“Goudy said the face was suggested by the caption on a French
engraving used as a frontispiece to Alfred Pollard’s Fine
Books. Walter Tracy has shrewdly suggested that the
inspiration for going to such a source was the success of the
Cochin type,
issued bv Lanston Monotype in 1916.” — D.J.R. Bruckner via
Devroye
“After the Open roman was produced, Goudy experimented with
filling in the white line; the effect pleased him, so he ordered
the cutting of a solid face from the same patterns. The result is
Goudy
Modern. Both of these typefaces were designed in 1918,
matrices were cut by Robert Wiebking, and type was cast by Goudy’s
Village Letter Foundery. Both typefaces were copied by Monotype in
1924. Goudy Modern Italic was designed the following
year to accompany the roman face; in this case the solid typeface
was made first.” [More…
“Goudy said the face was suggested by the caption on a French engraving used as a frontispiece to Alfred Pollard’s Fine Books. Walter Tracy has shrewdly suggested that the inspiration for going to such a source was the success of the Cochin type, issued bv Lanston Monotype in 1916.” — D.J.R. Bruckner via Devroye
“After the Open roman was produced, Goudy experimented with filling in the white line; the effect pleased him, so he ordered the cutting of a solid face from the same patterns. The result is Goudy Modern. Both of these typefaces were designed in 1918, matrices were cut by Robert Wiebking, and type was cast by Goudy’s Village Letter Foundery. Both typefaces were copied by Monotype in 1924. Goudy Modern Italic was designed the following year to accompany the roman face; in this case the solid typeface was made first.” [McGrew 1993]
Lanston Monotype series 291 (US).
Digitized by Lanston Type Company as LTC Goudy Open (Paul D. Hunt, 2007, used for sample).
