Gothic

8 Line

Box 109

Gothic | Lineal | Uppercase

  • This type measures 8 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 Edwin Allen in George Nesbitt’s 1838 First Premium Wood Types Cut by Machinery.
  • This cut of Gothic Extended was shown in American Wood Type on page 298 and in the folio on page 16.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Allen Gothic
AWT/Mandel Gothic No 700
Bill, Stark Gothic
Cooley Gothic
Hamilton Gothic or No 29
Knox Gothic
Leavenworth Gothic
Morgans & Wilcox Gothic [3150]
National Printers’ Materials Gothic
Page Gothic [282]
Tubbs Gothic
Wells Gothic

This is the Hamilton cut.

simple specimen of Gothic 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
    1
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    3
  • 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
    -
  • j
    -
  • k
    -
  • l
    -
  • m
    -
  • n
    -
  • o
    -
  • p
    -
  • q
    -
  • r
    -
  • s
    -
  • t
    -
  • u
    -
  • v
    -
  • w
    -
  • x
    -
  • y
    -
  • z
    -
  • 0
    -
  • 1
    -
  • 2
    -
  • 3
    -
  • 4
    -
  • 5
    -
  • 6
    -
  • 7
    -
  • 8
    -
  • 9
    -
  • &
    1
  • $
    -
  • !
    1
  • Open Apos/Comma
    1
  • Close Apos
    -
  • Period
    2
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

First Premium Wood Types, Cut by Machinery (1838); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Gothic, page 298, 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, large yellow circle with black rounded type layered on top and the phrase sweet and sassy sandwiching the circle

From RRK Folio Revisited
Coco Lai, class of 2023
Folio Residency Session 1
2022