Book/Printed Material Elements of lettering (with XIII full-page plates) Page View
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Image 1 of Page View i 1341 1 i a i Hp i Ny jd IEE Teli dis ne
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 2 of Page View  Thre Yoh Be THILTo para 3 ei nl ox A ii 2 Cash So or A pi TRG agar Eh HUES tr 5 3 a an i i 1  2…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 3 of Page View 2 THE GIFT OF 2 LESSING J ROSENWALD TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 4 of Page View
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 5 of Page View
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 6 of Page View
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 7 of Page View
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 8 of Page View ELEMENTS OF LETTERING FUN Gy gl
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 9 of Page View AVRELIO AVG LIE APHRODISIO PROCÂ AVG A RATIONIBVS ÂPQL DEDICQVARINIOQF MAECLAEVIANOAED INSCRIPTION FROM BASE OF STATUE IN A ROMAN PALACE
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 10 of Page View ELEMENTS OF LETTERING wrth XIII FULLPAGE PLATES By FREDERIC W GOUDY Author of Tue ALpHABET Editor ARs TYPOGRAPHICA Text composed by Berta M Goupy in types designed by the Author NEW YORK…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 11 of Page View COPYRIGHT 1022 BY FREDERIC W GOUDY THE VILLAGE PRESS FOREST HILLS GARDENS NEW YORK PRINTED IN AMERICA
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 12 of Page View To Proressor C Lauron Hooper his earliest associate in printing this little volume is inscribed with the sincere regard of his friend the author Â
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 13 of Page View
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 14 of Page View PREFATORY NOTE HIS manual intended as a companion to the authors previous work The Alphabet which traces more com pletely the history and development of the Roman character than is contemplated here…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 15 of Page View el 6 himself with them also that he may acquire a proper tradition upon which to found new expressions of his own Opposite each plate the writer has attempted briefly to out…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 16 of Page View CONTENTS FronNTIsPIECE INSCRIPTION SET IN FORUM AND Goupy O S CAPITALS PreraTORY NOTE REGARDING LETTERS IN GENERAL LETTER O AS CONSTRUCTED BY TORY LETTERS FROM OLD ITALIAN WRITING BOOK cAPITALS A AND…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 17 of Page View
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 18 of Page View Elements of Lettering
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 19 of Page View Whence did the wondrous mystic art arise Of painting speech and speaking to the eyes That we by tracing magic lines are taught How to embody and to colour thought â Massey…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 20 of Page View ELEMENTS OF LETTERING Regarding Letters in General 2 bet is just as erroneous as Geofroy 5 Toryssimple assumption that there is a relation between the shapes of letters wy  the human…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 21 of Page View Lg definite model for the human form The painter the sculp tor the architect have their models in nature But the man who sets himself to make an alphabet has no copy…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 22 of Page View f 93 15 these figuresentireorelse properly mixtsoasthe progress of thepen maybestadmitmaydeservethenameof trueshapeâ But these selfsame curves arcs of circles straight lines make up also letterforms we do not always consider âtrue shapeâ…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 23 of Page View f 9g theletter O âtoa juster proportionâ and this shaping âwith your handâ is often the nub of the whole matter âNow O you shall make this way in its square Set…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 24 of Page View 15 the subtle variations of taste Although they may permit that personalsingularity of individuality which willendow them with character distinction it must not be forgotten LAPIDARY CAPITALS FROM ROMAN FORUM ORIGINALS Â…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 25 of Page View J 161 whereby a relationship is establishedâ It may therefore theoretically be discussed independently but practically only as a part of the alphabet to which it belongs Collections of alphabets removed from…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 26 of Page View wl 17 1 to free the craftsmanâs rendition of them from any excres cences meaningless lines oradditions not necessary to their fundamental or essential elements neither will their use as patterns in…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 27 of Page View PAINTED LOMBARDIC CAPITALS âSâ WAS PAINTED IN RED AND BLUE Some Practical Considerations IN THE construction of a letter the artist should first de termine just what is the intrinsic shape of…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 28 of Page View f 10 with the matter with which they are to be used Some letters like the Lombardic plate XI pg 45 used generally asinitialsoras capitals with Gothic lowercaseand entirely pleasing when so…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 29 of Page View ice El manner so that their exhibition as a whole shall satisfy our esthetic sense aresult gained only by blending together the fine strokes stems and swells in their proper relations The…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 30 of Page View THE PLATES
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 31 of Page View a
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 32 of Page View 5087 LOMBARDIC PENFORMS 13TH CENTURY THE PLATES PLATES I II IV VII X are printed from actual types Plates II V V1 VIII IX are printed from process blocks enlarged from type…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 33 of Page View Plate I FORUM TITLE Forum TrrLE designed by the writer is the first type ever cast that renders the spirit of the classic Roman lapidary characters of the first centuries of the…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 34 of Page View BEAUTY ISTHE VISIBLE EXPRESSION OF MANS PLEASURE IN LABOR CDGIKO WZ 1234507800
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 35 of Page View Plate II CASLON OLD STYLE WHEN first cut this letter presented the perfection of unassuming crafts manship without any artistic pretensions It was cut in 17720 by William Caslon an engraver of…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 36 of Page View PACK MY BOX WITH FIVE DZEN LOQUORIGS The quick brwntxjumps over the lazy dgi1234507300
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 37 of Page View Plate III CASLON OLD STYLE ITALIC Prate III shows Caslon Italic enlarged from 36 point to a size corres ponding to the Roman It is more formal than its model Dutch italics…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 38 of Page View PACK AMY BX WITH FIVE DOZEN LI UOR FUGS 1234567890 T he quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 39 of Page View Plate IVKENNERLEY OLD STYLE Kenneriey Op Styie designed by the writer is the type employed for the text of this volume Just as William Caslon made use of a Dutch model for…
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922
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Image 40 of Page View PACK MY BOX WITH FVE DOZEN LQUR JUGS the quick brwn fox jumps over the lazy dog Ât Coâ 1234567300 â
- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Bertha - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) - Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
- Date: 1922