ITC GoldenType®是一款对19世纪晚期由William Morris所设计的字体的复刻，William Morris是维多利亚时代的一位伟大的设计师、诗人、艺术家、工匠、社会改革家和印刷商。在为他的个人印刷初版物中寻找坚固而纯正的字形时，他受到了Nicolas Jenson在15世纪印刷的书籍中所用的罗马字体的启发。
他设计的这款字体叫做Golden Type，比Jenson的罗马体粗得多。它满足了Morris对稳健形式的需求和渴望，这些形式可以很好地与他的Kelmscott Press Editions中精美的插图和边框相吻合。这款字体是由Edward Prince冲切而成的，其名称取自Morris用它印刷的第一本书，即一本名为The Golden Legend的中世纪手册。”
20世纪80年代，德国URW公司的三位产品设计师花了很大的心血将ITC Golden Type数字化，并将其发展成适合当前时代使用的字体。ITC Golden Type发布于1989年，具有Original、Bold和Black字重，小型大写字母以及附加字符。ITC Golden Type最适合用于较大的尺寸以及较大的间距，它能够唤起Morris想要的所有的稳定性和活力。”

ITC Golden Type® is a revival of a typeface designed in the late nineteenth century by William Morris, who was a great Victorian designer, poet, artist, craftsman, social reformer, and printer. In his search for a solid and pure letterform to use in his private press editions, he was inspired by the roman types in books printed by Nicolas Jenson in the fifteenth century. The type he designed, called Golden Type, is much heavier than Jenson's roman. It suited Morris' need and desire for robust forms that stood up well to the magnificent illustrations and borders in his Kelmscott Press Editions. The type was punchcut by Edward Prince, and the name comes from the first book Morris printed with it, the medieval manual called The Golden Legend." In the 1980s, three production designers at URW in Germany took on a labor of love to digitize the Golden Type, and to develop it into a serviceable typeface for the current era. ITC Golden Type was released in 1989 with original, bold, and black weights, small caps, and additional characters. Best used in larger point sizes and with generous spacing, ITC Golden Type evokes all the solidity and vibrancy that Morris intended."