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Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Frederic Goudy

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American designer Frederic Goudy.

Last updated on November 17, 2024.

Frederic Goudy

Frederic William Goudy was an American printer, artist and type designer whose typefaces include Copperplate Gothic, Goudy Old Style and Kennerley. He was one of the most prolific of American type designers and his self-named type continues to be one of the most popular in America.

American - Designer | March 8, 1865 - May 11, 1947

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Anyone that would letterspace blackletter would steal sheep.

Frederic Goudy

Frederic Goudy

Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name.

Frederic Goudy

Frederic Goudy

Of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous. — © Frederic Goudy

Of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous.

Frederic Goudy

Frederic Goudy

When a type design is good it is not because each individual letter of the alphabet is perfect in form, but because there is a feeling of harmony and unbroken rhythm that runs through the whole design, each letter kin to every other and to all.

Frederic Goudy

Frederic Goudy

All the old fellows stole our best ideas.

Frederic Goudy

Frederic Goudy

Men who would letterspace lower case would shag sheep.

Frederic Goudy

Frederic Goudy

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