German Condensed

8 Line

Box 162

Script | Blackletter | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block does not have a manufacturer’s stamp.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1870 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of German was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton German No 4 or No 614
Morgans & Wilcox German Condensed [3227]
National Printers’ Materials German Condensed
Page German Condensed [4614]
Tubbs German Condensed or No 2162
Wells German Condensed or No 694 [5245]

This is the Morgans & Wilcox cut.

simple specimen of German Condensed 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
    1
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    2
  • J
    -
  • K
    2
  • L
    1
  • M
    2
  • N
    2
  • O
    2
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    1
  • S
    1
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    1
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    1
  • Z
    2
  • a
    4
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    2
  • e
    3
  • f
    4
  • g
    2
  • h
    2
  • i
    3
  • j
    1
  • k
    -
  • l
    2
  • m
    2
  • n
    3
  • o
    2
  • p
    2
  • q
    1
  • r
    3
  • s
    2
  • t
    3
  • u
    2
  • v
    2
  • w
    2
  • x
    -
  • y
    2
  • z
    2
  • 0
    5
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    -
  • $
    2
  • !
    1
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    2
  • Period
    1
  • Question Mark
    1
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    17
  • Other
    “ - 3, umlats - 3

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

Wm. H. Page & Co.’s Specimens of Wood Type, Manufactured at Greenville, Conn. (1867); Kemble Collection, Kemble Z250 P2; California Historical Society

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, groups of orange and black letters arranged to create a checkerboard pattern with a flower image

From RRK Folio Revisited
Nhu Phung, 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, groups of orange and black letters arranged to create a checkerboard pattern with a flower image

From RRK Folio Revisited
Nhu Phung, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023