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The Story of a Type". Goudy created the design from a position of great eminence as one of the most popular typeface designers of the first half of the twentieth century, and almost uniquely for type founders of the period as an independent artisan, not employed by any one company and free to pursue his own projects. Goudy described it as particularly inspired by the 'Fell Types', a collection of s fonts used by Oxford University Press , while other details such as the tilted cross-stroke of the 'e' recall what is now called the 'Venetian' style of typeface design, used by printers such as Nicolas Jenson up to the s. However, Samuel Farquhar, the University Press's manager, requested a name change in order to avoid associating its name with just one of the university system's campuses. Walter Tracy in his book Letters of Credit was unimpressed with the design, commenting "the design is not particularly notable, but it is pleasant enough to read at 12 point and smaller Retrieved August 27,

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Like many of Goudy's other families, it has been re-released and made generally available after his death, under a variety of often shorter names. Goudy as a type designer".

ITC Berkeley Oldstyle Medium Italic

Font Bureau added a more delicate optical size for display use. For a name, Goudy preferred 'Berkeley' after the press's locationwhich, he thought more 'aristocratic' than the alternative proposal of 'Californian'.

Intended for fine book printing, the design has a delicate grace and strokes that alternate between thick and thin. University of California Old Style metal type in regular and italic styles, compared to two digitizations: Retrieved June 19, Goudy had high ambitions for his design, and wrote to California that "I'm trying hard to make it a magnum opus and maybe the effort is preventing more rapid progress — maybe magnum opuses aren't made so consciously.

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Both these versions have been digitized. The Story of a Type". Retrieved February 26, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Retrieved July 12, By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. University of San Diego. Although no longer the corporate font of the University of California Press or System, Goudy's font remains popular in academic use. C, E, F and T look unfinished, s is too light, and in italic the ball terminals in s look at odds with the other capitals, though they are acceptable in the lowercase s.

Goudy described it as particularly inspired by the 'Fell Types', a collection of s fonts used by Oxford University Presswhile other details such as the tilted cross-stroke of the 'e' recall what is now called the 'Venetian' style of typeface design, used by printers such as Nicolas Jenson up to the s. Retrieved from " https: Views Read Edit View history. University of California Press.

Serifs are fine slabs with minimal bracketing. Retrieved February 27, Retrieved August 27, Goudy provided a set of swash capitals as alternates for the italic. Goudy used the font to set his book Typologia which was printed by the University of California Press in the new font, and he describes his inspiration for it in the chapter The Story of a Type. However, Samuel Farquhar, the University Press's manager, requested a name change in order to avoid associating its name with just one of the university system's campuses.

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This page was last edited on 17 Juneat Goudy created the design from a position of great eminence as one of the most popular typeface designers of the first oldstyke of the twentieth century, and almost uniquely for type founders of the period as an independent artisan, not employed by any one company and free to pursue his own projects.

University of California is ildstyle 'old-style' serif font, one inspired by the styles of printing popular before the late eighteenth century. Walter Tracy in his book Letters of Credit was unimpressed with the design, commenting "the design is not particularly notable, but it is pleasant enough to read at 12 point and smaller Retrieved November 4, While no longer the corporate font of the University of California Press, it retains a strong popularity in academia and is used as a corporate font by several universities.

After the original type was commissioned for private use, 'California' was released publicly by different companies, first inby Lanston Monotype as 'Californian' and then under the name of 'Berkeley Old Style' by ITC. As an italic is [mostly used] to emphasize a word…or sometimes merely to give a lighter touch, I have allowed myself to incorporate here and there in my font some forms more or less fanciful.

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