Goudy Bookletter 1911

Designed by Barry Schwartz

1 weights • Version 21 • On Google Fonts since 2011 • Popularity #594

Quick Summary

1

Styles

400-400

Weight Range

Static

Not variable

1

Languages / Subsets

Category
serif
Best for
display
Scripts
Latin
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 11, 2025

© 2010, Barry Schwartz

The quick brown fox

32px

About Goudy Bookletter 1911 Fonts

Based on Frederic Goudy’s Kennerley Oldstyle. A few words on why I think Kennerley Oldstyle is beautiful: In making this font, I discovered that Kennerley fits together tightly and evenly with almost no kerning. Thus the following words from Monotype specimen books are just: “[W]hen composed into words the characters appear to lock into one another with a closeness common in early types, but not so often seen in later-day creations.” These are letters that take command of the space around them; notice, for instance, the bowed shapes of the v and w.

Who Designed Goudy Bookletter 1911?

Barry Schwartz portrait

Barry Schwartz

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