Concave Tuscan X Condensed Outline

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 William H. Page in his 1882  Specimens of Wood Type.

This cut of Concave Tuscan X Condensed Outline was shown in  American Wood Type  on page 313 and in the folio on page 95.

Type name used by manufacturer:

Page No 59 [343]

Tubbs No 2206

Wells Concave Tuscan X Condensed Outline or  No 630  [5180]

This is the Page cut.

Vanderburgh, Wells & Co first listed this design in their 1877 Specimens of Wood Type. Bill, Stark & Co showed a shaded variant of this style as Tuscan Extra Condensed Shade No 1 and Tuscan Extra Condensed Shade No 3 in their 1853 Specimens of Machinery Cut Wood Type. Page showed an ornamented shaded variation in the January 1868 issue of    The Chicago Specimen, Quarterly for Printers and Publishers.