Frederic W Goudy Quotes & Sayings

Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name. — Frederic Goudy

Anyone that would letterspace blackletter would steal sheep. — Frederic Goudy

Of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous. — Frederic Goudy

A man who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep, Frederic Goudy liked to say. If this wisdom needs updating, it is chiefly to add that a woman who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep as well . — Robert Bringhurst

All the old fellows stole our best ideas. — Frederic Goudy

Men who would letterspace lower case would shag sheep. — Frederic Goudy

When a type design is good it is not because each individual letter of the alphabet is perfect in form, but because there is a feeling of harmony and unbroken rhythm that runs through the whole design, each letter kin to every other and to all. — Frederic Goudy