Clarendon Italian

5 Line

Box 062

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase

  • This type measures 5 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 James Conner’s Sons Typographic Messenger, Vol.1 No.3 (March, 1866).
  • Clarendon Italian was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Clarendon Italian or No 37
Morgans & Wilcox Clarendon Italian [3036]
National Printers’ Materials Clarendon Italian
Page Clarendon Italian [4037]
Tubbs Clarendon Italian or No 2024
Wells Clarendon Italian [5032]

This cut has not yet been matched to a manufacturer.

This type measures 5 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 James Conner’s Sons Typographic Messenger, Vol.1 No.3 (March, 1866).

Clarendon Italian was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

simple specimen of Clarendon Italian wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

  • A
    3
  • B
    2
  • C
    4
  • D
    4
  • E
    4
  • F
    1
  • G
    2
  • H
    1
  • I
    6
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    1
  • N
    2
  • O
    4
  • P
    4
  • Q
    1
  • R
    5
  • S
    4
  • T
    5
  • U
    3
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    4
  • 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
    -
  • 1
    -
  • 2
    -
  • 3
    -
  • 4
    -
  • 5
    -
  • 6
    -
  • 7
    -
  • 8
    -
  • 9
    -
  • &
    1
  • $
    -
  • !
    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 Clarendon Italian type

Specimens of printing types plain & ornamental : rules, borders, cuts, &c. from the Montreal Type Foundry, C.T. Palsgrove, Proprietor (1865); William Colgate Printing Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library