Aldine Expanded

12 Line

Box 071

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 12 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped The Hamilton Mfg. Co., Two Rivers, Wis. which was believed, though unconfirmed, to have been used by Hamilton in 1889.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1872 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Aldine Expanded was shown in American Wood Type on page 264 and in the folio on pages 63 and 64.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Aldine Expanded or No 76
Morgans & Wilcox Aldine Expanded [3046]
Page Aldine Expanded [4076
Tubbs Aldine Expanded or No 2098
Wells Aldine Expanded or No 500 [5046]

This cut is the Hamilton cut.

This type measures 12 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped The Hamilton Mfg. Co., Two Rivers, Wis. which was believed, though unconfirmed, to have been used by Hamilton in 1889.

This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1872 Specimens of Wood Type.

This cut of Aldine Expanded was shown in American Wood Type on page 264 and in the folio on pages 63 and 64.

simple specimen of Aldine Expanded wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of Aldine Expanded 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
    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
    -
  • g
    -
  • h
    -
  • i
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  • j
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  • k
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  • r
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  • s
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  • t
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  • u
    -
  • v
    -
  • w
    -
  • x
    -
  • y
    -
  • z
    -
  • 0
    4
  • 1
    2
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    1
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    1
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    1
  • Close Apos
    1
  • Period
    -
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    2
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Aldine Expanded type

Typographic Messenger, vol. 5, no. 4 (1870); Graphic Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Aldine Expanded, page 264, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)