Background
Goudy, Frederic William was born on March 8, 1865 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of John Fleming and Amanda M. (Truesdell) Goudy.
Goudy, Frederic William was born on March 8, 1865 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of John Fleming and Amanda M. (Truesdell) Goudy.
Graduated from the high school, Shelbyville, Illinois, 1883. H.L.D., Syracuse University, 1939. Doctor of Letters, Mills College, 1941.
Doctor of Laws, University of California, 1942. Made 8 trips for study to England, Belgium, Holland and France.
1 son, Frederic T. Began as accountant. Engaged as designer since 1898. Proprietor Village Press.
President Village Press and Letter Foundry (destroyed by fire 1939). Art advisor Lanston Monotype Company. Has designed over 100 type faces.
Bronze medal for book printing, St. Louis Exposition, 1904. Gold medal American Institute Graphic Arts. Gold medal, American International Assurance, Friedsam gold medal, Architectural League of New York.
Medal of honor School of Journalism, Syracuse University, 1936. Medal of honor, Ulster-Irish Society of New York, 1937. Delaware to Exposition of Industrial and Modern Art (Paris), 1925.
Clubs: Grolier, Typophiles, Stowaways (New York).
Married Bertha M. Sprinks, June 2, 1897 (died 1935).