Tuscan Italian

15 Line

Box 151

Gothic | Tuscan | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 15 line in size and was produced with the veneer method. The type block does not have a manufacturer’s stamp, though was most likely cut by Hamilton.
  • This face was shown as wood type by J.E. Hamilton and Max Katz in their 1881 Specimens of Holly Wood Type.
  • This cut of No 67 was not shown in American Wood Type, but was shown in the folio on page 55.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Tuscan Italian or No 67

This is the Hamilton cut.

This cut of No 67 (Tuscan Italian) is peculiar to Hamilton.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    3
  • B
    1
  • C
    2
  • D
    2
  • E
    2
  • F
    2
  • G
    1
  • H
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    3
  • M
    1
  • N
    3
  • O
    4
  • P
    1
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    3
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    -
  • Y
    1
  • 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
  • 1
    2
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    1
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    1
  • &
    1
  • $
    1
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    3
  • 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 Tuscan Italian type

Specimens of Holly Wood Type Manufactured by Hamilton & Katz, Two Rivers, Wis. (1884); John M. Wing Foundation, Newberry Library, Chicago.

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

Tuscan Italian, page 320, 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, black and yellow letters layered on top each other with the word ghost! called out twice in yellow

From RRK Folio Revisited
Veda Rallabandi, class of 2027
Folio Residency Session 2
2023