LTC Goudy Text is a blackletter face designed by Frederic Goudy in 1928 based on Gutenberg’s 42-line Bible. Goudy Text Shaded is an inline display variant that was added later by Lanston Monotype as decorative Lombardic Titling Caps intended to accompany and add a more distinctive historical flourish to Goudy Text. A full lowercase was added, along with some handy ligatures and alternates. Consider Goudy Text as an obvious nod to the past or something a little irreverent for today.
Lanston Type Co. (LTC) has roots back to the Lanston Monotype Company of 1887, founded by Tolbert Lanston, inventor of the Monotype casting machine. After parting ways with its English counterpart, LTC struggled and was sold several times to American Type Founders, Hartzel Machine Works, Mackenzie & Harris, and Gerald Giampa. P22 Type Foundry acquired it in 2004 and is now home to classic designs of Frederic W. Goudy and Sol Hess and newer contemporary masters Giampa, Jim Rimmer, and Dave Farey.
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