No. 515

12 Line

Box 083

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase

  • This type measures 12 line in size and was produced with the die-cut method. The type block is stamped Patented Dec, 20, 1887 which was used by Page starting in 1887.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1890 Page’s New Process Wood Type Album.
  • This cut of No 515 was shown in American Wood Type on page 290 and in the folio on page 12.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Page No 515

This cut is the Page cut.

Of the 17 faces designed as a die-cut type by Page and Setchell, this design is one of nine examples in the collection.

simple specimen of No. 515 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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    4
  • M
    3
  • N
    3
  • O
    3
  • P
    3
  • Q
    2
  • R
    3
  • S
    3
  • T
    4
  • U
    3
  • V
    3
  • W
    3
  • X
    2
  • Y
    3
  • Z
    2
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    3
  • Open Apos/Comma
    3
  • Close Apos
    -
  • Period
    3
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    2
  • Semi-Colon
    2
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring No. 515 type

Specimens of New Process Wood Type Manufactured by The Hamilton Mfg. Co., Two Rivers, Wis. [Dauchy & Co] (1891); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, large black and small green letters in a grid alternating between the two sizes with a green rectangular border

From RRK Folio Revisited
Julia Haas, class of 2022
Folio Residency Session 1
2022