Roman X Condensed

6 Line

Box 014

Roman | Fat Face | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 6 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block does not have a manufacturer’s stamp.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by Edwin Allen in George Nesbitt’s 1838 First Premium Wood Types Cut by Machinery.
  • This cut of Roman X Condensed was shown in American Wood Type on page 234 and in the folio on page 83.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Allen Roman X Condensed
Bill, Stark Roman X Condensed
Cooley Roman X Condensed
Knox X Condensed Roman
Morgans & Wilcox Roman X Condensed [3168]
National Printers’ Materials Roman X Condensed
Page Roman X Condensed [244]
Tubbs Roman X Condensed or No 2017
Wells Roman X Condensed [5146]

This is the Wells cut.

simple specimen of Roman X Condensed wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

  • A
    1
  • B
    1
  • C
    1
  • D
    1
  • E
    2
  • F
    1
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    2
  • M
    2
  • N
    1
  • O
    4
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    4
  • T
    1
  • U
    1
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • a
    2
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    2
  • e
    3
  • f
    2
  • g
    2
  • h
    4
  • i
    3
  • j
    1
  • k
    1
  • l
    3
  • m
    2
  • n
    2
  • o
    3
  • p
    1
  • q
    1
  • r
    3
  • s
    3
  • t
    4
  • u
    2
  • v
    2
  • w
    2
  • x
    1
  • y
    2
  • z
    1
  • 0
    4
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    1
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    4
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    1
  • !
    1
  • Open Apos/Comma
    -
  • Close Apos
    -
  • Period
    4
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    ff, ffl, ffi, fi

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Roman X Condensed type

First Premium Wood Types, Cut by Machinery (1838); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Roman X Condensed specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Roman X Condensed, page 234, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, thick serifed type configured to look like the ocean using blue and black ink

From RRK Folio Revisited
Nhu Phung, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023