German Condensed

15 Line

Box 163

Script | Blackletter | Uppercase & Lowercase

  • This type measures 15 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 Hamilton cut.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    -
  • B
    2
  • C
    2
  • D
    2
  • E
    3
  • F
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    2
  • J
    -
  • K
    2
  • L
    1
  • M
    1
  • N
    3
  • O
    2
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    1
  • S
    3
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    1
  • Z
    2
  • a
    3
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    1
  • e
    4
  • f
    2
  • 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
    2
  • y
    1
  • z
    2
  • 0
    5
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    1
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    1
  • 9
    3
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    3
  • Period
    3
  • Question Mark
    1
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    14
  • Other
    ”, 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