German Full-face

8 Line

Box 159

Script | Blackletter | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • 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 William H. Page in his 1870 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of German Full-face was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton German No 6 or No 616
Morgans & Wilcox German Full-face [3228]
Page German Full-face [4616]
Wells German No 2 or No 697

This is the Hamilton cut.

William H. Page patented this face in 1870, U.S. patent D4279. Hamilton showed a range of twelve weights of this style named German 1–12. Hamilton adopted Page’s naming scheme after the acquisition in 1891.

simple specimen of German Full-face wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of German Full-face 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
    3
  • F
    2
  • G
    1
  • H
    2
  • I
    2
  • J
    -
  • K
    2
  • L
    2
  • M
    1
  • N
    2
  • O
    3
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    3
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    1
  • Z
    2
  • a
    3
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    1
  • e
    4
  • f
    2
  • g
    2
  • h
    2
  • i
    3
  • j
    1
  • k
    1
  • l
    2
  • m
    2
  • n
    2
  • o
    2
  • p
    2
  • q
    1
  • r
    3
  • s
    2
  • t
    3
  • u
    1
  • v
    2
  • w
    2
  • x
    1
  • y
    -
  • z
    2
  • 0
    5
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    -
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    2
  • Period
    4
  • Question Mark
    1
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    1
  • Ligature
    13
  • Other
    umlats - 3

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring German Full-face type

[German] Specimens of Wood Type Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co.Greenville, Conn. (1870); 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, black script letters in the shape of a diamond with a orange eye image in the center, and orange script letters surrounding the diamond to create a rectangle

From RRK Folio Revisited
Colin Nations, class of 2027
Folio Residency Session 3
2024