Clarendon Extended

10 Line

Box 054

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase & Lowercase

  • This type measures 10 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 between 1857–1859.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1860 Supplementary Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Clarendon Extended was shown in American Wood Type on page 267 and in the folio on pages 39 and 40.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Clarendon Extended or No 53
Morgans & Wilcox Clarendon Extended [3037]
National Printers’ Materials Clarendon Extended
Page Clarendon Extended [4053]
Tubbs Clarendon Extended or No 2027
Wells Clarendon Extended or No 438 [5033]

This cut is the Page cut.

In American Wood Type Kelly stated that this design was first shown by Page in 1859. It was listed in the 1859 Specimens of Wood Type price index, but was not shown until the following year in Supplementary Specimens of Wood Type.

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

Character Quantities

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

Supplementary Specimens of Wood Type, Rules, Border, &c. (1860); John M. Wing Foundation, Newberry Library, Chicago.

Clarendon Extended specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Clarendon Extended, page 267, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)