It is named for The Golden Legend, which was intended to be the first book printed using it. Popular since the 1930s, Bruce Rogers' Centaur is a much more slender revival in the same style. American Type Founders' Cloister Old Style was created by its design team led by Morris Fuller Benton around 1915, during the same period as Centaur.
It is named after The Golden Legend, which was meant to be the first book printed with it. It has been widely accepted since the 1930s, and Bruce Rogers' Centaur is a more slender version in the same style. American Type Founders' Cloister Old Style was created by its design team led by Morris Fuller Benton around 1915, at the same time as Centaur.