Antique Tuscan No. 9

6 Line

Box 144

Gothic | Tuscan | Uppercase

  • This type measures 6 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 H. Page in his 1859 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • Antique Tuscan No 9 was shown in American Wood Type on page 315. This cut was shown in the folio on pages 46.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Antique Tuscan No 9 or No 17
Page Antique Tuscan No 9 [4017]
Tubbs No 2173
Wells Gothic Tuscan X Condensed No 1 or No 636 [5088]

This is the Hamilton cut.

simple specimen of Antique Tuscan No. 9 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

  • A
    4
  • B
    2
  • C
    3
  • D
    3
  • E
    4
  • F
    2
  • G
    3
  • H
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    2
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    4
  • O
    2
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    4
  • T
    4
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • a
    -
  • b
    -
  • c
    -
  • d
    -
  • e
    -
  • f
    -
  • g
    -
  • h
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  • i
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  • j
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  • k
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  • l
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  • m
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  • n
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  • o
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  • p
    -
  • q
    -
  • r
    -
  • s
    -
  • t
    -
  • u
    -
  • v
    -
  • w
    -
  • x
    -
  • y
    -
  • z
    -
  • 0
    -
  • 1
    -
  • 2
    -
  • 3
    -
  • 4
    -
  • 5
    -
  • 6
    -
  • 7
    -
  • 8
    -
  • 9
    -
  • &
    1
  • $
    -
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    1
  • Period
    4
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • 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 No. 9 type

Specimens of Wood Type, Borders, Rules, &c. Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co. Greenville, Conn. (1859); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Antique Tuscan No. 9 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Antique Tuscan No. 9, page 307, 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, narrow black letters in a newspaper-like layout with callout frame corners printed in yellow

From RRK Folio Revisited
Juleanna Culilap, class of 2023
Folio Residency Session 1
2022