Clarendon Light Face XX Condensed

20 Line

Box 052

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 20 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Wm. H. Page & Co. which was used by Page between 1870–1876.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1859 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Clarendon XX Condensed Light Face was shown in American Wood Type on page 274 and in the folio on page 54.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Clarendon Light Face XX Condensed or No 150
Morgans & Wilcox Clarendon XX Condensed Light Face [3039]
National Printers’ Materials Clarendon Light Face
Page Clarendon Light Face XX Condensed [4150]
Tubbs Clarendon XX Condensed Light Face or No 2026
Wells Clarendon XX Condensed Light Face [5035]

This cut is the Page cut.

In American Wood Type Kelly stated that this design was believed to have originated as a wood type in America.

simple specimen of Clarendon Light Face XX Condensed wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of Clarendon Light Face XX Condensed wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Clarendon Light Face XX Condensed type

Specimens of Wood Type, Borders, Rules, &c. Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co. Greenville, Conn. (1859); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Clarendon Light Face XX Condensed specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Clarendon Light Face XX Condensed, page 274, 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, black narrow letters arranged in an interlocking grid

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, black narrow letters arranged in an interlocking grid

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