Ionic

20 Line

Box 049

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase

  • This type measures 20 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Wm. H. Page & Co., Greenville, Ct. which was used by Page and Mowry between 1859–1870.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1859 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • Ionic was shown in American Wood Type on page 269. This cut was not shown in the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Cooley Ionic
Hamilton Ionic or No 47
Morgans & Wilcox Ionic [3044]
National Printers’ Materials Ionic
Page Ionic [4047]
Tubbs Ionic
Wells Ionic or No 448 [5041]

This cut is the Page cut.

simple specimen of Ionic wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of Ionic wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of Ionic 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
    1
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    3
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    4
  • T
    3
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • a
    -
  • b
    -
  • c
    -
  • d
    -
  • e
    -
  • f
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  • g
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  • i
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  • o
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  • r
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  • s
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  • t
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  • u
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  • v
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  • w
    -
  • x
    -
  • y
    -
  • z
    -
  • 0
    -
  • 1
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  • 3
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  • 5
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  • 6
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  • 7
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  • 8
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  • 9
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  • &
    1
  • $
    -
  • !
    2
  • 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 Ionic type

Specimens of Wood Type, Borders, Rules, &c. Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co. Greenville, Conn. (1859); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Ionic specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Ionic, page 269, 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, black type layered on cascading green rectangles printed with the back of wood blocks

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