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One of the dwarves who came with [[Gunilla Goodmountain]] to [[Ankh-Morpork]] to set up the first printing press in the city. | One of the dwarves who came with [[Gunilla Goodmountain]] to [[Ankh-Morpork]] to set up the first printing press in the city. | ||
When their [[vampire]] iconographer [[Otto Chriek]] was struck by a craving for blood he begrudgingly gave up his rat fillets | When their [[vampire]] iconographer [[Otto Chriek]] was struck by a craving for blood he begrudgingly gave up his rat fillets ("I paid two pence for them...") so that the vampire would have something else to sink his teeth into other than the neck of [[Sacharissa Cripslock]]. | ||
Gowdie is another dwarf whose name has an associations with typography, specifically the font face [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goudy_Old_Style Goudy Old Style]. | |||
[[Category:Discworld characters|Gowdie]] | [[Category:Discworld characters|Gowdie]] | ||
[[Category:Dwarf characters|Gowdie]] | [[Category:Dwarf characters|Gowdie]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:21, 5 October 2020
One of the dwarves who came with Gunilla Goodmountain to Ankh-Morpork to set up the first printing press in the city.
When their vampire iconographer Otto Chriek was struck by a craving for blood he begrudgingly gave up his rat fillets ("I paid two pence for them...") so that the vampire would have something else to sink his teeth into other than the neck of Sacharissa Cripslock.
Gowdie is another dwarf whose name has an associations with typography, specifically the font face Goudy Old Style.