No. 131

12 Line

Box 046

Antique | Egyptian | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 12 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.
  • No 131 was shown in American Wood Type on page 285. This cut was shown in the folio on page 10.

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 Page cut.

Kelly states that this was first shown in 1879 Page’s Woodtype Album (Vol.1 No.3, October ‘79), though is not found in the copy of this publication held at the Newberry Library. The first showing appears to be in Page’s 1882 Specimens of Wood Type and Borders.

simple specimen of No. 131 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of No. 131 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
    4
  • F
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    4
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    4
  • T
    3
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    1
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • 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
    4
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    1
  • Close Apos
    1
  • Period
    3
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    -
  • 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)

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, green capital letters forming an upside down triangle balanced on a wood cut index

From RRK Folio Revisited
Juleanna Culilap, class of 2023
Folio Residency Session 1
2022