Antique Tuscan Extended

4 Line

Box 094

Antique | Tuscan

  • This type measures 4 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 Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in their 1854 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Antique Tuscan Extended was shown in American Wood Type on page 278 and in the folio on page 69.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Cooley Antique Tuscan Extended
Knox Antique Tuscan Extended No 1
Hamilton No 15
Morgans & Wilcox Antique Tuscan Expanded [3206]
National Printers’ Materials Antique Tuscan Extended
Page Antique Tuscan Extended [6221]
Tubbs Antique Tuscan Extended or No 2075
Wells Antique Tuscan Extended or No 346 [5200]

This is the Page cut.

In American Wood Type Kelly mis-labeled Antique Tuscan Extended as Antique Tuscan Expanded.

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

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Antique Tuscan Extended type

Wm. H. Page & Co.’s Specimens of Wood Type, Manufactured at Greenville, Conn. (1867); Kemble Collection, Kemble Z250 P2; California Historical Society

Antique Tuscan Extended, page 278, 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, very expanded black and green letters with the green letters in the shape of a heart and word crush and the black letter surrounding them

From RRK Folio Revisited
Gianina Faelnar, class of 2027
Folio Residency Session 3
2024