Antique XX Condensed No. 1

8 Line

Box 029

Antique | Egyptian | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Vanderburgh, Wells & Co., New York which was used by Wells and Vanderburgh between 1867–1890.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in their 1854 Specimen of Wood Type.
  • Antique XX Condensed No 1 was not shown in American Wood Type, but was shown in the folio on page 89.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Antique XX Condensed No 1 or No 128
Morgans & Wilcox Antique XX Condensed No 1 [3004]
Page Antique XX Condensed No 1 [4128]
Wells Antique XX Condensed No 1 [5004]

This is the Wells cut.

simple specimen of Antique XX Condensed No. 1 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

Specimens of Wood Type, Manufactured by Wells & Webb (1854); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, two page print with condensed jumpy black letters and a fold out page covered in green prints of the grainy back of wood type blocks

From RRK Folio Revisited
Grace Harter, class of 2022
Folio Residency Session 1
2022

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, two page print with condensed jumpy black letters and a fold out page covered in green prints of the grainy back of wood type blocks

From RRK Folio Revisited
Grace Harter, class of 2022
Folio Residency Session 1
2022