No. 131

12 Line

Box 045

Antique | Egyptian | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 4 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 January, 1880 Page’s Wood Type Album.
  • This cut of No 131 was shown in American Wood Type on page 285 and in the folio on page 45.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton No 94
Morgans & Wilcox Peerless [3126]
National Printers’ Materials No 131
Page No 131 [4094]
Tubbs Peerless or No 2087
Wells Old Style Antique No 2 [5118]

This is the Hamilton cut.

simple specimen of No. 131 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
    4
  • F
    1
  • G
    3
  • H
    3
  • I
    4
  • J
    3
  • K
    2
  • L
    3
  • M
    3
  • N
    3
  • O
    6
  • P
    3
  • Q
    2
  • R
    4
  • S
    4
  • T
    4
  • U
    2
  • V
    3
  • W
    3
  • X
    2
  • Y
    3
  • Z
    2
  • a
    4
  • b
    3
  • c
    3
  • d
    3
  • e
    5
  • f
    3
  • g
    3
  • h
    3
  • i
    4
  • j
    2
  • k
    2
  • l
    5
  • m
    3
  • n
    4
  • o
    4
  • p
    4
  • q
    2
  • r
    4
  • s
    5
  • t
    4
  • u
    3
  • v
    3
  • w
    3
  • x
    2
  • y
    3
  • z
    2
  • 0
    2
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    2
  • $
    2
  • !
    3
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • 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 No. 131 type

Page’s Wood Type Album,vol. 1, no. 4 (1880); Cary Graphic Arts Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology.

No. 131 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

No.131, page 285, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)