Antique XX Condensed No. 2

39 Line

Box 030

Antique | Egyptian | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 39 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 Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in their 1854 Specimen of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Antique XX Condensed No 2 was shown in American Wood Type on page 248 and in the folio on pages 18, 19 and 20.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Cooley Antique XX Condensed
Knox Antique XX Condensed
Morgans & Wilcox Antique XX Condensed [3003]
Page Antique XX Condensed [256]
Wells Antique XX Condensed No 2 [5003]

This is the Page cut.

simple specimen of Antique XX Condensed No. 2 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of Antique XX Condensed No. 2 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of Antique XX Condensed No. 2 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of Antique XX Condensed No. 2 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

  • A
    4
  • B
    3
  • C
    3
  • D
    3
  • E
    5
  • F
    3
  • G
    3
  • H
    3
  • I
    4
  • J
    3
  • K
    2
  • L
    5
  • M
    3
  • N
    4
  • O
    8
  • P
    3
  • Q
    2
  • R
    4
  • S
    5
  • T
    4
  • U
    3
  • V
    2
  • 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
    1
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    2
  • $
    2
  • !
    -
  • Open Apos/Comma
    1
  • Close Apos
    1
  • Period
    4
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Antique XX Condensed No. 2 type

Supplementary Specimens of Wood Type, Rules, Borders, &c.(1860); John M.Wing Foundation, Newberry Library, Chicago.

Antique XX Condensed No. 2 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Antique XX Condensed No.2, page 248, 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, small and large black type spread across multiple pages in a rigid interlocking grid

From RRK Folio Revisited
Avery Fox, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, small and large black type spread across multiple pages in a rigid interlocking grid

From RRK Folio Revisited
Avery Fox, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, small and large black type spread across multiple pages in a rigid interlocking grid

From RRK Folio Revisited
Avery Fox, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023