Here is a great article about type designer Frederic Goudy, via Popular Science, Apr, 1942
Mr. Goudy started making fonts at the age of 40, these fonts include Copperplate Gothic, Kennerley, and Goudy Old Style
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also listen to this podcast, about, Nick Sherman, “a designer, musician, and skateboarder living in Boston. He works for MyFont.com and once spent an entire semester to produce one single type block — a single letter! We talked about that project and his trip to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.” via if your just joining us
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