Deepdene is a timeless Frederic Goudy style named after his modest estate in Marlboro New york city. It was originally created in 1927 for his own Town Letter Foundry but adapted to Lanston Monotype device casting in 1928 with the addition of Italics. Like a number of Goudy's italics, the inclination is subtle and in his own words "drew each character without recommendation to any other artisan's work". The digital version of this good-looking series includes roman, italic, small caps, accents, ligatures and swash italic.
The original Lanston Monotype type showing stated "in positioning clarity into Deepdene Vibrant Italic, Mr. Goudy has maintained in it the impressive functions of his other Deepdene deals with…… The inclination is rather less than usual in italic styles, and the letters have actually a pen drawn result which is unique in addition to pleasing. The Deepdene family is distinct among Mr. Goudy's diversified types." We concur.
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