Originally designed by F.W. Goudy in 1903 as a private typeface
for clothier Kuppenheimer & Company, but not used. Later cast by
Goudy and Will Ransom for their Village Press. “In 1932 [Goudy]
designed and cut another type which he called Village
No. 2, and a year or two later cut an
accompanying italic. These are more mature designs, without the
unique details of the original design, and have been used for a
number of fine booklets. Monotype obtained reproduction rights to
these later typefaces, and produced them for machine composition in
two sizes.” [McGrew]
Digitizations of the original cut by Paul D. Hunt (2006,
published by P22 in 2016, used for the sample) and Steve Matteson
(Matteson Typographics, 2018). David Berlow’s Village More…
Originally designed by F.W. Goudy in 1903 as a private typeface for clothier Kuppenheimer & Company, but not used. Later cast by Goudy and Will Ransom for their Village Press. “In 1932 [Goudy] designed and cut another type which he called Village No. 2, and a year or two later cut an accompanying italic. These are more mature designs, without the unique details of the original design, and have been used for a number of fine booklets. Monotype obtained reproduction rights to these later typefaces, and produced them for machine composition in two sizes.” [McGrew]
Digitizations of the original cut by Paul D. Hunt (2006, published by P22 in 2016, used for the sample) and Steve Matteson (Matteson Typographics, 2018). David Berlow’s Village (Font Bureau, 1994) and LTC Village No. 2 (P22, 2005) are based on No. 2.
