Doric

7 Line

Box 090

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase

  • This type measures 7 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 Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in their 1854 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • Doric was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Knox Doric
Page Doric
Wells Doric

This cut has not yet been matched to a manufacturer.

Kelly noted in folio that this solid face though not shown, was the second color block to be used with Doric Shade (labeled as Doric, chromatic in folio). Kelly also noted that “Q” is missing from this cut.

Page showed this solid Doric in 1868 advertisement in The Chicago Specimen as the inside type form of an “ornamented letter for two color” printing.

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

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

Specimens of Wood Type, Manufactured by Wells & Webb (1854); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library

two layers of Doric layered with each other, the hollow orange one sitting on top of the solid seafoam green to make a two-color print

Example of Doric chromatic pairing.

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, chromatic carnival-like font printed in a green and black layer with a bald eagle image and it’s all fun and games phrase

From RRK Folio Revisited
Coco Lai, class of 2023
Folio Residency Session 1
2022