Suitable for text and display applications, Goudy Old Style matches the historicist trend of American printing in the early twentieth century, taking inspiration from the printing of the Italian Renaissance without a specific historical model.

[5] By Goudy: By Morris Fuller Benton: By others: The face was an instant best seller, prompting ATF to issue a special 124-page specimen book of the series in 1927.

[7] In addition, he sold the design to ATF for $1500 and received no royalty, causing his relationship with the foundry to deteriorate.

LTC's digitisation includes the calligraphic and swash alternate characters, as well as small caps.

(The digitisation bundled with Microsoft Office lacks all these features; it does include ligatures, but they must be inserted manually.)

'Sorts Mill Goudy' is an open-source revival created by Barry Schwartz as part of the League of Movable Type project, which contains small capitals and other OpenType features.