Aldine Ornamented

8 Line

Box 061

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Page & Co., Greenville, Ct. “Patented” which was used by Page and Mowry in 1870.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1870 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Aldine was shown in American Wood Type on page 266 and in the folio on page 62.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Morgans & Wilcox Aldine Ornamented
Page Aldine Ornamented [456]
Wells York Aldine No 3 Ornamented [5274]

This cut is the Page cut.

Page marked this design “Patented” in his specimen books. This design was shown chromatically in Page’s 1874 Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders.

This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Page & Co., Greenville, Ct. “Patented” which was used by Page and Mowry in 1870.

This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1870 Specimens of Wood Type.

This cut of Aldine was shown in American Wood Type on page 266 and in the folio on page 62.

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

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Aldine Ornamented type

Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, & c. Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co. Greeneville Conn. (1874); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library

Aldine Ornamented specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Aldine Ornamented, page 266, 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, two sizes of type, one with lightning bolt details, layered in black and green ink, the word radioactive is prominent

From RRK Folio Revisited
Avery Fox, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023