Etruscan No. 4

6 Line

Box 156

Gothic | Tuscan | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 6 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Page & Co., Greenville, Ct. which was used by Page and Basset between 1857–1859.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1872 Wood Type.
  • This cut of Etruscan No 4 was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Morgans & Wilcox Etruscan [3213]
Page Etruscan No 4 [314]

This is the Page cut.

The manufacturing stamp found on this type was used predominantly between 1857–1859, though there are several unexplained instances where it is used on type first introduced after 1870, as this example illustrates.

simple specimen of Etruscan No. 4 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Etruscan No. 4 type

Specimens of Wood Type Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co., Greenville, Conn. (1872); ATF Library 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, yellow shape resembling a cat tail behind black letters forming the cat’s face and ears, and the word meow

From RRK Folio Revisited
Gianina Faelnar, class of 2027
Folio Residency Session 3
2024