French Clarendon No 2, 8 line

Specimen of French Clarendon No 2 8 line

This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped The Hamilton Mfg. Co, Chicago & Two Rivers   which was used by Hamilton between 1889–1891.

This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in James Conner’s Sons Typographic Messenger, Vol.8 No.2 (April, 1873).

This cut of French Clarendon No 2 was shown in  American Wood Type  on page 262 and in the folio on page 36.

Type name used by manufacturer:

Hamilton French Clarendon No 2 or  No 69

Morgans & Wilcox French Clarendon No 2 [3051]

National Printers’ Materials French Clarendon No 2

Page French Clarendon No 2  [4069]

Tubbs French Clarendon No 2 or  No 2021

Wells French Clarendon No 2 or  No 464 [5052]

This cut is the Hamilton cut.

In American Wood Type Kelly only noted that this design was first shown in the 1870s.