Ionic, 20 line

Specimen of Ionic 20 line

This type measures 20 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block    is stamped Wm. H. Page & Co., Greenville, Ct. which was used by Page and Mowry between 1859–1870.

This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1859 Specimens of Wood Type.

Ionic was shown in  American Wood Type  on page 269. This cut was not shown in the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:

Cooley Ionic

Hamilton Ionic or  No 47

Morgans & Wilcox Ionic  [3044]

National Printers’ Materials Ionic

Page Ionic  [4047]

Tubbs Ionic

Wells Ionic or  No 448 [5041]

This cut is the Page cut.