Aetna

12 Line

Box 016

Roman | Fat Face | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 10 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Hamilton, Two Rivers, Wis. which was used by Hamilton between 1891–1950s.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his July, 1879 Page’s Wood Type Album.
  • Caslon was shown in American Wood Type on page 238, but was not shown in the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
AWT/Mandel Caslon
Hamilton Special or No 6065
Morgans & Wilcox Old Style No 1 [3150]
Page No 119 [282]
Tubbs Old Style No 1 or No 2096

This is the Hamilton cut.

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Aetna type

Typographic Messenger, vol. 7, no. 3 (July 1872); Graphic Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Aetna specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Aetna, page 235, 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, black serifed type printed in a circle on top of a blue cross section of a tree to resemble a clock and the phrase tick tock

From RRK Folio Revisited
Kenny Ly & Nhu Phung, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 3
2024

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, black serifed type printed in a circle on top of a blue cross section of a tree to resemble a clock and the phrase tick tock

From RRK Folio Revisited
Kenny Ly & Nhu Phung, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 3
2024