularity. Note the extra set of figures and the unusual number of tied characters and ornaments in the font. Goudy Heavyface Open is a variation produced by Monotype in 1926, probably designed by Sol Hess, who designed Goudy Heavyface Condensed in 1927. Compare Cooper Black, Ludlow Black, Pabst Extra Bold. Digital versions: Goudy Heavyface (Bitstream), Goudy Heavyface (Adobe), Goudy Heavyface (URW++), Goudy Heavyface (Tilde), Goudy Heavyface Pro (2015: SoftMaker), Goudy Heavyface SB (Scangraphic Digital Type Collection), Goudy Heavyface SH (Scangraphic Digital Type Collection), LTC Goudy Heavyface (Lanston Type Company). Lookalikes include Tomate (Re-Type), and its precursor, Cooper Black (1921, Oswald Cooper). In fact, Oswald Cooper was quite upset when he discovered the similarities between Goudy Heavy Face and his own Cooper Black. In that genre of round-and-fat, Cooper Black is, in my view, superior and certainly more vintage and daring, than Goudy Heavy Face. |
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file name: Bitstream Goudy Heavyface 2000
file name: Lanston Type Company L T C Goudy Heavyface 2005 123224
file name: Lanston Type Company L T C Goudy Heavyface 2005
file name: Re Type Tomate 2008 83293
file name: Re Type Tomate 2008 83298
file name: Re Type Tomate 2008
file name: Frederic Goudy Goudy Bold Italic 1919
file name: Frederic Goudy Goudy Extra Bold 1925
file name: Scangraphic Digital Type Collection Goudy Heavyface S B 2005 180660
file name: Scangraphic Digital Type Collection Goudy Heavyface S B 2005
file name: Scangraphic Digital Type Collection Goudy Heavyface S H 2005 180647
file name: Scangraphic Digital Type Collection Goudy Heavyface S H 2005
file name: Soft Maker Goudy Heavyface Pro Cd 2015
file name: U R W Goudy Heavyface 2000
file name: Tilde Goudy Heavyface 2007
file name: Adobe Cooper Black 2000
file name: Adobe Goudy Heavyface 2004
file name: Frederic Goudy Goudy Heavy Face 1925
file name: Frederic Goudy Goudy Heavy Face Italic 1925
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