Belgian

6 Line

Box 077

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 6 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 1870 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Belgian was shown in American Wood Type on page 263 and in the folio on page 46.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Belgian or No 160
Morgans & Wilcox Belgian [3055]
National Printers’ Materials Belgian
Page Belgian [4160]
Wells Belgian [5057]

This cut is the Page cut.

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

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

Specimens of Wood Type Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co., Greenville,Conn. (1872); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Belgian, page 263, 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