Frederic Goudy

“He was thirty when he drew his first alphabet, forty-six before he counted himself a professional type designer. Yet by the end of his long life Frederic Goudy had become the most famous type designer in the world. This eccentric American created more than a hundred faces, including perhaps a dozen that rank among the best ever made.” (D.J.R. Bruckner)

Goudy’s best-know typefaces are probably Goudy Old Style and Copperplate Gothic whilst Deepdene may very well be his masterpiece.