Columbian

8 Line

Box 057

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase

  • This type measures 8 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 Columbian was shown in American Wood Type on page 268 and in the folio on page 53.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Columbian or No 155
Morgans & Wilcox Columbian [3048]
National Printers’ Materials Columbian
Page Columbian [4155]
Tubbs Columbian
Wells Columbian or No 450 [5047]

This cut is the Page cut.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    3
  • B
    3
  • C
    3
  • D
    3
  • E
    4
  • F
    3
  • G
    3
  • H
    3
  • I
    3
  • J
    3
  • K
    2
  • L
    5
  • M
    3
  • N
    4
  • O
    4
  • P
    3
  • Q
    1
  • R
    4
  • S
    5
  • T
    4
  • U
    2
  • V
    3
  • W
    3
  • X
    1
  • Y
    1
  • Z
    2
  • a
    -
  • b
    -
  • c
    -
  • d
    -
  • e
    -
  • f
    -
  • g
    -
  • h
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  • i
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  • j
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  • k
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  • l
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  • m
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  • n
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  • o
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  • p
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  • q
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  • r
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  • s
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  • t
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  • u
    -
  • v
    -
  • w
    -
  • x
    -
  • y
    -
  • z
    -
  • 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 Columbian type

Specimens of Wood Type Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co. Greenville, Conn. (1872); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, basic grid layout of black type with green squares printed with back of wood type blocks

From RRK Folio Revisited
Veda Rallabandi, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023