No. 514

15 Line

Box 131

Gothic | Modulated | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 15 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 514 was not shown in American Wood Type, but was shown in the folio on pages 67 and 68.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Page No 514

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. 514 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of No. 514 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of No. 514 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
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    6
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    4
  • T
    3
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • a
    4
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    2
  • e
    5
  • f
    2
  • g
    2
  • h
    2
  • i
    4
  • j
    1
  • k
    1
  • l
    4
  • m
    2
  • n
    3
  • o
    4
  • p
    2
  • q
    1
  • r
    3
  • s
    4
  • t
    4
  • u
    3
  • v
    2
  • w
    2
  • x
    1
  • y
    2
  • z
    1
  • 0
    2
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    3
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    1
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    3
  • Close Apos
    3
  • Period
    2
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring No. 514 type

Specimens of New Process Wood Type! (1890); 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 abstract yellow shape behind black letters across two pages

From RRK Folio Revisited
Veda Rallabandi, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, large abstract yellow shape behind black letters across two pages

From RRK Folio Revisited
Veda Rallabandi, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023