Grecian X Condensed

10 Line

Box 039

Antique | Egyptian | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 10 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 Lawrence Johnson’s 1846 Specimen of Wood Letter.
  • This cut of Grecian Condensed was shown in American Wood Type on page 276 and in the folio on page 89.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Cooley Grecian X Condensed
Hamilton Grecian Extra Condensed or No 40
Knox Extra Condensed Grecian
Morgans & Wilcox Grecian Extra Condensed [3130]
National Printers’ Materials Grecian X Condensed
Page Grecian Extra Condensed [4040]
Tubbs Grecian Extra Condensed
Wells Grecian Extra Condensed [5121]

This is the Wells cut.

Cooley showed Grecian Extra Condensed both with (24 line sample) and without (20 line sample) serif on the crossbar in his c.1859 Specimens of Wood Type.

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

Character Quantities

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

Specimen of Wood Letter, for sale at the Type & Stereotype Foundry of L. Johnson & Co. (1846); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library,Columbia University Library.

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

Grecian X Condensed, page 276, 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, three columns of type spanning height of page, two different sizes of wood type

From RRK Folio Revisited
Colin Nations, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 3
2024