Clarendon Light Face

4 Line

Box 051

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase

  • This type measures 4 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Hamilton, Two Rivers, Wis. which was used by Hamilton between 1891–1950s.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1859 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • Clarendon Light Face was not shown in American Wood Type, but this cut was shown in the folio on page 45.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Cooley Clarendon Cond. Light Face
Hamilton Clarendon Light Face or No 22
Knox Light Face Clarendon
Morgans & Wilcox Clarendon Light Face [3042]
National Printers’ Materials Clarendon Light Face
Page Clarendon Light Face [4022]
Tubbs Clarendon Light Face or No 2038
Wells Clarendon Light Face Condensed or No 405 [5039]

This cut is the Hamilton cut.

Cooley showed a Clarendon Light Face in his c.1859 Specimens of Wood Type but was more expanded than Clarendon Condensed Light Face which matches this cut more closely.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    2
  • B
    22
  • C
    1
  • D
    1
  • E
    3
  • F
    1
  • G
    1
  • H
    2
  • I
    1
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    3
  • M
    1
  • N
    3
  • O
    3
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    4
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • a
    2
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    2
  • e
    3
  • f
    2
  • g
    1
  • h
    2
  • i
    3
  • j
    1
  • k
    1
  • l
    4
  • m
    2
  • n
    1
  • o
    1
  • p
    1
  • q
    1
  • r
    1
  • s
    4
  • t
    2
  • u
    2
  • v
    2
  • w
    2
  • x
    1
  • y
    2
  • z
    1
  • 0
    3
  • 1
    2
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    1
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    -
  • Open Apos/Comma
    -
  • Close Apos
    1
  • 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 Light Face 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.

letterpress print wood type specimen from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, uppercase letters and numbers printed in a single layer using black ink

From RRK Folio Revisited
Lauren Baronoskie, class of 2026
Folio Residency Session 4

 

A large antique typeface displaying “X&U&X” printed atop the page in red on white paper. Beneath, a dotted ornamental line underlines the letters. An antique typeface sits underneath, then a gothic linear typeface in the middle, and a different antique typeface sits at the bottom. All printed in black on white paper.

From American Wood Types 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1964), Kelly’s original folio of type specimens. Page 45 features No. 131 (4 line) , Gothic (4 line) , and Clarendon Light Face (4 line)