LTC Goudy is a “Gothicized” Roman similar to other Goudy typefaces. The design originated as a private press type for a “college in the West,” but the commission fell through. Lanston Monotype had suggested to Goudy that they might release a font after he “passed on” with the name “Goudy Thirty.” The number relates to “-30-” as a journalism term, which means “end of story.” Goudy Thirty was designed in 1942. Goudy died in 1947, and Lanston Monotype released the typeface in 1953.
