Pierpont, better known for Rockwell and Monotype Grotesque, designed a similar face named Horley Old Style, adding a distinct influence of Caslon designs. Ludlow called its 1924 knock-off the Number Eleven series. The face was immediately licensed to Lanston Monotype and some of the weights were issued by Intertype as well. In addition, he sold the design to ATF for $1500 and received no royalty, causing his relationship with the foundry to deteriorate. The descenders of Goudy Old Style were kept short at ATF's insistence to allow tight line setting on their common line system, to Goudy's irritation. The face was an instant best seller, prompting ATF to issue a special 124-page specimen book of the series in 1927.

Goudy Children, which features single-story variants of the letters a and g in italic, bold, and bold italic styles for use in children's books.

Again, the Lanston Monotype version of the italic includes cursive capitals by Sol Hess.

Becker, though other authorities credit either Morris Fuller Benton or Wadsworth A. Goudy Handtooled + Italic (1922), were in-line versions of Goudy Bold + Italic (with a white line inside the letter) and were probably designed by Charles H.Goudy Catalog (1919) and Goudy Catalog Italic (1921), designed as medium weight companions.Goudy Bold Italic (1919) The Lanston Monotype version of the italic includes cursive capitals by Sol Hess.Goudy Title (1918), a full size variation on Goudy's small capitals from the Goudy Old Style roman.Missing from most digitisations but included on the LTC release.

Goudy Cursive, a 'loose italic' adding swashes and more calligraphic alternate characters.

Goudy Old Style Italic, inspired by Aldine designs.

Several variants, designed by several designers, were released in the ensuing years (all faces ATF unless otherwise specified). In Goudy's autobiography, he described the italic based on study of sixteenth-century italics: 'I studied many of the older italics and came to the conclusion that.some of the outstanding italics of the sixteenth century had little or no inclination and yet preserved their italic character'.

The design is relatively light in colour. Eccentricities include the upward-curved ear on the g and the diamond shape of the dots of the i, j, and the points found in the period, colon and exclamation point, and the sharply canted hyphen. Suitable for text and display applications, Goudy Old Style matches the historicist trend of American printing in the early twentieth century, taking inspiration from the printing of the Italian Renaissance without a specific historical model. Goudy for American Type Founders (ATF) in 1915. Goudy Old Style (also known as just Goudy) is an old-style serif typeface originally created by Frederic W.

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