No. 117

36 Line

Box 079

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase

  • This type measures 36 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 and Mowry between 1870–1876.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his April, 1879 Page’s Wood Type Album.
  • This cut of No 117 was shown in American Wood Type on page 240 and in the folio on page 46.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Morgans & Wilcox French Clarendon XXX Condensed [3022]
Page No 117 [270]
Tubbs French Clarendon XXX Condensed or No 2023
Wells French Clarendon XXX Condensed [5021]

This cut is the Page cut.

In American Wood Type Kelly stated that this design was first shown in the July, 1879 issue of Page’s Wood Type Album.

simple specimen of No. 117 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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  • O
    3
  • P
    1
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
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  • T
    3
  • U
    1
  • V
    1
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
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  • Open Apos/Comma
    3
  • Close Apos
    1
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    4
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
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  • Other
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Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring No 117 type

Page’s Wood Type Album, vol. 1, no. 1 (1879); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

No. 117 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

No.117, page 259, 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, three rows of very skinny tall type layered in green and black to create the illusion of a green shadow

From RRK Folio Revisited
Madison Tran, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 3
2024