[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CELEBRATING THE 115TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VILLAGE PRESS FOUNDED BY 
               FREDERICK W. GOUDY IN PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS

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                       HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 17, 2018

  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the artistry 
and craftsmanship of The Village Press, founded in 1903 by Frederick W. 
Goudy in Park Ridge, Illinois. Goudy modeled his Village Press venture 
on the world-famous ideals of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts 
movement, inspired by Nature and expressed through artful, traditional, 
hand-wrought crafts. Goudy's publication of the William Morris essay, 
Printing, was awarded prizes at the 1904 World Exhibition in St. Louis, 
Missouri. The Village Press also produced The Door in the Wall & Other 
Stories by H. G. Wells, Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, and more 
than 160 other literary works.
  In 1947, the United States Library of Congress held a retrospective 
exhibition of the work of Frederick W. Goudy and The Village Press, 
which received critical acclaim.
  The Village Press was extraordinary due to Frederick Goudy's 
legendary typeface design. Typefaces have distinct personalities that 
help convey ideas, just as images and words do. The handsome, hand-
forged elegance of typefaces designed by Frederick Goudy earned 
international fame. Many of Goudy's more than 100 magnificent typefaces 
are still in popular use today, including Copperplate Gothic, 
Californian, Italian Old Style and Goudy Old Style.
  Frederick Goudy remains America's superstar designer of the shapes 
that dress our words. His designs bridge the gap between the print and 
digital ages with an elegance and energy that are eloquent--and 
timeless.