RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection adds Rex Parker’s “The 115th Anniversary” poster series for Goudy’s Village Press

The Cary Graphic Arts Collection at the Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s premier libraries on design history, with an extraordinary collection that includes over 40,000 books, manuscripts and letters. “I was honored when Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, Associate Curator at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at RIT Libraries, wanted to include the Frederic Goudy’s poster series — used to celebrate the Village Press 115th Anniversary in its graphic design archive,” said Parker.

Parker created the thirty iconic posters for the 115th Anniversary of the Village Press which was established by Frederic W. Goudy in Park Ridge in 1903. Goudy was a legend; America’s superstar designer of the shapes that dress our words. He created more than 100 magnificent faces, many still in popular use. Goudy’s designs bridged the gap between the print and digital ages with an elegance and energy that are eloquent — and timeless.