Egyptian Ornamented

12 Line

Box 088

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 12 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped American W. T. Co. So Windham CT which was used by Tubbs between 1883–1902.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in James Conner’s Sons Typographic Messenger, Vol.5 No.1 (January 1870).
  • This cut of Egyptian Ornamented was shown in American Wood Type on page 292 and in the folio on page 53.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Morgans & Wilcox Egyptian Condensed Ornamented [3216]
Page Egyptian Ornamented [283]
Tubbs No 2115
Wells Tuscan Egyptian Condensed No 1 or No 550 [5219]

This is the Tubbs cut.

In American Wood Type Kelly noted that this style was “widely used in the last twenty years of the [19th] century and are commonly associated with Frontier events—they appear on stage bills, “Wanted” posters, etc.”

simple specimen of Egyptian Ornamented 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
    4
  • F
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    5
  • P
    22
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    4
  • T
    3
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • 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
    3
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    1
  • !
    1
  • Open Apos/Comma
    3
  • Close Apos
    -
  • Period
    4
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    1
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

Typographic Messenger,vol. 5, no. 1 (1870); Graphic Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Egyptian Ornamented specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Egyptian Ornamented, page 292, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)