Teniers

8 Line

Box 132

Gothic | Modulated | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped The Hamilton Mfg. Co, Chicago & Two Rivers which was used by Hamilton between 1889–1891.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William Morgans and H.K. Wilcox in their 1884 Condensed Specimen Book of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Teniers was shown in American Wood Type on page 332 and in the folio on page 33.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Teniers or No 237
Morgans & Wilcox Teniers [3104]
Page No 165 [4237]
Tubbs No 2145
Wells Unique or No 502 [5103]

This is the Hamilton cut.

In American Wood Type Kelly stated that this face was first shown by Hamilton in 1888.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    3
  • B
    2
  • C
    3
  • D
    3
  • E
    3
  • F
    2
  • G
    1
  • H
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    4
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    5
  • T
    3
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • a
    2
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    2
  • e
    3
  • f
    2
  • g
    2
  • h
    2
  • i
    2
  • j
    1
  • k
    1
  • l
    4
  • m
    2
  • n
    1
  • o
    3
  • p
    2
  • q
    1
  • r
    3
  • s
    4
  • t
    4
  • u
    1
  • v
    2
  • w
    2
  • x
    1
  • y
    1
  • z
    1
  • 0
    2
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    1
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    -
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    1
  • Close Apos
    2
  • Period
    2
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

Price List of Printers’ Material and Condensed Specimen Book of Wood Type Manufactured by Morgans & Wilcox Mfg. Co., Middletown, N.Y. (c. 1885); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Teniers, page 332, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)