French Clarendon No. 2

10 Line

Box 076

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 10 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.8 No.2 (April, 1873).
  • French Clarendon No 2 was shown in American Wood Type on page 262. This cut was not shown in the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton French Clarendon No 2 or No 69
Morgans & Wilcox French Clarendon No 2 [3051]
National Printers’ Materials French Clarendon No 2
Page French Clarendon No 2 [4069]
Tubbs French Clarendon No 2 or No 2021
Wells French Clarendon No 2 or No 464 [5052]

This cut is the Hamilton cut.

In American Wood Type Kelly only noted that this design was first shown in the 1870s.

This type measures 10 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.8 No.2 (April, 1873).

French Clarendon No 2 was shown in American Wood Type on page 262. This cut was not shown in the folio.

simple specimen of French Clarendon No. 2 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

  • A
    3
  • B
    3
  • C
    2
  • D
    2
  • E
    4
  • F
    3
  • G
    3
  • H
    3
  • I
    3
  • J
    3
  • K
    2
  • L
    5
  • M
    3
  • N
    2
  • O
    4
  • P
    2
  • Q
    2
  • R
    3
  • S
    3
  • T
    3
  • U
    2
  • V
    3
  • W
    3
  • X
    2
  • Y
    3
  • Z
    2
  • 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
    4
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    1
  • &
    2
  • $
    1
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    7
  • Close Apos
    1
  • Period
    2
  • Question Mark
    1
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    2
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring French Clarendon No. 2 type

Specimens of Vanderburgh, Wells & Co’s Wood Type, Borders, Rules, &c. (1872); TypTS 870.72.865, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

French Clarendon No. 2 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

French Clarendon No. 2, page 262, 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 letters in backwards alphabetical order and the phrase off the track with an abstract printed train track

From RRK Folio Revisited
Madison Tran, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 3
2024