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FONT RECOGNITION VIA FONT MOOSE
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Goudy Roman
A typeface designed by Frederic Goudy in 1914. D.J.R. Bruckner: The date is for completion of the original drawings. Louis Orr of the Bartlett Press had asked for a new type. Goudv took his drawings to London to be east by Caslon, but, because there were war rumors that summer and Caslon could not be sure of the future supplies of materials, it refused to make the type. Goudy then returned his fee to Orr. Later Barnhart Brothers and Spindler in Chicago cut trial matrices, which Goudy did not like. Finally, "when I was engraving matrices myself, I revamped the design, renaming the face Goudy Roman." For an attempt at a digital revival, see Gouda Roman (2018) by Michael Vokits. |
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file name: Michael Vokits Gouda Roman 2018
file name: Frederic Goudy Goudy Roman 1914
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